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Last update: 00:37 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)

Monday, Jan 12

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
158° SSE
6 kts
max 8 kts
64%
21° C
1010 hpa
216° SW
2.3 m
17 s
0.9 m
05h
158° SSE
4 kts
max 6 kts
91%
21° C
1010 hpa
215° SW
2.3 m
16 s
03:52
0.9 m
08h
188° S
5 kts
max 8 kts
96%
21° C
1012 hpa
217° SW
2.2 m
15 s
1.2 m
11h
161° SSE
6 kts
max 8 kts
34%
22° C
1013 hpa
218° SW
2.1 m
14 s
10:24
1.4 m
14h
190° S
11 kts
max 12 kts
7%
23° C
1012 hpa
219° SW
2.0 m
14 s
1.1 m
17h
188° S
13 kts
max 16 kts
1%
22° C
1012 hpa
221° SW
2.0 m
13 s
17:14
0.8 m
20h
171° S
12 kts
max 16 kts
0%
21° C
1012 hpa
221° SW
1.9 m
13 s
1.0 m
23h
165° SSE
10 kts
max 14 kts
4%
20° C
1013 hpa
222° SW
1.8 m
13 s
23:27
1.2 m

Tuesday, Jan 13

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
170° S
9 kts
max 12 kts
1%
19° C
1012 hpa
222° SW
1.7 m
12 s
1.1 m
05h
165° SSE
6 kts
max 9 kts
99%
19° C
1011 hpa
222° SW
1.6 m
12 s
05:18
0.9 m
08h
181° S
6 kts
max 7 kts
0%
20° C
1012 hpa
223° SW
1.6 m
12 s
1.1 m
11h
205° SSW
8 kts
max 9 kts
7%
22° C
1012 hpa
226° SW
1.5 m
12 s
11:41
1.4 m
14h
207° SSW
12 kts
max 12 kts
9%
23° C
1011 hpa
228° SW
1.6 m
12 s
1.2 m
17h
197° SSW
13 kts
max 15 kts
1%
22° C
1011 hpa
223° SW
1.6 m
11 s
18:22
0.8 m
20h
172° S
11 kts
max 14 kts
0%
20° C
1011 hpa
224° SW
1.6 m
11 s
0.8 m
23h
157° SSE
8 kts
max 10 kts
0%
19° C
1012 hpa
227° SW
1.6 m
11 s
1.2 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)

Wednesday, Jan 14

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
170° S
7 kts
max 9 kts
0%
19° C
1010 hpa
229° SW
1.5 m
11 s
00:41
1.3 m
05h
173° S
4 kts
max 5 kts
0%
18° C
1009 hpa
231° SW
1.5 m
11 s
0.9 m
08h
347° NNW
1 kts
max 2 kts
0%
19° C
1010 hpa
232° SW
1.4 m
11 s
06:31
0.8 m
11h
289° WNW
7 kts
max 8 kts
0%
22° C
1009 hpa
230° SW
1.5 m
12 s
1.3 m
14h
292° WNW
8 kts
max 12 kts
0%
22° C
1009 hpa
227° SW
1.6 m
12 s
12:43
1.4 m
17h
297° WNW
8 kts
max 13 kts
0%
22° C
1008 hpa
219° SW
2.0 m
14 s
0.9 m
20h
345° NNW
7 kts
max 10 kts
3%
20° C
1010 hpa
216° SW
2.3 m
14 s
19:13
0.7 m
23h
202° SSW
8 kts
max 12 kts
98%
1.06 mm
19° C
1011 hpa
215° SW
2.4 m
14 s
1.1 m

