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Last update: 22:39 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)

Saturday, Dec 27

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
257° WSW
4 kts
max 5 kts
99%
4° C
1044 hpa
263° W
1.4 m
9 s
3.1 m
03h
155° SSE
6 kts
max 6 kts
90%
3° C
1045 hpa
264° W
1.2 m
9 s
1.6 m
06h
121° ESE
8 kts
max 8 kts
40%
3° C
1045 hpa
260° W
1.1 m
9 s
04:51
1.1 m
09h
133° SE
8 kts
max 9 kts
44%
3° C
1045 hpa
265° W
0.9 m
8 s
2.9 m
12h
139° SE
9 kts
max 14 kts
49%
3° C
1044 hpa
264° W
0.8 m
8 s
11:12
3.5 m
15h
128° SE
10 kts
max 12 kts
99%
3° C
1042 hpa
265° W
0.8 m
9 s
1.9 m
18h
138° SE
10 kts
max 14 kts
99%
4° C
1040 hpa
250° WSW
0.9 m
18 s
17:35
1.1 m
21h
158° SSE
9 kts
max 12 kts
99%
5° C
1038 hpa
248° WSW
1.2 m
18 s
2.3 m

Sunday, Dec 28

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
166° SSE
9 kts
max 13 kts
99%
6° C
1037 hpa
246° WSW
1.5 m
17 s
23:49
3.2 m
03h
155° SSE
6 kts
max 7 kts
99%
6° C
1035 hpa
244° WSW
1.6 m
16 s
2.2 m
06h
206° SSW
6 kts
max 8 kts
98%
6° C
1035 hpa
241° WSW
1.6 m
16 s
05:53
1.3 m
09h
235° SW
7 kts
max 10 kts
99%
6° C
1034 hpa
241° WSW
1.5 m
15 s
2.3 m
12h
248° WSW
8 kts
max 11 kts
99%
6° C
1035 hpa
241° WSW
1.4 m
15 s
12:13
3.4 m
15h
254° WSW
10 kts
max 15 kts
99%
0.75 mm
6° C
1034 hpa
240° WSW
1.3 m
15 s
2.5 m
18h
274° W
10 kts
max 16 kts
99%
0.96 mm
6° C
1035 hpa
241° WSW
1.2 m
14 s
18:36
1.1 m
21h
280° W
7 kts
max 11 kts
99%
6° C
1035 hpa
241° WSW
1.1 m
13 s
1.8 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)

Monday, Dec 29

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
266° W
6 kts
max 8 kts
99%
6° C
1035 hpa
240° WSW
1.1 m
13 s
00:56
3.3 m
03h
279° W
7 kts
max 11 kts
99%
6° C
1036 hpa
238° WSW
1.0 m
13 s
2.8 m
06h
280° W
6 kts
max 9 kts
99%
6° C
1036 hpa
242° WSW
0.9 m
12 s
07:07
1.3 m
09h
275° W
5 kts
max 6 kts
45%
6° C
1036 hpa
240° WSW
0.9 m
12 s
1.7 m
12h
293° WNW
5 kts
max 6 kts
81%
6° C
1036 hpa
237° WSW
0.8 m
12 s
13:22
3.3 m
15h
294° WNW
9 kts
max 14 kts
99%
6° C
1036 hpa
235° SW
0.8 m
12 s
3.0 m
18h
287° WNW
10 kts
max 13 kts
94%
6° C
1036 hpa
234° SW
0.7 m
12 s
1.5 m
21h
299° WNW
10 kts
max 13 kts
95%
6° C
1036 hpa
240° WSW
0.7 m
15 s
19:45
1.1 m

