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Last update: 11:36 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
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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, Oct 09

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
337° NNW
6 kts
max 8 kts
35%
11° C
1026 hpa
247° WSW
0.7 m
12 s
02:04
0.2 m
04h
317° NW
5 kts
max 7 kts
15%
11° C
1025 hpa
248° WSW
0.6 m
11 s
2.4 m
07h
315° NW
7 kts
max 8 kts
99%
11° C
1026 hpa
248° WSW
0.6 m
11 s
08:20
10.4 m
10h
316° NW
8 kts
max 11 kts
6%
12° C
1027 hpa
247° WSW
0.6 m
11 s
8.6 m
13h
300° WNW
9 kts
max 10 kts
27%
15° C
1027 hpa
247° WSW
0.5 m
11 s
14:22
0.2 m
16h
303° WNW
9 kts
max 11 kts
42%
16° C
1027 hpa
249° WSW
0.5 m
10 s
1.8 m
19h
328° NNW
9 kts
max 9 kts
62%
14° C
1029 hpa
248° WSW
0.5 m
10 s
8.7 m
22h
357° N
6 kts
max 7 kts
4%
13° C
1030 hpa
248° WSW
0.5 m
10 s
20:40
10.4 m

Friday, Oct 10

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
26° NNE
3 kts
max 3 kts
4%
12° C
1030 hpa
247° WSW
0.4 m
10 s
2.2 m
04h
50° NE
2 kts
max 2 kts
4%
12° C
1031 hpa
247° WSW
0.4 m
10 s
02:43
0.4 m
07h
32° NNE
2 kts
max 2 kts
4%
12° C
1032 hpa
250° WSW
0.4 m
9 s
7.8 m
10h
63° ENE
1 kts
max 1 kts
85%
13° C
1033 hpa
250° WSW
0.3 m
9 s
09:01
10.2 m
13h
230° SW
3 kts
max 3 kts
9%
15° C
1033 hpa
249° WSW
0.3 m
9 s
2.9 m
16h
280° W
3 kts
max 3 kts
89%
15° C
1032 hpa
249° WSW
0.3 m
9 s
15:02
0.5 m
19h
282° WNW
2 kts
max 3 kts
99%
14° C
1032 hpa
248° WSW
0.3 m
9 s
7.0 m
22h
52° NE
2 kts
max 2 kts
88%
13° C
1032 hpa
248° WSW
0.2 m
9 s
21:22
10.0 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)

Saturday, Oct 11

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
82° E
3 kts
max 3 kts
99%
13° C
1032 hpa
248° WSW
0.2 m
9 s
3.9 m
04h
90° E
4 kts
max 4 kts
99%
13° C
1032 hpa
248° WSW
0.2 m
9 s
03:24
0.9 m
07h
85° E
4 kts
max 4 kts
99%
12° C
1032 hpa
250° WSW
0.2 m
8 s
6.2 m
10h
88° E
4 kts
max 4 kts
99%
13° C
1032 hpa
249° WSW
0.2 m
8 s
09:44
9.7 m
13h
112° ESE
4 kts
max 5 kts
99%
15° C
1032 hpa
249° WSW
0.2 m
8 s
4.7 m
16h
127° SE
3 kts
max 4 kts
99%
16° C
1031 hpa
248° WSW
0.2 m
8 s
15:46
1.1 m
19h
91° E
3 kts
max 3 kts
99%
14° C
1031 hpa
247° WSW
0.2 m
8 s
5.2 m
22h
65° ENE
4 kts
max 5 kts
99%
14° C
1031 hpa
247° WSW
0.2 m
8 s
22:08
9.3 m

