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Last update: 17:37 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)

Saturday, Jan 31

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
242° WSW
4 kts
max 5 kts
99%
17° C
1014 hpa
297° WNW
0.1 m
4 s
0.6 m
04h
265° W
7 kts
max 11 kts
99%
17° C
1013 hpa
287° WNW
0.1 m
3 s
0.0 m
07h
345° NNW
15 kts
max 18 kts
99%
0.75 mm
16° C
1014 hpa
321° NW
0.6 m
3 s
07:00
-0.3 m
10h
337° NNW
5 kts
max 9 kts
99%
1.04 mm
15° C
1014 hpa
307° NW
0.5 m
4 s
-0.1 m
13h
293° WNW
21 kts
max 25 kts
99%
1.4 mm
16° C
1013 hpa
295° WNW
0.7 m
4 s
0.3 m
16h
309° NW
25 kts
max 30 kts
99%
0.65 mm
15° C
1013 hpa
296° WNW
1.3 m
5 s
15:10
0.4 m
19h
311° NW
33 kts
max 36 kts
99%
0.54 mm
12° C
1017 hpa
282° WNW
2.1 m
8 s
0.4 m
22h
317° NW
28 kts
max 34 kts
99%
10° C
1020 hpa
278° W
2.0 m
9 s
0.7 m

Sunday, Feb 01

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
331° NNW
25 kts
max 30 kts
99%
8° C
1021 hpa
274° W
1.9 m
10 s
23:52
0.8 m
04h
333° NNW
23 kts
max 27 kts
99%
7° C
1022 hpa
272° W
1.8 m
10 s
0.2 m
07h
341° NNW
22 kts
max 26 kts
87%
7° C
1023 hpa
274° W
1.6 m
10 s
07:39
-0.3 m
10h
344° NNW
19 kts
max 24 kts
26%
7° C
1026 hpa
275° W
1.4 m
10 s
-0.1 m
13h
320° NW
22 kts
max 24 kts
3%
9° C
1025 hpa
278° W
1.3 m
9 s
0.2 m
16h
320° NW
21 kts
max 23 kts
0%
10° C
1024 hpa
280° W
1.3 m
9 s
15:08
0.4 m
19h
326° NW
17 kts
max 19 kts
4%
10° C
1025 hpa
283° WNW
1.2 m
8 s
18:05
0.3 m
22h
336° NNW
14 kts
max 17 kts
5%
9° C
1027 hpa
283° WNW
1.0 m
8 s
0.5 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, Feb 02

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
7° N
11 kts
max 13 kts
12%
8° C
1027 hpa
284° WNW
0.9 m
8 s
00:46
0.7 m
04h
12° NNE
9 kts
max 11 kts
32%
8° C
1027 hpa
285° WNW
0.8 m
7 s
0.4 m
07h
35° NE
10 kts
max 11 kts
12%
6° C
1028 hpa
285° WNW
0.7 m
7 s
08:12
-0.2 m
10h
30° NNE
10 kts
max 11 kts
2%
8° C
1030 hpa
286° WNW
0.6 m
7 s
-0.1 m
13h
336° NNW
10 kts
max 12 kts
0%
11° C
1028 hpa
286° WNW
0.5 m
7 s
0.2 m
16h
316° NW
13 kts
max 14 kts
4%
12° C
1027 hpa
288° WNW
0.6 m
6 s
15:14
0.4 m
19h
334° NNW
12 kts
max 13 kts
14%
12° C
1027 hpa
289° WNW
0.6 m
6 s
19:06
0.2 m
22h
4° N
10 kts
max 11 kts
99%
11° C
1028 hpa
288° WNW
0.6 m
6 s
0.4 m

