Daily forecast
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Last update: 18:38 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Saturday, Jan 03
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
12 kts
max 22 kts
20° C
1014 hpa
2.0 m
16 s
03:09
1.8
m
05h
12 kts
max 20 kts
19° C
1014 hpa
2.2 m
16 s
1.5
m
08h
12 kts
max 17 kts
22° C
1015 hpa
2.2 m
15 s
09:17
0.4
m
11h
14 kts
max 15 kts
25° C
1015 hpa
2.2 m
15 s
0.6
m
14h
18 kts
max 23 kts
24° C
1013 hpa
2.4 m
14 s
15:23
1.8
m
17h
19 kts
max 26 kts
24° C
1012 hpa
2.4 m
14 s
1.6
m
20h
18 kts
max 29 kts
21° C
1012 hpa
2.4 m
13 s
0.5
m
23h
13 kts
max 22 kts
20° C
1012 hpa
2.1 m
13 s
21:40
0.3
m
Sunday, Jan 04
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
11 kts
max 18 kts
19° C
1011 hpa
1.9 m
13 s
1.5
m
05h
10 kts
max 14 kts
19° C
1010 hpa
1.6 m
13 s
03:54
1.8
m
08h
10 kts
max 12 kts
22° C
1011 hpa
1.5 m
12 s
0.7
m
11h
9 kts
max 9 kts
26° C
1009 hpa
1.4 m
11 s
10:04
0.4
m
14h
16 kts
max 18 kts
26° C
1008 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
1.4
m
17h
21 kts
max 30 kts
23° C
1007 hpa
2.0 m
8 s
16:08
1.8
m
20h
14 kts
max 23 kts
22° C
1006 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
0.8
m
23h
10 kts
max 17 kts
20° C
1007 hpa
1.6 m
11 s
22:21
0.3
m
Monday, Jan 05
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
8 kts
max 13 kts
18° C
1007 hpa
1.4 m
12 s
1.2
m
05h
5 kts
max 7 kts
17° C
1007 hpa
1.3 m
12 s
04:37
1.8
m
08h
2 kts
max 4 kts
21° C
1008 hpa
1.3 m
12 s
1.0
m
11h
7 kts
max 7 kts
26° C
1008 hpa
1.3 m
12 s
10:50
0.4
m
14h
9 kts
max 9 kts
26° C
1006 hpa
1.4 m
12 s
1.1
m
17h
11 kts
max 14 kts
25° C
1006 hpa
1.5 m
13 s
16:52
1.8
m
20h
8 kts
max 13 kts
21° C
1008 hpa
1.4 m
12 s
1.0
m
23h
5 kts
max 6 kts
20° C
1009 hpa
1.4 m
12 s
23:02
0.3
m
Tuesday, Jan 06
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
1 kts
max 2 kts
19° C
1008 hpa
1.4 m
12 s
1.0
m
05h
2 kts
max 3 kts
19° C
1008 hpa
1.4 m
12 s
05:19
1.8
m
08h
5 kts
max 6 kts
21° C
1010 hpa
1.4 m
11 s
1.3
m
11h
8 kts
max 10 kts
23° C
1011 hpa
1.5 m
11 s
11:34
0.4
m
14h
10 kts
max 13 kts
24° C
1010 hpa
1.6 m
11 s
0.9
m
17h
9 kts
max 13 kts
23° C
1009 hpa
1.7 m
11 s
17:34
1.7
m
20h
5 kts
max 9 kts
21° C
1011 hpa
1.8 m
11 s
1.2
m
23h
5 kts
max 9 kts
21° C
1012 hpa
2.0 m
11 s
23:41
0.4
m
Wednesday, Jan 07
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
6 kts
max 9 kts
20° C
1012 hpa
2.3 m
11 s
0.8
m
05h
7 kts
max 10 kts
19° C
1012 hpa
2.6 m
11 s
06:00
1.8
m
08h
8 kts
max 10 kts
21° C
1014 hpa
2.8 m
11 s
1.5
m
11h
10 kts
max 11 kts
23° C
1014 hpa
2.9 m
12 s
12:17
0.5
m
14h
11 kts
max 12 kts
24° C
1013 hpa
3.0 m
12 s
0.7
m
17h
12 kts
max 14 kts
22° C
1012 hpa
3.0 m
12 s
18:16
1.6
m
20h
10 kts
max 15 kts
19° C
1013 hpa
2.9 m
12 s
1.4
m
23h
8 kts
max 10 kts
18° C
1014 hpa
2.8 m
12 s
00:20
0.5
m
Thursday, Jan 08
