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Last update: 22:37 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)

Saturday, Jan 31

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
130° SE
30 kts
max 35 kts
99%
1.22 mm
3° C
994 hpa
152° SSE
5.1 m
12 s
1.5 m
03h
130° SE
30 kts
max 35 kts
99%
1.12 mm
3° C
994 hpa
150° SSE
5.2 m
12 s
03:23
0.8 m
06h
132° SE
30 kts
max 34 kts
99%
1.1 mm
3° C
995 hpa
151° SSE
5.1 m
12 s
1.3 m
09h
133° SE
29 kts
max 33 kts
99%
0.93 mm
3° C
997 hpa
152° SSE
5.0 m
12 s
09:31
2.1 m
12h
138° SE
28 kts
max 32 kts
99%
0.87 mm
4° C
997 hpa
152° SSE
4.9 m
12 s
1.6 m
15h
138° SE
27 kts
max 30 kts
99%
0.72 mm
4° C
997 hpa
151° SSE
4.7 m
12 s
15:51
0.5 m
18h
138° SE
28 kts
max 32 kts
99%
0.42 mm
4° C
998 hpa
152° SSE
4.5 m
11 s
0.9 m
21h
139° SE
29 kts
max 33 kts
99%
0.43 mm
4° C
998 hpa
153° SSE
4.5 m
11 s
22:12
2.1 m

Sunday, Feb 01

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
137° SE
28 kts
max 34 kts
99%
0.94 mm
3° C
998 hpa
154° SSE
4.5 m
11 s
1.8 m
03h
142° SE
28 kts
max 34 kts
99%
1.2 mm
3° C
997 hpa
155° SSE
4.5 m
11 s
04:09
0.8 m
06h
142° SE
28 kts
max 32 kts
99%
0.67 mm
3° C
997 hpa
155° SSE
4.5 m
11 s
1.1 m
09h
139° SE
28 kts
max 33 kts
99%
4° C
997 hpa
154° SSE
4.6 m
11 s
10:20
2.2 m
12h
137° SE
30 kts
max 34 kts
99%
4° C
998 hpa
153° SSE
4.7 m
11 s
1.9 m
15h
136° SE
30 kts
max 34 kts
99%
3° C
997 hpa
154° SSE
4.7 m
11 s
0.7 m
18h
138° SE
29 kts
max 34 kts
99%
3° C
998 hpa
154° SSE
4.8 m
11 s
16:37
0.4 m
21h
137° SE
29 kts
max 34 kts
99%
4° C
999 hpa
152° SSE
4.8 m
11 s
1.7 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)

Monday, Feb 02

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
135° SE
29 kts
max 34 kts
99%
0.55 mm
3° C
999 hpa
154° SSE
4.8 m
11 s
22:59
2.1 m
03h
136° SE
29 kts
max 34 kts
99%
1.21 mm
2° C
999 hpa
156° SSE
4.8 m
11 s
1.0 m
06h
134° SE
29 kts
max 33 kts
99%
0.78 mm
3° C
999 hpa
157° SSE
4.7 m
11 s
04:51
0.7 m
09h
135° SE
28 kts
max 32 kts
99%
3° C
1000 hpa
157° SSE
4.6 m
11 s
1.8 m
12h
134° SE
27 kts
max 31 kts
99%
3° C
1002 hpa
158° SSE
4.5 m
11 s
11:05
2.3 m
15h
133° SE
27 kts
max 30 kts
99%
2° C
1001 hpa
158° SSE
4.4 m
11 s
0.9 m
18h
132° SE
27 kts
max 31 kts
99%
2° C
1003 hpa
158° SSE
4.3 m
11 s
17:21
0.3 m
21h
130° SE
28 kts
max 32 kts
99%
2° C
1003 hpa
158° SSE
4.3 m
11 s
1.4 m