Tuesday, Dec 30

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
307° NW
10 kts
max 14 kts
92%
5° C
1037 hpa
240° WSW
0.7 m
15 s
2.8 m
03h
342° NNW
6 kts
max 8 kts
59%
5° C
1037 hpa
241° WSW
0.7 m
15 s
02:05
3.4 m
06h
359° N
2 kts
max 3 kts
82%
4° C
1037 hpa
241° WSW
0.7 m
14 s
1.9 m
09h
108° ESE
3 kts
max 3 kts
6%
5° C
1037 hpa
239° WSW
0.7 m
14 s
08:27
1.2 m
12h
74° ENE
1 kts
max 1 kts
31%
4° C
1038 hpa
239° WSW
0.7 m
14 s
2.5 m
15h
57° ENE
2 kts
max 2 kts
98%
5° C
1038 hpa
239° WSW
0.7 m
13 s
14:34
3.3 m
18h
292° WNW
3 kts
max 4 kts
91%
5° C
1038 hpa
239° WSW
0.7 m
13 s
2.1 m
21h
308° NW
8 kts
max 10 kts
72%
6° C
1038 hpa
239° WSW
0.7 m
13 s
20:55
1.0 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)

Wednesday, Dec 31

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
317° NW
6 kts
max 9 kts
3%
5° C
1037 hpa
239° WSW
0.7 m
13 s
2.3 m
03h
308° NW
6 kts
max 9 kts
78%
5° C
1036 hpa
238° WSW
0.7 m
12 s
03:14
3.6 m
06h
289° WNW
12 kts
max 18 kts
99%
6° C
1035 hpa
241° WSW
0.7 m
12 s
2.6 m
09h
284° WNW
11 kts
max 17 kts
87%
6° C
1033 hpa
240° WSW
0.7 m
11 s
09:40
1.1 m
12h
282° WNW
13 kts
max 18 kts
99%
6° C
1032 hpa
245° WSW
0.7 m
10 s
1.8 m
15h
269° W
11 kts
max 17 kts
99%
6° C
1031 hpa
254° WSW
0.8 m
9 s
15:43
3.4 m
18h
215° SW
4 kts
max 4 kts
99%
5° C
1029 hpa
255° WSW
0.9 m
10 s
2.7 m
21h
274° W
7 kts
max 11 kts
65%
6° C
1028 hpa
255° WSW
0.9 m
11 s
22:00
0.9 m

Thursday, Jan 01

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
255° WSW
6 kts
max 6 kts
22%
6° C
1027 hpa
257° WSW
0.9 m
11 s
1.6 m
03h
287° WNW
4 kts
max 4 kts
21%
6° C
1027 hpa
258° WSW
0.8 m
10 s
04:16
3.8 m
06h
306° NW
0 kts
max 1 kts
21%
5° C
1026 hpa
256° WSW
0.9 m
11 s
3.3 m
09h
153° SSE
5 kts
max 5 kts
3%
5° C
1025 hpa
249° WSW
0.8 m
12 s
1.4 m
12h
127° SE
5 kts
max 5 kts
4%
4° C
1024 hpa
245° WSW
0.9 m
12 s
10:44
0.9 m
15h
109° ESE
8 kts
max 9 kts
88%
4° C
1021 hpa
244° WSW
0.9 m
12 s
3.0 m
18h
111° ESE
11 kts
max 14 kts
99%
4° C
1018 hpa
242° WSW
0.9 m
12 s
16:45
3.5 m
21h
111° ESE
14 kts
max 21 kts
99%
0.53 mm
4° C
1015 hpa
240° WSW
0.9 m
13 s
1.4 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)

Friday, Jan 02

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
113° ESE
14 kts
max 23 kts
99%
2.56 mm
4° C
1011 hpa
240° WSW
0.9 m
12 s
22:57
0.7 m
03h
117° ESE
11 kts
max 16 kts
99%
4.12 mm
4° C
1008 hpa
238° WSW
1.0 m
13 s
3.1 m
06h
255° WSW
9 kts
max 15 kts
99%
4.85 mm
6° C
1009 hpa
240° WSW
1.1 m
12 s
05:14
4.0 m
09h
261° W
13 kts
max 19 kts
77%
6° C
1009 hpa
237° WSW
1.1 m
12 s
1.9 m
12h
255° WSW
16 kts
max 20 kts
99%
0.46 mm
5° C
1009 hpa
240° WSW
1.1 m
11 s
11:39
0.6 m
15h
269° W
18 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.9 mm
4° C
1009 hpa
239° WSW
1.1 m
11 s
2.4 m
18h
277° W
14 kts
max 19 kts
49%
0.5 mm
4° C
1009 hpa
241° WSW
1.2 m
11 s
17:42
3.6 m
21h
244° WSW
16 kts
max 22 kts
98%
4° C
1009 hpa
242° WSW
1.3 m
11 s
2.0 m