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
3 kts
max 4 kts
17° C
1013 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
0.7
m
05h
1 kts
max 2 kts
16° C
1011 hpa
2.5 m
12 s
1.5
m
08h
4 kts
max 5 kts
19° C
1013 hpa
2.4 m
12 s
06:42
1.7
m
11h
9 kts
max 11 kts
22° C
1013 hpa
2.2 m
12 s
0.8
m
14h
11 kts
max 15 kts
22° C
1014 hpa
2.1 m
12 s
13:02
0.6
m
17h
9 kts
max 13 kts
22° C
1014 hpa
2.2 m
12 s
1.2
m
20h
3 kts
max 5 kts
20° C
1015 hpa
2.4 m
12 s
18:58
1.5
m
23h
7 kts
max 11 kts
20° C
1017 hpa
2.5 m
12 s
0.8
m
Friday, Jan 09
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
8 kts
max 11 kts
19° C
1016 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
01:00
0.6
m
05h
8 kts
max 10 kts
18° C
1016 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
1.3
m
08h
8 kts
max 10 kts
21° C
1017 hpa
2.5 m
11 s
07:26
1.6
m
11h
10 kts
max 10 kts
24° C
1017 hpa
2.5 m
11 s
1.0
m
14h
15 kts
max 17 kts
24° C
1015 hpa
2.6 m
11 s
13:50
0.7
m
17h
18 kts
max 24 kts
23° C
1013 hpa
2.7 m
11 s
1.1
m
20h
15 kts
max 22 kts
23° C
1012 hpa
2.6 m
10 s
19:45
1.4
m
23h
9 kts
max 14 kts
20° C
1013 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
1.0
m
Saturday, Jan 10
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
8 kts
max 12 kts
19° C
1011 hpa
2.0 m
11 s
01:44
0.7
m
05h
5 kts
max 7 kts
18° C
1010 hpa
1.8 m
11 s
1.1
m
08h
4 kts
max 6 kts
22° C
1011 hpa
1.6 m
11 s
08:14
1.5
m
11h
6 kts
max 6 kts
28° C
1010 hpa
1.6 m
11 s
1.2
m
14h
9 kts
max 9 kts
30° C
1008 hpa
1.7 m
11 s
14:46
0.8
m
17h
11 kts
max 13 kts
28° C
1006 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
0.9
m
20h
6 kts
max 7 kts
24° C
1006 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
20:41
1.3
m
23h
4 kts
max 6 kts
23° C
1007 hpa
1.5 m
11 s
1.1
m
Sunday, Jan 11
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
3 kts
max 4 kts
22° C
1007 hpa
1.3 m
11 s
02:38
0.8
m
05h
4 kts
max 5 kts
21° C
1006 hpa
1.2 m
11 s
1.0
m
08h
5 kts
max 6 kts
23° C
1008 hpa
1.2 m
11 s
09:12
1.4
m
11h
6 kts
max 6 kts
27° C
1009 hpa
1.2 m
12 s
1.3
m
14h
9 kts
max 10 kts
28° C
1008 hpa
1.3 m
11 s
0.9
m
17h
14 kts
max 18 kts
26° C
1007 hpa
1.4 m
11 s
15:56
0.8
m
20h
14 kts
max 22 kts
22° C
1007 hpa
1.5 m
12 s
1.1
m
23h
14 kts
max 22 kts
21° C
1009 hpa
1.6 m
12 s
21:56
1.2
m
Monday, Jan 12
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
02h
8 kts
max 15 kts
21° C
1008 hpa
1.5 m
12 s
0.9
m
05h
7 kts
max 10 kts
21° C
1008 hpa
1.5 m
13 s
03:52
0.9
m
08h
5 kts
max 6 kts
24° C
1010 hpa
1.5 m
13 s
1.2
m
11h
9 kts
max 9 kts
27° C
1009 hpa
1.6 m
13 s
10:24
1.4
m
14h
15 kts
max 18 kts
27° C
1009 hpa
1.6 m
13 s
1.1
m
17h
18 kts
max 24 kts
25° C
1008 hpa
1.7 m
13 s
17:14
0.8
m
20h
17 kts
max 26 kts
22° C
1009 hpa
1.7 m
13 s
1.0
m
23h
14 kts
max 21 kts
21° C
1010 hpa
1.7 m
12 s
23:27
1.2
m
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