Tuesday, Feb 03

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
23° NNE
11 kts
max 12 kts
99%
10° C
1027 hpa
288° WNW
0.5 m
6 s
01:36
0.7 m
04h
37° NE
10 kts
max 11 kts
99%
9° C
1027 hpa
288° WNW
0.5 m
6 s
0.5 m
07h
59° ENE
9 kts
max 10 kts
91%
9° C
1028 hpa
280° W
0.4 m
5 s
0.0 m
10h
75° ENE
9 kts
max 10 kts
99%
11° C
1029 hpa
289° WNW
0.3 m
5 s
08:39
-0.2 m
13h
90° E
4 kts
max 7 kts
77%
14° C
1027 hpa
288° WNW
0.2 m
5 s
0.3 m
16h
260° W
3 kts
max 4 kts
84%
15° C
1024 hpa
289° WNW
0.2 m
5 s
15:23
0.4 m
19h
307° NW
6 kts
max 6 kts
0%
15° C
1025 hpa
289° WNW
0.2 m
5 s
20:02
0.2 m
22h
14° NNE
8 kts
max 8 kts
0%
14° C
1025 hpa
285° WNW
0.2 m
5 s
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)

Wednesday, Feb 04

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
60° ENE
7 kts
max 7 kts
0%
13° C
1023 hpa
264° W
0.2 m
4 s
02:23
0.6 m
04h
57° ENE
6 kts
max 6 kts
0%
13° C
1022 hpa
256° WSW
0.2 m
4 s
0.5 m
07h
40° NE
6 kts
max 6 kts
0%
13° C
1023 hpa
251° WSW
0.2 m
4 s
0.1 m
10h
49° NE
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
15° C
1024 hpa
259° W
0.1 m
4 s
09:03
-0.1 m
13h
257° WSW
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
17° C
1021 hpa
276° W
0.1 m
4 s
0.3 m
16h
273° W
7 kts
max 7 kts
0%
17° C
1019 hpa
269° W
0.1 m
3 s
15:35
0.4 m
19h
276° W
5 kts
max 5 kts
4%
17° C
1019 hpa
268° W
0.2 m
3 s
0.2 m
22h
260° W
6 kts
max 7 kts
1%
17° C
1019 hpa
258° WSW
0.3 m
3 s
20:57
0.1 m

Thursday, Feb 05

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
261° W
8 kts
max 10 kts
0%
17° C
1017 hpa
257° WSW
0.4 m
3 s
0.4 m
04h
239° WSW
8 kts
max 12 kts
0%
17° C
1016 hpa
259° W
0.5 m
3 s
03:11
0.5 m
07h
216° SW
9 kts
max 14 kts
72%
18° C
1016 hpa
280° W
0.8 m
4 s
0.2 m
10h
304° NW
18 kts
max 24 kts
99%
3.54 mm
17° C
1017 hpa
291° WNW
1.1 m
5 s
09:24
0.0 m
13h
337° NNW
14 kts
max 19 kts
99%
1.17 mm
15° C
1016 hpa
283° WNW
1.2 m
6 s
0.3 m
16h
320° NW
19 kts
max 21 kts
0%
15° C
1015 hpa
292° WNW
1.3 m
6 s
15:52
0.5 m
19h
322° NW
21 kts
max 23 kts
0%
14° C
1017 hpa
290° WNW
1.3 m
7 s
0.3 m
22h
332° NNW
15 kts
max 18 kts
0%
13° C
1018 hpa
285° WNW
1.1 m
7 s
21:52
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)

Friday, Feb 06

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
329° NNW
15 kts
max 17 kts
3%
13° C
1019 hpa
284° WNW
1.0 m
7 s
0.3 m
04h
339° NNW
16 kts
max 19 kts
42%
13° C
1018 hpa
285° WNW
0.9 m
7 s
04:02
0.4 m
07h
8° N
13 kts
max 16 kts
0%
10° C
1020 hpa
285° WNW
0.8 m
7 s
0.2 m
10h
351° N
11 kts
max 13 kts
0%
12° C
1022 hpa
286° WNW
0.7 m
7 s
09:44
0.1 m
13h
331° NNW
12 kts
max 13 kts
0%
14° C
1020 hpa
286° WNW
0.6 m
7 s
0.3 m
16h
307° NW
15 kts
max 15 kts
0%
14° C
1019 hpa
288° WNW
0.7 m
6 s
16:13
0.5 m
19h
317° NW
15 kts
max 16 kts
0%
14° C
1020 hpa
290° WNW
0.8 m
5 s
0.4 m
22h
324° NW
12 kts
max 14 kts
0%
14° C
1020 hpa
290° WNW
0.8 m
5 s
22:50
0.0 m

