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Last update: 04:57 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)

Thursday, Feb 19

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
15° NNE
6 kts
max 9 kts
0%
16° C
1026 hpa
341° NNW
1.0 m
13 s
1.6 m
03h
16° NNE
6 kts
max 8 kts
9%
15° C
1026 hpa
342° NNW
1.0 m
13 s
02:47
2.5 m
06h
43° NE
9 kts
max 10 kts
69%
16° C
1025 hpa
344° NNW
1.2 m
13 s
1.4 m
09h
51° NE
7 kts
max 8 kts
83%
16° C
1026 hpa
337° NNW
1.4 m
13 s
08:58
0.3 m
12h
64° ENE
9 kts
max 9 kts
34%
16° C
1027 hpa
332° NNW
1.5 m
13 s
1.3 m
15h
67° ENE
9 kts
max 9 kts
21%
17° C
1025 hpa
337° NNW
1.5 m
12 s
15:07
2.4 m
18h
60° ENE
8 kts
max 9 kts
14%
16° C
1025 hpa
335° NNW
1.5 m
12 s
1.4 m
21h
47° NE
7 kts
max 9 kts
20%
15° C
1027 hpa
334° NNW
1.5 m
12 s
21:05
0.4 m

Friday, Feb 20

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
50° NE
8 kts
max 9 kts
31%
15° C
1027 hpa
335° NNW
1.6 m
11 s
1.3 m
03h
59° ENE
8 kts
max 10 kts
34%
15° C
1026 hpa
339° NNW
1.7 m
11 s
03:21
2.5 m
06h
53° NE
8 kts
max 9 kts
37%
15° C
1025 hpa
350° N
1.9 m
14 s
1.7 m
09h
69° ENE
9 kts
max 11 kts
43%
15° C
1026 hpa
354° N
2.3 m
16 s
09:32
0.4 m
12h
67° ENE
9 kts
max 11 kts
21%
17° C
1026 hpa
355° N
2.5 m
16 s
1.0 m
15h
75° ENE
10 kts
max 10 kts
25%
17° C
1024 hpa
356° N
2.5 m
16 s
15:42
2.3 m
18h
70° ENE
9 kts
max 10 kts
31%
16° C
1024 hpa
333° NNW
2.5 m
16 s
1.7 m
21h
60° ENE
8 kts
max 9 kts
33%
15° C
1026 hpa
313° NW
2.5 m
17 s
21:40
0.4 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, Feb 21

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
60° ENE
6 kts
max 8 kts
39%
15° C
1026 hpa
325° NW
2.4 m
16 s
1.0 m
03h
45° NE
7 kts
max 9 kts
33%
15° C
1024 hpa
313° NW
2.3 m
16 s
03:57
2.4 m
06h
42° NE
8 kts
max 9 kts
36%
15° C
1024 hpa
310° NW
2.2 m
16 s
1.9 m
09h
46° NE
8 kts
max 9 kts
39%
15° C
1025 hpa
318° NW
2.1 m
15 s
10:08
0.4 m
12h
56° NE
9 kts
max 10 kts
35%
17° C
1025 hpa
318° NW
2.0 m
15 s
0.8 m
15h
55° NE
9 kts
max 9 kts
71%
17° C
1023 hpa
317° NW
1.9 m
15 s
16:20
2.2 m
18h
41° NE
9 kts
max 10 kts
54%
16° C
1023 hpa
317° NW
1.8 m
14 s
1.9 m
21h
39° NE
8 kts
max 9 kts
99%
15° C
1025 hpa
322° NW
1.7 m
14 s
22:19
0.5 m