Sunday, Oct 12

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
67° ENE
5 kts
max 5 kts
91%
13° C
1031 hpa
246° WSW
0.2 m
9 s
5.6 m
04h
79° E
5 kts
max 6 kts
99%
12° C
1030 hpa
245° WSW
0.2 m
9 s
04:08
1.6 m
07h
81° E
6 kts
max 6 kts
86%
11° C
1029 hpa
245° WSW
0.2 m
11 s
4.6 m
10h
91° E
7 kts
max 9 kts
99%
13° C
1030 hpa
246° WSW
0.3 m
10 s
10:31
9.0 m
13h
99° E
9 kts
max 11 kts
64%
16° C
1029 hpa
245° WSW
0.3 m
10 s
6.4 m
16h
97° E
9 kts
max 13 kts
75%
16° C
1028 hpa
245° WSW
0.3 m
10 s
16:35
1.9 m
19h
57° ENE
10 kts
max 18 kts
64%
14° C
1028 hpa
245° WSW
0.3 m
10 s
3.9 m
22h
70° ENE
10 kts
max 22 kts
92%
13° C
1028 hpa
245° WSW
0.4 m
10 s
22:59
8.5 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, Oct 13

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
79° E
12 kts
max 23 kts
59%
13° C
1027 hpa
245° WSW
0.4 m
10 s
6.9 m
04h
81° E
12 kts
max 24 kts
17%
12° C
1027 hpa
244° WSW
0.4 m
9 s
04:59
2.4 m
07h
80° E
12 kts
max 24 kts
27%
12° C
1027 hpa
240° WSW
0.4 m
9 s
3.7 m
10h
81° E
15 kts
max 24 kts
84%
13° C
1028 hpa
240° WSW
0.5 m
9 s
11:26
8.2 m
13h
78° ENE
15 kts
max 22 kts
88%
15° C
1028 hpa
230° SW
0.5 m
8 s
7.3 m
16h
76° ENE
14 kts
max 21 kts
99%
16° C
1027 hpa
235° SW
0.5 m
9 s
3.5 m
19h
71° ENE
11 kts
max 21 kts
90%
15° C
1028 hpa
230° SW
0.4 m
8 s
17:35
2.7 m
22h
74° ENE
11 kts
max 20 kts
99%
15° C
1028 hpa
225° SW
0.4 m
9 s
6.4 m

Tuesday, Oct 14

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
73° ENE
10 kts
max 19 kts
98%
15° C
1028 hpa
237° WSW
0.4 m
10 s
00:03
7.6 m
04h
61° ENE
10 kts
max 18 kts
97%
15° C
1028 hpa
247° WSW
0.4 m
12 s
4.3 m
07h
54° NE
9 kts
max 17 kts
91%
14° C
1029 hpa
241° WSW
0.4 m
13 s
06:07
3.2 m
10h
57° ENE
9 kts
max 17 kts
99%
15° C
1030 hpa
246° WSW
0.5 m
15 s
5.9 m
13h
73° ENE
10 kts
max 13 kts
99%
16° C
1030 hpa
246° WSW
0.5 m
15 s
12:38
7.5 m
16h
72° ENE
8 kts
max 11 kts
42%
17° C
1029 hpa
247° WSW
0.6 m
14 s
5.1 m
19h
50° NE
7 kts
max 8 kts
57%
15° C
1029 hpa
247° WSW
0.6 m
13 s
19:01
3.3 m
22h
38° NE
7 kts
max 8 kts
0%
14° C
1029 hpa
248° WSW
0.6 m
13 s
4.9 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, Oct 15

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
40° NE
6 kts
max 9 kts
4%
13° C
1029 hpa
248° WSW
0.6 m
13 s
01:27
7.1 m
04h
61° ENE
5 kts
max 7 kts
5%
12° C
1028 hpa
249° WSW
0.5 m
12 s
5.8 m
07h
70° ENE
4 kts
max 5 kts
6%
11° C
1028 hpa
249° WSW
0.5 m
12 s
07:46
3.6 m
10h
88° E
4 kts
max 4 kts
5%
12° C
1028 hpa
250° WSW
0.5 m
11 s
4.5 m
13h
100° E
2 kts
max 5 kts
0%
15° C
1027 hpa
250° WSW
0.5 m
11 s
14:11
7.2 m
16h
65° ENE
4 kts
max 7 kts
0%
16° C
1025 hpa
251° WSW
0.5 m
11 s
6.5 m
19h
40° NE
4 kts
max 5 kts
0%
14° C
1025 hpa
251° WSW
0.5 m
11 s
4.0 m
22h
53° NE
7 kts
max 10 kts
0%
12° C
1025 hpa
251° WSW
0.5 m
11 s
20:49
3.4 m

