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Last update: 02:37 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Friday, Nov 21

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
343° NNW
5 kts
max 5 kts
99%
11° C
1011 hpa
286° WNW
1.2 m
9 s
0.9 m
04h
92° E
5 kts
max 7 kts
92%
11° C
1011 hpa
280° W
1.3 m
13 s
02:49
0.8 m
07h
91° E
5 kts
max 5 kts
31%
11° C
1013 hpa
286° WNW
1.3 m
13 s
1.5 m
10h
43° NE
2 kts
max 6 kts
5%
16° C
1015 hpa
291° WNW
1.3 m
14 s
09:13
1.8 m
13h
167° SSE
1 kts
max 5 kts
3%
18° C
1013 hpa
292° WNW
1.3 m
13 s
0.8 m
16h
269° W
3 kts
max 5 kts
3%
16° C
1014 hpa
284° WNW
1.3 m
14 s
16:42
-0.1 m
19h
0° N
3 kts
max 3 kts
1%
13° C
1016 hpa
280° W
1.3 m
15 s
0.2 m
22h
8° N
4 kts
max 4 kts
2%
12° C
1016 hpa
278° W
1.3 m
15 s
23:25
1.0 m

Saturday, Nov 22

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
12° NNE
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
12° C
1016 hpa
277° W
1.3 m
15 s
0.9 m
04h
9° N
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
12° C
1015 hpa
283° WNW
1.2 m
15 s
03:13
0.8 m
07h
11° N
5 kts
max 5 kts
15%
12° C
1016 hpa
270° W
1.2 m
14 s
1.3 m
10h
341° NNW
2 kts
max 4 kts
1%
19° C
1016 hpa
263° W
1.2 m
14 s
09:42
1.7 m
13h
173° S
3 kts
max 4 kts
1%
21° C
1014 hpa
260° W
1.1 m
14 s
1.0 m
16h
174° S
3 kts
max 4 kts
0%
17° C
1015 hpa
261° W
1.1 m
14 s
17:21
0.0 m
19h
353° N
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
15° C
1016 hpa
266° W
1.1 m
14 s
0.1 m
22h
349° N
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
14° C
1016 hpa
280° W
1.1 m
15 s
0.8 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Sunday, Nov 23

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
345° NNW
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
14° C
1016 hpa
289° WNW
1.1 m
16 s
00:18
1.0 m
04h
355° N
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
14° C
1016 hpa
292° WNW
1.1 m
16 s
03:38
0.8 m
07h
352° N
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
13° C
1017 hpa
288° WNW
1.2 m
16 s
1.2 m
10h
319° NW
2 kts
max 3 kts
0%
20° C
1019 hpa
285° WNW
1.2 m
16 s
10:14
1.7 m
13h
269° W
3 kts
max 4 kts
0%
21° C
1018 hpa
287° WNW
1.2 m
16 s
1.2 m
16h
290° WNW
4 kts
max 5 kts
0%
19° C
1018 hpa
289° WNW
1.2 m
16 s
0.3 m
19h
350° N
5 kts
max 5 kts
4%
14° C
1020 hpa
289° WNW
1.3 m
16 s
18:06
22h
1° N
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
14° C
1020 hpa
289° WNW
1.3 m
16 s
0.6 m

Monday, Nov 24

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
0° N
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
13° C
1020 hpa
280° W
1.2 m
15 s
01:24
1.0 m
04h
11° N
4 kts
max 4 kts
4%
13° C
1020 hpa
278° W
1.2 m
15 s
04:06
0.9 m
07h
18° NNE
3 kts
max 3 kts
38%
12° C
1021 hpa
282° WNW
1.2 m
15 s
1.1 m
10h
293° WNW
1 kts
max 2 kts
5%
19° C
1021 hpa
285° WNW
1.2 m
15 s
10:51
1.6 m
13h
264° W
4 kts
max 7 kts
5%
21° C
1019 hpa
289° WNW
1.1 m
15 s
1.4 m
16h
315° NW
2 kts
max 3 kts
4%
19° C
1018 hpa
290° WNW
1.1 m
15 s
0.5 m
19h
2° N
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
14° C
1018 hpa
291° WNW
1.2 m
15 s
18:56
0.0 m
22h
4° N
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
13° C
1018 hpa
291° WNW
1.1 m
15 s
0.4 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Tuesday, Nov 25

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
5° N
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
12° C
1018 hpa
290° WNW
1.1 m
14 s
0.9 m
04h
30° NNE
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
12° C
1017 hpa
286° WNW
1.0 m
14 s
02:46
1.0 m
07h
16° NNE
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
12° C
1018 hpa
290° WNW
1.0 m
14 s
1.1 m
10h
312° NW
3 kts
max 3 kts
0%
19° C
1019 hpa
291° WNW
0.9 m
14 s
1.4 m
13h
260° W
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
21° C
1017 hpa
289° WNW
0.9 m
14 s
11:35
1.5 m
16h
241° WSW
2 kts
max 2 kts
0%
19° C
1017 hpa
284° WNW
0.8 m
14 s
0.7 m
19h
23° NNE
3 kts
max 3 kts
0%
15° C
1018 hpa
285° WNW
0.8 m
13 s
19:50
0.1 m
22h
20° NNE
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
14° C
1019 hpa
286° WNW
0.8 m
13 s
0.3 m