Sunday, Feb 22

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
48° NE
7 kts
max 9 kts
99%
15° C
1024 hpa
323° NW
1.6 m
14 s
0.8 m
03h
38° NE
7 kts
max 8 kts
46%
15° C
1023 hpa
322° NW
1.6 m
14 s
2.0 m
06h
40° NE
6 kts
max 7 kts
68%
15° C
1022 hpa
324° NW
1.5 m
13 s
04:37
2.3 m
09h
49° NE
6 kts
max 7 kts
56%
16° C
1023 hpa
325° NW
1.5 m
14 s
0.9 m
12h
69° ENE
8 kts
max 8 kts
38%
18° C
1023 hpa
320° NW
1.5 m
14 s
10:47
0.6 m
15h
66° ENE
7 kts
max 7 kts
99%
19° C
1021 hpa
318° NW
1.5 m
14 s
1.8 m
18h
54° NE
7 kts
max 7 kts
78%
18° C
1022 hpa
314° NW
1.4 m
14 s
17:02
2.2 m
21h
36° NE
5 kts
max 6 kts
91%
16° C
1023 hpa
311° NW
1.4 m
13 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)

Monday, Feb 23

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
24° NNE
4 kts
max 5 kts
5%
16° C
1022 hpa
310° NW
1.4 m
13 s
23:04
0.7 m
03h
0° N
5 kts
max 6 kts
99%
16° C
1021 hpa
311° NW
1.3 m
13 s
1.7 m
06h
359° N
5 kts
max 6 kts
99%
16° C
1020 hpa
312° NW
1.3 m
13 s
05:23
2.1 m
09h
68° ENE
3 kts
max 4 kts
98%
17° C
1020 hpa
311° NW
1.3 m
13 s
1.2 m
12h
86° E
4 kts
max 4 kts
94%
20° C
1021 hpa
308° NW
1.3 m
13 s
11:33
0.7 m
15h
17° NNE
5 kts
max 5 kts
48%
20° C
1020 hpa
305° NW
1.2 m
13 s
1.5 m
18h
39° NE
5 kts
max 5 kts
3%
19° C
1020 hpa
308° NW
1.2 m
13 s
17:53
2.0 m
21h
8° N
4 kts
max 5 kts
0%
17° C
1021 hpa
310° NW
1.2 m
13 s
1.4 m

Tuesday, Feb 24

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
171° S
2 kts
max 5 kts
0%
17° C
1020 hpa
313° NW
1.1 m
12 s
00:01
0.8 m
03h
238° WSW
2 kts
max 2 kts
29%
17° C
1019 hpa
314° NW
1.1 m
12 s
1.3 m
06h
299° WNW
5 kts
max 6 kts
44%
17° C
1019 hpa
313° NW
1.0 m
12 s
06:23
2.0 m
09h
312° NW
3 kts
max 4 kts
47%
18° C
1020 hpa
312° NW
1.0 m
12 s
1.5 m
12h
5° N
2 kts
max 3 kts
93%
20° C
1020 hpa
306° NW
1.1 m
14 s
12:35
0.9 m
15h
231° SW
2 kts
max 7 kts
17%
20° C
1018 hpa
305° NW
1.3 m
16 s
1.2 m
18h
310° NW
5 kts
max 7 kts
19%
18° C
1019 hpa
306° NW
1.5 m
17 s
19:02
1.9 m
21h
285° WNW
4 kts
max 6 kts
6%
17° C
1020 hpa
304° NW
1.9 m
17 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)

Wednesday, Feb 25

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
333° NNW
10 kts
max 14 kts
99%
16° C
1021 hpa
304° NW
2.1 m
17 s
01:25
0.9 m
03h
328° NNW
10 kts
max 11 kts
36%
16° C
1021 hpa
305° NW
2.3 m
17 s
1.1 m
06h
322° NW
9 kts
max 11 kts
19%
16° C
1021 hpa
307° NW
2.5 m
17 s
1.6 m
09h
337° NNW
13 kts
max 14 kts
16%
16° C
1023 hpa
307° NW
2.5 m
16 s
07:49
1.8 m
12h
342° NNW
12 kts
max 13 kts
47%
17° C
1024 hpa
306° NW
2.5 m
16 s
1.2 m
15h
348° NNW
13 kts
max 15 kts
64%
17° C
1024 hpa
307° NW
2.4 m
15 s
14:05
1.0 m
18h
342° NNW
14 kts
max 17 kts
79%
15° C
1024 hpa
307° NW
2.4 m
15 s
1.6 m
21h
349° N
14 kts
max 17 kts
99%
15° C
1026 hpa
310° NW
2.4 m
15 s
20:37
1.9 m

