Daily forecast
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Last update: 06:42 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Tuesday, May 20
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
16 kts
max 26 kts
15° C
1007 hpa
2.0 m
9 s
02:47
0.7
m
05h
18 kts
max 28 kts
15° C
1005 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
0.9
m
08h
19 kts
max 28 kts
0.67 mm
15° C
1004 hpa
2.4 m
9 s
08:45
1.3
m
11h
16 kts
max 24 kts
3.38 mm
15° C
1003 hpa
2.7 m
9 s
1.1
m
14h
18 kts
max 28 kts
8.36 mm
13° C
1005 hpa
3.0 m
9 s
14:59
0.7
m
17h
19 kts
max 24 kts
2.58 mm
13° C
1008 hpa
3.2 m
9 s
0.9
m
20h
21 kts
max 28 kts
8.18 mm
13° C
1013 hpa
3.6 m
10 s
21:29
1.5
m
23h
14 kts
max 19 kts
3.1 mm
14° C
1017 hpa
3.8 m
11 s
1.4
m
Wednesday, May 21
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
13 kts
max 16 kts
14° C
1019 hpa
3.7 m
12 s
0.9
m
05h
7 kts
max 11 kts
14° C
1021 hpa
3.6 m
12 s
04:12
0.7
m
08h
4 kts
max 7 kts
14° C
1023 hpa
3.4 m
12 s
1.1
m
11h
6 kts
max 9 kts
0.44 mm
14° C
1026 hpa
3.2 m
12 s
10:12
1.3
m
14h
8 kts
max 10 kts
0.89 mm
15° C
1026 hpa
3.1 m
13 s
0.9
m
17h
8 kts
max 10 kts
0.41 mm
14° C
1027 hpa
3.0 m
13 s
16:20
0.7
m
20h
9 kts
max 11 kts
14° C
1029 hpa
3.1 m
13 s
1.2
m
23h
7 kts
max 9 kts
14° C
1030 hpa
3.3 m
14 s
22:42
1.5
m
Thursday, May 22
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
6 kts
max 8 kts
14° C
1030 hpa
3.5 m
14 s
1.1
m
05h
5 kts
max 6 kts
14° C
1030 hpa
3.6 m
14 s
05:21
0.6
m
08h
4 kts
max 5 kts
15° C
1031 hpa
3.6 m
14 s
0.9
m
11h
2 kts
max 2 kts
16° C
1032 hpa
3.6 m
14 s
11:26
1.4
m
14h
3 kts
max 3 kts
18° C
1030 hpa
3.5 m
14 s
1.1
m
17h
7 kts
max 8 kts
17° C
1029 hpa
3.4 m
14 s
17:27
0.6
m
20h
7 kts
max 11 kts
16° C
1030 hpa
3.4 m
14 s
1.0
m
23h
8 kts
max 12 kts
15° C
1029 hpa
3.2 m
14 s
23:45
1.6
m
Friday, May 23
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
8 kts
max 12 kts
15° C
1028 hpa
3.1 m
14 s
1.3
m
05h
6 kts
max 8 kts
14° C
1027 hpa
2.9 m
14 s
06:18
0.4
m
08h
7 kts
max 8 kts
14° C
1027 hpa
2.7 m
14 s
0.6
m
11h
6 kts
max 7 kts
17° C
1027 hpa
2.5 m
13 s
12:25
1.5
m
14h
6 kts
max 7 kts
19° C
1024 hpa
2.4 m
13 s
1.4
m
17h
7 kts
max 8 kts
19° C
1023 hpa
2.3 m
13 s
18:25
0.5
m
20h
5 kts
max 7 kts
17° C
1023 hpa
2.2 m
13 s
0.7
m
23h
4 kts
max 4 kts
17° C
1022 hpa
2.1 m
13 s
1.5
m
Saturday, May 24
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
5 kts
max 5 kts
17° C
1021 hpa
2.0 m
12 s
00:40
1.7
m
05h
6 kts
max 6 kts
17° C
1019 hpa
2.0 m
12 s
0.7
m
08h
5 kts
max 5 kts
17° C
1020 hpa
2.0 m
12 s
07:08
0.4
m
11h
3 kts
max 4 kts
21° C
1019 hpa
2.0 m
12 s
1.2
m
14h
1 kts
max 6 kts
24° C
1017 hpa
2.0 m
13 s
13:17
1.6
m
17h
3 kts
max 3 kts
22° C
1016 hpa
2.0 m
13 s
0.8
m
20h
3 kts
max 3 kts
20° C
1017 hpa
2.0 m
15 s
19:16
0.4
m
23h
2 kts
max 3 kts
20° C
1017 hpa
2.0 m
15 s
1.3
m
Sunday, May 25