Saturday, Jan 03

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
228° SW
14 kts
max 19 kts
99%
0.76 mm
3° C
1007 hpa
245° WSW
1.4 m
11 s
23:50
0.5 m
03h
237° WSW
18 kts
max 21 kts
99%
1.09 mm
4° C
1006 hpa
248° WSW
1.6 m
10 s
2.4 m
06h
241° WSW
14 kts
max 17 kts
99%
1.01 mm
4° C
1005 hpa
251° WSW
1.8 m
11 s
06:06
4.2 m
09h
279° W
17 kts
max 20 kts
59%
0.55 mm
4° C
1006 hpa
252° WSW
1.8 m
11 s
2.7 m
12h
271° W
14 kts
max 16 kts
99%
4° C
1008 hpa
254° WSW
1.9 m
11 s
12:29
0.4 m
15h
274° W
10 kts
max 11 kts
66%
4° C
1010 hpa
255° WSW
2.0 m
11 s
1.7 m
18h
290° WNW
3 kts
max 6 kts
56%
3° C
1014 hpa
256° WSW
2.1 m
11 s
18:33
3.8 m
21h
75° ENE
4 kts
max 4 kts
66%
3° C
1017 hpa
256° WSW
2.0 m
11 s
2.7 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, Jan 04

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
112° ESE
4 kts
max 4 kts
99%
1° C
1020 hpa
256° WSW
2.0 m
11 s
00:38
0.4 m
03h
61° ENE
4 kts
max 4 kts
99%
1° C
1024 hpa
255° WSW
2.0 m
11 s
1.6 m
06h
80° E
5 kts
max 5 kts
53%
1° C
1026 hpa
255° WSW
2.0 m
11 s
06:55
4.3 m
09h
78° ENE
7 kts
max 7 kts
99%
1° C
1028 hpa
254° WSW
2.0 m
11 s
3.4 m
12h
99° E
8 kts
max 9 kts
98%
1° C
1030 hpa
254° WSW
1.9 m
11 s
13:16
0.3 m
15h
108° ESE
11 kts
max 22 kts
99%
2° C
1029 hpa
254° WSW
1.8 m
11 s
1.0 m
18h
125° SE
17 kts
max 30 kts
99%
2° C
1029 hpa
254° WSW
1.8 m
12 s
19:21
3.8 m
21h
125° SE
15 kts
max 25 kts
99%
0.82 mm
2° C
1029 hpa
253° WSW
1.7 m
11 s
3.3 m

Monday, Jan 05

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
142° SE
16 kts
max 27 kts
99%
0.5 mm
4° C
1026 hpa
253° WSW
1.6 m
11 s
01:24
0.3 m
03h
159° SSE
19 kts
max 29 kts
99%
5° C
1024 hpa
253° WSW
1.6 m
11 s
1.0 m
06h
153° SSE
19 kts
max 29 kts
99%
1.25 mm
5° C
1021 hpa
253° WSW
1.6 m
11 s
3.7 m
09h
134° SE
18 kts
max 28 kts
99%
4.48 mm
5° C
1018 hpa
253° WSW
1.6 m
11 s
07:42
4.4 m
12h
122° ESE
13 kts
max 17 kts
99%
1.95 mm
5° C
1015 hpa
253° WSW
1.6 m
11 s
1.3 m
15h
151° SSE
10 kts
max 15 kts
99%
5° C
1011 hpa
14:00
0.3 m
18h
160° SSE
14 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.45 mm
6° C
1007 hpa
3.0 m

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