Thursday, Oct 16

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
67° ENE
6 kts
max 8 kts
3%
12° C
1025 hpa
251° WSW
0.5 m
11 s
6.1 m
04h
70° ENE
5 kts
max 6 kts
4%
11° C
1024 hpa
251° WSW
0.5 m
11 s
03:06
7.1 m
07h
72° ENE
5 kts
max 5 kts
4%
10° C
1024 hpa
250° WSW
0.5 m
12 s
4.6 m
10h
85° E
4 kts
max 6 kts
4%
12° C
1024 hpa
251° WSW
0.5 m
12 s
09:27
3.5 m
13h
110° ESE
4 kts
max 7 kts
4%
14° C
1023 hpa
245° WSW
0.5 m
11 s
5.8 m
16h
134° SE
4 kts
max 5 kts
4%
15° C
1022 hpa
239° WSW
0.5 m
11 s
15:42
7.5 m
19h
59° ENE
3 kts
max 3 kts
4%
13° C
1022 hpa
239° WSW
0.4 m
11 s
5.2 m
22h
55° NE
5 kts
max 5 kts
4%
12° C
1022 hpa
214° SW
0.4 m
10 s
22:11
3.1 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)

Friday, Oct 17

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
78° ENE
5 kts
max 5 kts
4%
11° C
1022 hpa
220° SW
0.4 m
10 s
4.9 m
04h
80° E
5 kts
max 5 kts
4%
10° C
1022 hpa
224° SW
0.4 m
11 s
04:22
7.5 m
07h
83° E
5 kts
max 5 kts
4%
10° C
1022 hpa
222° SW
0.4 m
11 s
5.8 m
10h
85° E
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
11° C
1023 hpa
207° SSW
0.4 m
9 s
10:35
3.0 m
13h
127° SE
4 kts
max 5 kts
0%
14° C
1023 hpa
214° SW
0.4 m
9 s
4.6 m
16h
141° SE
2 kts
max 3 kts
0%
15° C
1023 hpa
218° SW
0.4 m
10 s
16:47
8.0 m
19h
76° ENE
2 kts
max 2 kts
0%
13° C
1023 hpa
224° SW
0.4 m
10 s
6.5 m
22h
54° NE
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
12° C
1024 hpa
223° SW
0.4 m
10 s
23:05
2.6 m

Saturday, Oct 18

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
77° ENE
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
11° C
1024 hpa
222° SW
0.4 m
10 s
3.7 m
04h
77° ENE
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
10° C
1024 hpa
221° SW
0.4 m
10 s
05:15
8.0 m
07h
76° ENE
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
10° C
1024 hpa
225° SW
0.4 m
10 s
7.0 m
10h
89° E
4 kts
max 5 kts
0%
11° C
1025 hpa
217° SW
0.5 m
9 s
11:22
2.5 m
13h
122° ESE
3 kts
max 4 kts
0%
14° C
1025 hpa
213° SSW
0.5 m
9 s
3.4 m
16h
222° SW
0 kts
max 1 kts
0%
15° C
1023 hpa
217° SW
0.5 m
9 s
7.5 m
19h
346° NNW
2 kts
max 2 kts
4%
13° C
1024 hpa
217° SW
0.6 m
9 s
17:34
8.5 m
22h
54° NE
2 kts
max 2 kts
76%
12° C
1025 hpa
218° SW
0.6 m
10 s
3.3 m

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