Tuesday, Feb 03

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
130° SE
27 kts
max 32 kts
99%
0.43 mm
2° C
1004 hpa
158° SSE
4.2 m
11 s
23:42
2.2 m
03h
127° SE
27 kts
max 32 kts
99%
0.55 mm
2° C
1003 hpa
159° SSE
4.1 m
11 s
1.2 m
06h
124° SE
28 kts
max 31 kts
99%
0.43 mm
2° C
1003 hpa
157° SSE
4.1 m
11 s
05:30
0.6 m
09h
121° ESE
28 kts
max 32 kts
99%
0.4 mm
2° C
1004 hpa
156° SSE
4.0 m
11 s
1.6 m
12h
118° ESE
29 kts
max 33 kts
99%
2° C
1004 hpa
157° SSE
4.0 m
11 s
11:47
2.4 m
15h
117° ESE
29 kts
max 33 kts
99%
2° C
1003 hpa
156° SSE
3.9 m
11 s
1.2 m
18h
116° ESE
29 kts
max 34 kts
99%
2° C
1002 hpa
155° SSE
3.9 m
11 s
18:02
0.3 m
21h
114° ESE
30 kts
max 35 kts
99%
2° C
1002 hpa
153° SSE
3.9 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)

Wednesday, Feb 04

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
114° ESE
30 kts
max 34 kts
99%
3° C
1001 hpa
153° SSE
4.0 m
11 s
00:21
2.1 m
03h
113° ESE
29 kts
max 33 kts
99%
2° C
1001 hpa
151° SSE
4.1 m
11 s
1.4 m
06h
110° ESE
29 kts
max 35 kts
99%
2° C
1000 hpa
149° SSE
4.3 m
11 s
06:07
0.6 m
09h
108° ESE
31 kts
max 36 kts
99%
2° C
1000 hpa
147° SSE
4.4 m
11 s
1.3 m
12h
110° ESE
30 kts
max 36 kts
99%
2° C
999 hpa
144° SE
4.5 m
11 s
12:27
2.4 m
15h
111° ESE
29 kts
max 34 kts
99%
2° C
998 hpa
143° SE
4.5 m
11 s
1.6 m
18h
113° ESE
28 kts
max 33 kts
99%
3° C
998 hpa
142° SE
4.5 m
11 s
18:41
0.3 m
21h
114° ESE
28 kts
max 32 kts
99%
3° C
998 hpa
139° SE
4.5 m
11 s
0.8 m

Thursday, Feb 05

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
111° ESE
26 kts
max 30 kts
99%
2° C
999 hpa
141° SE
4.4 m
11 s
00:59
2.0 m
03h
111° ESE
25 kts
max 29 kts
99%
2° C
998 hpa
142° SE
4.3 m
11 s
1.6 m
06h
111° ESE
24 kts
max 29 kts
99%
2° C
997 hpa
141° SE
4.1 m
11 s
06:43
0.6 m
09h
109° ESE
24 kts
max 28 kts
99%
2° C
997 hpa
144° SE
4.0 m
11 s
1.1 m
12h
109° ESE
23 kts
max 27 kts
99%
2° C
997 hpa
146° SE
3.9 m
11 s
13:06
2.3 m
15h
109° ESE
22 kts
max 25 kts
99%
2° C
997 hpa
150° SSE
3.7 m
11 s
1.8 m
18h
110° ESE
22 kts
max 24 kts
99%
2° C
996 hpa
154° SSE
3.5 m
11 s
19:18
0.4 m
21h
112° ESE
21 kts
max 24 kts
99%
2° C
997 hpa
158° SSE
3.4 m
11 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)