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
4 kts
max 5 kts
19° C
1016 hpa
2.0 m
15 s
01:30
1.8
m
05h
3 kts
max 3 kts
18° C
1016 hpa
2.1 m
15 s
0.9
m
08h
5 kts
max 6 kts
18° C
1017 hpa
2.1 m
15 s
07:55
0.3
m
11h
2 kts
max 3 kts
20° C
1018 hpa
2.1 m
14 s
1.0
m
14h
3 kts
max 5 kts
21° C
1017 hpa
2.0 m
14 s
14:05
1.7
m
17h
1 kts
max 3 kts
20° C
1017 hpa
2.0 m
14 s
1.1
m
20h
6 kts
max 7 kts
18° C
1018 hpa
2.0 m
14 s
20:05
0.4
m
23h
6 kts
max 8 kts
17° C
1018 hpa
2.1 m
14 s
1.0
m
Monday, May 26
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
6 kts
max 7 kts
16° C
1018 hpa
2.1 m
14 s
02:17
1.9
m
05h
7 kts
max 9 kts
16° C
1018 hpa
2.2 m
14 s
1.2
m
08h
8 kts
max 10 kts
16° C
1019 hpa
2.2 m
14 s
08:39
0.2
m
11h
9 kts
max 11 kts
17° C
1020 hpa
2.2 m
14 s
0.7
m
14h
9 kts
max 11 kts
18° C
1018 hpa
2.1 m
13 s
14:50
1.8
m
17h
11 kts
max 14 kts
17° C
1018 hpa
2.1 m
13 s
1.3
m
20h
10 kts
max 14 kts
16° C
1019 hpa
2.1 m
13 s
20:52
0.4
m
23h
7 kts
max 9 kts
16° C
1018 hpa
2.1 m
13 s
0.7
m
Tuesday, May 27
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
5 kts
max 5 kts
15° C
1017 hpa
2.0 m
13 s
03:03
1.9
m
05h
4 kts
max 4 kts
15° C
1017 hpa
2.0 m
12 s
1.5
m
08h
5 kts
max 5 kts
15° C
1017 hpa
2.0 m
12 s
09:23
0.2
m
11h
7 kts
max 10 kts
18° C
1017 hpa
1.9 m
12 s
0.5
m
14h
6 kts
max 10 kts
19° C
1015 hpa
2.0 m
12 s
1.5
m
17h
7 kts
max 11 kts
17° C
1015 hpa
2.0 m
12 s
15:36
1.8
m
20h
7 kts
max 9 kts
16° C
1015 hpa
2.0 m
12 s
0.6
m
23h
7 kts
max 10 kts
15° C
1015 hpa
2.1 m
12 s
21:39
0.4
m
Wednesday, May 28
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
8 kts
max 12 kts
15° C
1014 hpa
2.1 m
12 s
1.5
m
05h
12 kts
max 19 kts
15° C
1014 hpa
2.2 m
12 s
03:49
1.8
m
08h
16 kts
max 26 kts
15° C
1015 hpa
2.4 m
12 s
0.6
m
11h
19 kts
max 30 kts
2.14 mm
16° C
1015 hpa
2.4 m
12 s
10:07
0.3
m
14h
20 kts
max 28 kts
3.12 mm
16° C
1015 hpa
2.5 m
12 s
1.3
m
17h
20 kts
max 29 kts
16° C
1017 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
16:21
1.8
m
20h
18 kts
max 25 kts
0.98 mm
15° C
1019 hpa
2.7 m
12 s
0.8
m
23h
17 kts
max 23 kts
1.32 mm
15° C
1020 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
22:26
0.4
m
Thursday, May 29
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
15 kts
max 22 kts
1.84 mm
14° C
1021 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
1.2
m
05h
12 kts
max 18 kts
1.92 mm
14° C
1023 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
04:34
1.7
m
08h
10 kts
max 15 kts
2.78 mm
13° C
1024 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
0.9
m
11h
9 kts
max 12 kts
1.09 mm
15° C
1026 hpa
2.5 m
12 s
10:51
0.3
m
14h
12 kts
max 13 kts
15° C
1027 hpa
2.4 m
12 s
1.0
m
17h
10 kts
max 12 kts
15° C
1028 hpa
2.3 m
11 s
17:08
1.7
m
20h
7 kts
max 8 kts
14° C
1029 hpa
2.3 m
11 s
1.1
m
23h
6 kts
max 8 kts
14° C
1030 hpa
2.2 m
12 s
23:16
0.5
m
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