Thursday, Jan 15

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
163° SSE
15 kts
max 20 kts
99%
1.05 mm
18° C
1012 hpa
217° SW
2.5 m
13 s
01:33
1.4 m
05h
156° SSE
16 kts
max 22 kts
96%
17° C
1013 hpa
217° SW
2.5 m
13 s
1.0 m
08h
151° SSE
18 kts
max 22 kts
97%
17° C
1015 hpa
218° SW
2.6 m
12 s
07:26
0.8 m
11h
149° SSE
18 kts
max 21 kts
85%
18° C
1015 hpa
218° SW
2.6 m
12 s
1.2 m
14h
150° SSE
18 kts
max 20 kts
40%
19° C
1014 hpa
218° SW
2.6 m
12 s
13:31
1.5 m
17h
155° SSE
19 kts
max 20 kts
11%
19° C
1013 hpa
215° SW
2.6 m
11 s
1.0 m
20h
151° SSE
18 kts
max 21 kts
3%
18° C
1014 hpa
214° SW
2.5 m
11 s
19:53
0.6 m
23h
145° SE
14 kts
max 18 kts
0%
17° C
1014 hpa
214° SW
2.3 m
11 s
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)

Friday, Jan 16

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
146° SE
10 kts
max 14 kts
0%
17° C
1013 hpa
214° SW
2.0 m
10 s
02:13
1.5 m
05h
153° SSE
8 kts
max 11 kts
0%
17° C
1013 hpa
214° SW
1.9 m
10 s
1.1 m
08h
152° SSE
7 kts
max 9 kts
6%
18° C
1015 hpa
214° SW
1.8 m
10 s
08:09
0.7 m
11h
183° S
9 kts
max 10 kts
28%
20° C
1015 hpa
212° SSW
1.8 m
10 s
1.1 m
14h
189° S
15 kts
max 15 kts
57%
20° C
1015 hpa
210° SSW
1.8 m
10 s
14:11
1.5 m
17h
187° S
15 kts
max 16 kts
36%
19° C
1015 hpa
210° SSW
1.8 m
9 s
1.1 m
20h
181° S
12 kts
max 14 kts
21%
18° C
1016 hpa
210° SSW
1.8 m
9 s
20:28
0.5 m
23h
174° S
10 kts
max 13 kts
0%
17° C
1016 hpa
211° SSW
1.7 m
9 s
0.9 m

Saturday, Jan 17

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
174° S
8 kts
max 10 kts
5%
17° C
1015 hpa
211° SSW
1.6 m
9 s
02:47
1.6 m
05h
174° S
5 kts
max 6 kts
31%
17° C
1015 hpa
211° SSW
1.5 m
9 s
1.3 m
08h
260° W
2 kts
max 2 kts
2%
18° C
1015 hpa
212° SSW
1.4 m
9 s
08:45
0.6 m
11h
286° WNW
6 kts
max 8 kts
99%
20° C
1015 hpa
214° SW
1.3 m
9 s
0.9 m
14h
241° WSW
9 kts
max 11 kts
10%
21° C
1014 hpa
216° SW
1.4 m
9 s
14:47
1.6 m
17h
221° SW
13 kts
max 14 kts
26%
20° C
1014 hpa
216° SW
1.5 m
9 s
1.3 m
20h
219° SW
10 kts
max 13 kts
9%
19° C
1015 hpa
217° SW
1.6 m
9 s
21:01
0.5 m
23h
238° WSW
6 kts
max 9 kts
2%
18° C
1016 hpa
217° SW
1.7 m
10 s
0.7 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 18

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
285° WNW
6 kts
max 9 kts
79%
18° C
1015 hpa
218° SW
1.9 m
10 s
03:18
1.6 m
05h
269° W
5 kts
max 8 kts
85%
1.0 mm
18° C
1014 hpa
217° SW
2.1 m
10 s
1.4 m
08h
209° SSW
9 kts
max 12 kts
94%
1.27 mm
19° C
1016 hpa
215° SW
2.4 m
11 s
09:19
0.6 m
11h
205° SSW
9 kts
max 10 kts
81%
20° C
1017 hpa
214° SW
2.6 m
11 s
0.8 m
14h
189° S
11 kts
max 12 kts
87%
20° C
1017 hpa
214° SW
2.7 m
11 s
15:21
1.6 m
17h
182° S
14 kts
max 15 kts
9%
20° C
1017 hpa
214° SW
2.7 m
11 s
1.4 m
20h
166° SSE
13 kts
max 17 kts
1%
19° C
1018 hpa
213° SSW
2.7 m
12 s
0.6 m
23h
156° SSE
15 kts
max 22 kts
1%
18° C
1019 hpa
214° SW
2.7 m
12 s
21:31
0.4 m