Friday, Feb 06

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
109° ESE
21 kts
max 25 kts
99%
2° C
997 hpa
158° SSE
3.2 m
11 s
1.7 m
03h
110° ESE
19 kts
max 24 kts
99%
3° C
996 hpa
159° SSE
3.0 m
11 s
01:35
2.0 m
06h
105° ESE
19 kts
max 23 kts
99%
3° C
996 hpa
160° SSE
3.0 m
11 s
07:18
0.7 m
09h
104° ESE
18 kts
max 22 kts
17%
3° C
996 hpa
161° SSE
3.0 m
10 s
0.9 m
12h
102° ESE
18 kts
max 21 kts
4%
4° C
996 hpa
160° SSE
3.0 m
10 s
1.9 m
15h
104° ESE
17 kts
max 21 kts
4%
3° C
996 hpa
160° SSE
3.0 m
10 s
13:43
2.2 m
18h
108° ESE
17 kts
max 21 kts
4%
3° C
996 hpa
160° SSE
3.0 m
10 s
0.9 m
21h
112° ESE
18 kts
max 22 kts
10%
3° C
997 hpa
159° SSE
3.0 m
10 s
19:54
0.6 m

Saturday, Feb 07

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
116° ESE
21 kts
max 25 kts
95%
3° C
997 hpa
157° SSE
3.1 m
10 s
1.5 m
03h
113° ESE
24 kts
max 28 kts
99%
3° C
998 hpa
156° SSE
3.0 m
10 s
02:10
1.9 m
06h
115° ESE
26 kts
max 30 kts
99%
2° C
998 hpa
155° SSE
3.0 m
10 s
1.0 m
09h
118° ESE
26 kts
max 31 kts
98%
2° C
999 hpa
152° SSE
2.9 m
10 s
07:53
0.8 m
12h
121° ESE
26 kts
max 31 kts
99%
2° C
1000 hpa
148° SSE
2.8 m
10 s
1.6 m
15h
121° ESE
25 kts
max 29 kts
99%
3° C
1000 hpa
147° SSE
2.7 m
10 s
14:21
2.0 m
18h
121° ESE
24 kts
max 28 kts
99%
3° C
1001 hpa
147° SSE
2.5 m
10 s
1.2 m
21h
122° ESE
23 kts
max 26 kts
99%
3° C
1002 hpa
143° SE
2.4 m
9 s
20:29
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, Feb 08

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
123° ESE
21 kts
max 24 kts
99%
3° C
1003 hpa
143° SE
2.3 m
9 s
1.3 m
03h
122° ESE
19 kts
max 22 kts
99%
3° C
1003 hpa
143° SE
2.2 m
9 s
02:45
1.8 m
06h
118° ESE
19 kts
max 21 kts
86%
3° C
1003 hpa
143° SE
2.1 m
9 s
1.2 m
09h
114° ESE
17 kts
max 20 kts
56%
3° C
1004 hpa
142° SE
2.0 m
9 s
08:29
0.9 m
12h
112° ESE
15 kts
max 17 kts
24%
3° C
1004 hpa
140° SE
1.9 m
9 s
1.4 m
15h
105° ESE
12 kts
max 14 kts
15%
3° C
1004 hpa
139° SE
1.9 m
8 s
15:00
1.9 m
18h
94° E
10 kts
max 13 kts
37%
3° C
1003 hpa
138° SE
1.8 m
8 s
1.3 m
21h
91° E
12 kts
max 15 kts
73%
4° C
1001 hpa
137° SE
1.8 m
8 s
21:05
0.9 m

Monday, Feb 09

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
93° E
13 kts
max 16 kts
67%
3° C
1000 hpa
134° SE
1.8 m
8 s
1.2 m
03h
94° E
12 kts
max 14 kts
77%
3° C
998 hpa
134° SE
1.8 m
8 s
03:23
1.7 m
06h
106° ESE
13 kts
max 15 kts
72%
2° C
997 hpa
132° SE
1.8 m
8 s
1.4 m
09h
91° E
15 kts
max 18 kts
80%
3° C
997 hpa
132° SE
1.7 m
8 s
09:11
1.0 m
12h
84° E
17 kts
max 19 kts
96%
3° C
996 hpa
131° SE
1.7 m
8 s
1.2 m
15h
74° ENE
18 kts
max 21 kts
99%
3° C
995 hpa
15:45
1.7 m
18h
78° ENE
19 kts
max 24 kts
95%
3° C
996 hpa
1.5 m

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