Saturday, Feb 07

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
328° NNW
9 kts
max 11 kts
0%
14° C
1020 hpa
289° WNW
0.8 m
5 s
0.1 m
04h
328° NNW
8 kts
max 10 kts
0%
14° C
1019 hpa
290° WNW
0.8 m
5 s
05:04
0.4 m
07h
345° NNW
6 kts
max 8 kts
0%
14° C
1020 hpa
290° WNW
0.8 m
5 s
0.3 m
10h
23° NNE
4 kts
max 5 kts
0%
15° C
1022 hpa
289° WNW
0.7 m
6 s
10:01
0.2 m
13h
294° WNW
6 kts
max 9 kts
0%
16° C
1020 hpa
288° WNW
0.7 m
6 s
0.3 m
16h
307° NW
10 kts
max 13 kts
0%
17° C
1019 hpa
289° WNW
0.7 m
6 s
16:38
0.6 m
19h
302° WNW
8 kts
max 11 kts
0%
17° C
1020 hpa
292° WNW
0.8 m
5 s
0.4 m
22h
304° NW
6 kts
max 8 kts
0%
17° C
1021 hpa
293° WNW
0.8 m
6 s
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)

Sunday, Feb 08

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
339° NNW
5 kts
max 6 kts
0%
16° C
1020 hpa
292° WNW
0.7 m
6 s
23:54
0.0 m
04h
28° NNE
6 kts
max 6 kts
0%
15° C
1019 hpa
291° WNW
0.6 m
6 s
0.2 m
07h
41° NE
7 kts
max 8 kts
0%
14° C
1021 hpa
277° W
0.6 m
6 s
06:30
0.3 m
10h
60° ENE
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
15° C
1023 hpa
290° WNW
0.5 m
6 s
10:11
0.2 m
13h
259° W
3 kts
max 3 kts
0%
17° C
1021 hpa
291° WNW
0.4 m
6 s
0.3 m
16h
268° W
7 kts
max 7 kts
0%
18° C
1019 hpa
291° WNW
0.4 m
6 s
17:08
0.6 m
19h
286° WNW
7 kts
max 7 kts
4%
17° C
1020 hpa
289° WNW
0.4 m
5 s
0.5 m
22h
328° NNW
4 kts
max 4 kts
1%
17° C
1020 hpa
275° W
0.4 m
5 s
0.2 m

Monday, Feb 09

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
121° ESE
3 kts
max 3 kts
4%
17° C
1019 hpa
261° W
0.4 m
5 s
01:08
0.0 m
04h
331° NNW
2 kts
max 2 kts
0%
17° C
1019 hpa
256° WSW
0.4 m
4 s
0.1 m
07h
354° N
4 kts
max 4 kts
0%
16° C
1020 hpa
252° WSW
0.4 m
4 s
0.2 m
10h
4° N
2 kts
max 2 kts
0%
17° C
1021 hpa
258° WSW
0.3 m
4 s
0.3 m
13h
293° WNW
5 kts
max 5 kts
0%
18° C
1019 hpa
273° W
0.3 m
4 s
0.3 m
16h
302° WNW
9 kts
max 9 kts
0%
18° C
1018 hpa
275° W
0.4 m
4 s
0.5 m
19h
320° NW
9 kts
max 10 kts
3%
18° C
1019 hpa
275° W
0.5 m
4 s
17:46
0.6 m
22h
329° NNW
8 kts
max 10 kts
26%
18° C
1019 hpa
279° W
0.5 m
4 s
0.3 m

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