Thursday, Feb 26

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
352° N
13 kts
max 16 kts
99%
14° C
1027 hpa
311° NW
2.4 m
14 s
1.4 m
03h
353° N
13 kts
max 16 kts
99%
15° C
1026 hpa
315° NW
2.4 m
14 s
03:18
0.9 m
06h
354° N
13 kts
max 16 kts
88%
15° C
1026 hpa
319° NW
2.5 m
14 s
1.3 m
09h
5° N
15 kts
max 18 kts
92%
16° C
1028 hpa
304° NW
2.5 m
13 s
09:37
1.8 m
12h
12° NNE
14 kts
max 17 kts
99%
16° C
1028 hpa
307° NW
2.5 m
13 s
1.5 m
15h
12° NNE
14 kts
max 16 kts
99%
17° C
1027 hpa
321° NW
2.6 m
13 s
15:50
1.0 m
18h
4° N
14 kts
max 17 kts
99%
16° C
1027 hpa
313° NW
2.6 m
13 s
1.2 m
21h
9° N
13 kts
max 15 kts
99%
15° C
1028 hpa
296° WNW
2.6 m
13 s
22:12
2.0 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)

Friday, Feb 27

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
18° NNE
12 kts
max 15 kts
50%
15° C
1028 hpa
287° WNW
2.6 m
13 s
1.8 m
03h
12° NNE
12 kts
max 14 kts
40%
15° C
1026 hpa
274° W
2.6 m
14 s
1.0 m
06h
9° N
11 kts
max 13 kts
39%
14° C
1025 hpa
273° W
2.7 m
14 s
04:48
0.8 m
09h
20° NNE
10 kts
max 12 kts
7%
15° C
1026 hpa
273° W
2.7 m
14 s
1.6 m
12h
23° NNE
10 kts
max 11 kts
7%
17° C
1026 hpa
281° W
2.6 m
15 s
11:02
1.9 m
15h
16° NNE
11 kts
max 12 kts
99%
17° C
1024 hpa
259° W
2.6 m
15 s
1.1 m
18h
12° NNE
10 kts
max 12 kts
99%
16° C
1023 hpa
258° WSW
2.5 m
15 s
17:06
0.8 m
21h
3° N
10 kts
max 13 kts
52%
16° C
1024 hpa
246° WSW
2.5 m
14 s
1.7 m

Saturday, Feb 28

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
00h
7° N
9 kts
max 12 kts
38%
16° C
1023 hpa
237° WSW
2.5 m
14 s
23:21
2.1 m
03h
350° N
8 kts
max 11 kts
35%
16° C
1022 hpa
246° WSW
2.5 m
14 s
1.2 m
06h
340° NNW
7 kts
max 11 kts
33%
16° C
1021 hpa
231° SW
2.5 m
13 s
05:50
0.6 m
09h
349° N
10 kts
max 13 kts
99%
17° C
1021 hpa
196° SSW
2.6 m
12 s
1.4 m
12h
352° N
7 kts
max 10 kts
51%
18° C
1021 hpa
205° SSW
2.6 m
12 s
12:00
2.1 m
15h
343° NNW
6 kts
max 9 kts
99%
18° C
1019 hpa
196° SSW
2.6 m
12 s
1.4 m
18h
5° N
9 kts
max 10 kts
37%
17° C
1019 hpa
178° S
2.7 m
11 s
18:00
0.7 m
21h
358° N
9 kts
max 10 kts
45%
16° C
1020 hpa
185° S
2.7 m
12 s
1.4 m

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