Wednesday, Nov 26

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
15° NNE
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
14° C
1019 hpa
283° WNW
0.7 m
13 s
0.8 m
04h
15° NNE
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
14° C
1019 hpa
280° W
0.7 m
13 s
03:55
1.0 m
07h
18° NNE
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
14° C
1019 hpa
276° W
0.7 m
13 s
06:24
1.0 m
10h
132° SE
1 kts
max 1 kts
0%
21° C
1020 hpa
270° W
0.6 m
12 s
1.2 m
13h
251° WSW
3 kts
max 3 kts
40%
23° C
1018 hpa
268° W
0.6 m
12 s
12:34
1.4 m
16h
264° W
2 kts
max 2 kts
99%
19° C
1018 hpa
270° W
0.6 m
11 s
1.0 m
19h
351° N
2 kts
max 3 kts
99%
17° C
1019 hpa
269° W
0.6 m
12 s
0.3 m
22h
28° NNE
3 kts
max 3 kts
82%
17° C
1019 hpa
268° W
0.5 m
12 s
20:44
0.1 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Thursday, Nov 27

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
19° NNE
4 kts
max 4 kts
95%
16° C
1018 hpa
267° W
0.5 m
12 s
0.8 m
04h
17° NNE
3 kts
max 3 kts
84%
16° C
1018 hpa
266° W
0.5 m
12 s
04:30
1.1 m
07h
27° NNE
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
16° C
1019 hpa
262° W
0.5 m
13 s
1.0 m
10h
247° WSW
1 kts
max 1 kts
0%
22° C
1019 hpa
257° WSW
0.5 m
14 s
08:43
1.0 m
13h
242° WSW
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
24° C
1018 hpa
239° WSW
0.5 m
15 s
13:57
1.2 m
16h
261° W
3 kts
max 3 kts
0%
20° C
1017 hpa
247° WSW
0.6 m
15 s
1.1 m
19h
19° NNE
3 kts
max 3 kts
0%
17° C
1018 hpa
262° W
0.6 m
16 s
0.5 m
22h
14° NNE
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
17° C
1018 hpa
269° W
0.6 m
16 s
21:36
0.2 m

Friday, Nov 28

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
10° N
4 kts
max 4 kts
12%
16° C
1017 hpa
279° W
0.6 m
16 s
0.7 m
04h
351° N
5 kts
max 5 kts
6%
15° C
1017 hpa
283° WNW
0.7 m
17 s
04:56
1.3 m
07h
348° NNW
6 kts
max 6 kts
99%
15° C
1017 hpa
284° WNW
0.8 m
16 s
1.1 m
10h
318° NW
4 kts
max 6 kts
86%
21° C
1017 hpa
286° WNW
0.8 m
16 s
10:27
0.8 m
13h
309° NW
8 kts
max 11 kts
93%
22° C
1014 hpa
290° WNW
0.9 m
15 s
1.0 m
16h
316° NW
12 kts
max 18 kts
65%
18° C
1013 hpa
290° WNW
1.1 m
15 s
15:35
1.2 m
19h
320° NW
12 kts
max 18 kts
0%
13° C
1014 hpa
286° WNW
1.3 m
14 s
0.7 m
22h
319° NW
12 kts
max 19 kts
0%
12° C
1013 hpa
277° W
1.3 m
14 s
22:23
0.2 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / 3h)
Air temperature (°C)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Saturday, Nov 29

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
321° NW
11 kts
max 17 kts
0%
11° C
1012 hpa
273° W
1.3 m
14 s
0.6 m
04h
321° NW
11 kts
max 23 kts
0%
11° C
1012 hpa
278° W
1.3 m
13 s
05:22
1.4 m
07h
325° NW
9 kts
max 13 kts
0%
10° C
1011 hpa
286° WNW
1.4 m
13 s
1.3 m
10h
318° NW
11 kts
max 21 kts
22%
15° C
1011 hpa
283° WNW
1.4 m
13 s
0.7 m
13h
319° NW
14 kts
max 21 kts
4%
18° C
1008 hpa
277° W
1.5 m
12 s
11:35
0.6 m
16h
313° NW
11 kts
max 15 kts
4%
16° C
1007 hpa
277° W
1.7 m
11 s
17:03
1.1 m
19h
337° NNW
7 kts
max 8 kts
99%
11° C
1009 hpa
275° W
1.7 m
11 s
1.0 m
22h
348° NNW
7 kts
max 7 kts
12%
10° C
1008 hpa
277° W
1.6 m
12 s
23:06
0.3 m

Sunday, Nov 30

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
347° NNW
7 kts
max 7 kts
4%
10° C
1007 hpa
279° W
1.5 m
12 s
0.5 m
04h
346° NNW
6 kts
max 6 kts
61%
9° C
1007 hpa
284° WNW
1.4 m
12 s
1.4 m
07h
349° N
5 kts
max 5 kts
4%
9° C
1006 hpa
284° WNW
1.4 m
12 s
05:51
1.6 m
10h
320° NW
4 kts
max 5 kts
3%
15° C
1006 hpa
281° W
1.3 m
12 s
0.7 m
13h
269° W
5 kts
max 6 kts
0%
17° C
1004 hpa
278° W
1.3 m
12 s
12:28
0.3 m

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