Monday, Jan 19

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
152° SSE
16 kts
max 23 kts
3%
18° C
1017 hpa
216° SW
2.6 m
12 s
1.4 m
05h
146° SE
15 kts
max 22 kts
0%
18° C
1017 hpa
217° SW
2.5 m
12 s
03:48
1.7 m
08h
140° SE
14 kts
max 19 kts
0%
19° C
1018 hpa
217° SW
2.5 m
12 s
0.8 m
11h
158° SSE
11 kts
max 13 kts
0%
21° C
1018 hpa
217° SW
2.4 m
12 s
09:51
0.5 m
14h
167° SSE
16 kts
max 20 kts
0%
22° C
1017 hpa
214° SW
2.4 m
12 s
1.4 m
17h
163° SSE
21 kts
max 27 kts
0%
21° C
1016 hpa
212° SSW
2.5 m
11 s
15:53
1.7 m
20h
154° SSE
22 kts
max 32 kts
0%
19° C
1016 hpa
209° SSW
2.5 m
11 s
0.7 m
23h
149° SSE
18 kts
max 28 kts
0%
19° C
1016 hpa
209° SSW
2.4 m
11 s
22:02
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, Jan 20

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
145° SE
14 kts
max 25 kts
0%
18° C
1015 hpa
210° SSW
2.2 m
11 s
1.3 m
05h
142° SE
13 kts
max 24 kts
0%
18° C
1014 hpa
210° SSW
2.1 m
11 s
04:18
1.8 m
08h
142° SE
14 kts
max 21 kts
0%
19° C
1015 hpa
210° SSW
2.0 m
11 s
0.9 m
11h
153° SSE
12 kts
max 15 kts
0%
23° C
1015 hpa
209° SSW
2.0 m
11 s
10:24
0.5 m
14h
163° SSE
16 kts
max 21 kts
0%
24° C
1014 hpa
203° SSW
2.2 m
12 s
1.2 m
17h
159° SSE
21 kts
max 31 kts
0%
23° C
1013 hpa
195° SSW
2.4 m
11 s
16:26
1.7 m
20h
151° SSE
19 kts
max 30 kts
0%
22° C
1013 hpa
192° SSW
2.4 m
11 s
0.9 m
23h
139° SE
14 kts
max 22 kts
0%
21° C
1014 hpa
198° SSW
2.3 m
11 s
22:32
0.4 m

Wednesday, Jan 21

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
137° SE
11 kts
max 16 kts
0%
19° C
1012 hpa
204° SSW
2.1 m
12 s
1.2 m
05h
130° SE
9 kts
max 12 kts
0%
18° C
1011 hpa
209° SSW
2.0 m
13 s
04:49
1.8 m
08h
131° SE
7 kts
max 9 kts
0%
20° C
1011 hpa
210° SSW
1.9 m
13 s
1.1 m
11h
174° S
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
25° C
1011 hpa
210° SSW
1.9 m
13 s
10:57
0.4 m
14h
181° S
9 kts
max 9 kts
1%
27° C
1010 hpa
210° SSW
2.1 m
14 s
1.1 m
17h
163° SSE
11 kts
max 13 kts
0%
26° C
1008 hpa
17:00
1.7 m
20h
151° SSE
9 kts
max 12 kts
0%
24° C
1006 hpa
1.0 m

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