Daily forecast
as
Last update: 11:37 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Tuesday, Jan 20
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
8 kts
max 10 kts
13° C
1013 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
0.5
m
04h
7 kts
max 8 kts
13° C
1012 hpa
0.8 m
13 s
1.5
m
07h
8 kts
max 9 kts
13° C
1012 hpa
0.8 m
13 s
05:45
1.7
m
10h
9 kts
max 9 kts
13° C
1012 hpa
0.8 m
13 s
0.7
m
13h
12 kts
max 13 kts
13° C
1011 hpa
0.9 m
13 s
12:01
0.3
m
16h
13 kts
max 13 kts
13° C
1009 hpa
1.0 m
13 s
1.3
m
19h
13 kts
max 14 kts
13° C
1008 hpa
1.1 m
13 s
18:02
1.6
m
22h
16 kts
max 17 kts
13° C
1008 hpa
1.2 m
13 s
0.7
m
Wednesday, Jan 21
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
17 kts
max 20 kts
14° C
1007 hpa
1.3 m
12 s
00:13
0.3
m
04h
20 kts
max 23 kts
14° C
1004 hpa
1.4 m
10 s
1.3
m
07h
19 kts
max 24 kts
13° C
1003 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
06:27
1.7
m
10h
21 kts
max 26 kts
14° C
1002 hpa
1.6 m
7 s
0.9
m
13h
22 kts
max 29 kts
14° C
1001 hpa
1.8 m
6 s
12:40
0.3
m
16h
24 kts
max 28 kts
14° C
998 hpa
2.0 m
6 s
1.1
m
19h
23 kts
max 27 kts
14° C
997 hpa
2.1 m
7 s
18:45
1.6
m
22h
23 kts
max 28 kts
14° C
996 hpa
2.1 m
7 s
0.9
m
Thursday, Jan 22
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
21 kts
max 27 kts
14° C
994 hpa
2.0 m
7 s
00:54
0.2
m
04h
19 kts
max 26 kts
14° C
991 hpa
1.9 m
7 s
1.0
m
07h
17 kts
max 24 kts
5.46 mm
14° C
989 hpa
2.0 m
8 s
07:11
1.7
m
10h
19 kts
max 27 kts
5.2 mm
14° C
988 hpa
2.1 m
8 s
1.2
m
13h
17 kts
max 25 kts
6.86 mm
14° C
986 hpa
2.2 m
8 s
13:20
0.3
m
16h
16 kts
max 23 kts
0.85 mm
14° C
984 hpa
2.2 m
8 s
0.9
m
19h
13 kts
max 17 kts
1.36 mm
14° C
984 hpa
2.2 m
9 s
19:30
1.6
m
22h
9 kts
max 11 kts
1.83 mm
14° C
983 hpa
2.2 m
9 s
1.2
m
Friday, Jan 23
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
14 kts
max 18 kts
1.63 mm
13° C
982 hpa
2.2 m
9 s
01:36
0.3
m
04h
16 kts
max 20 kts
13° C
981 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
0.8
m
07h
15 kts
max 22 kts
12° C
981 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
07:57
1.7
m
10h
18 kts
max 25 kts
12° C
981 hpa
2.4 m
11 s
1.4
m
13h
14 kts
max 22 kts
13° C
980 hpa
2.5 m
11 s
14:02
0.3
m
16h
18 kts
max 28 kts
1.06 mm
10° C
980 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
0.6
m
19h
17 kts
max 28 kts
11° C
980 hpa
2.7 m
12 s
20:20
1.6
m
22h
19 kts
max 28 kts
11° C
979 hpa
2.6 m
12 s
1.4
m
Saturday, Jan 24
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
17 kts
max 24 kts
10° C
980 hpa
2.6 m
11 s
02:21
0.3
m
04h
23 kts
max 34 kts
6.0 mm
9° C
980 hpa
2.7 m
12 s
0.5
m
07h
29 kts
max 39 kts
7.2 mm
10° C
982 hpa
3.0 m
12 s
1.4
m
10h
30 kts
max 42 kts
6.67 mm
9° C
984 hpa
3.3 m
12 s
08:48
1.7
m
13h
29 kts
max 41 kts
12.33 mm
10° C
985 hpa
3.5 m
12 s
0.6
m
16h
28 kts
max 37 kts
12.02 mm
11° C
987 hpa
3.8 m
12 s
14:47
0.3
m
19h
27 kts
max 37 kts
8.61 mm
10° C
989 hpa
4.0 m
12 s
1.3
m
22h
26 kts
max 35 kts
4.97 mm
10° C
991 hpa
4.0 m
12 s
21:14
1.7
m
Sunday, Jan 25
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
26 kts
max 34 kts
2.25 mm
10° C
992 hpa
4.0 m
12 s
0.7
m
04h
21 kts
max 32 kts
0.49 mm
9° C
991 hpa
3.8 m
12 s
03:10
0.3
m
07h
22 kts
max 32 kts
0.44 mm
9° C
992 hpa
3.6 m
12 s
1.2
m
10h
24 kts
max 33 kts
10° C
992 hpa
3.5 m
12 s
09:42
1.7
m
13h
25 kts
max 33 kts
12° C
991 hpa
3.4 m
12 s
0.9
m
16h
26 kts
max 34 kts
13° C
990 hpa
3.2 m
12 s
15:36
0.3
m
19h
24 kts
max 33 kts
13° C
991 hpa
3.1 m
11 s
1.1
m
22h
22 kts
max 30 kts
12° C
993 hpa
3.0 m
11 s
22:11
1.7
m
Monday, Jan 26
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
19 kts
max 29 kts
12° C
994 hpa
2.8 m
11 s
1.1
m
04h
15 kts
max 27 kts
11° C
993 hpa
2.7 m
11 s
04:04
0.3
m
07h
15 kts
max 25 kts
12° C
994 hpa
2.6 m
10 s
0.9
m
10h
15 kts
max 22 kts
13° C
995 hpa
2.5 m
10 s
10:39
1.7
m
13h
17 kts
max 22 kts
13° C
996 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
1.2
m
16h
18 kts
max 22 kts
13° C
997 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
16:30
0.3
m
19h
16 kts
max 22 kts
13° C
998 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
0.8
m
22h
14 kts
max 20 kts
13° C
1000 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
23:10
1.7
m
Tuesday, Jan 27
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
9 kts
max 14 kts
11° C
1001 hpa
2.1 m
10 s
1.4
m
04h
7 kts
max 8 kts
11° C
1001 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
05:04
0.3
m
07h
6 kts
max 6 kts
10° C
1002 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
0.6
m
10h
1 kts
max 2 kts
11° C
1003 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
1.4
m
13h
10 kts
max 10 kts
12° C
1002 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
11:37
1.7
m
16h
13 kts
max 15 kts
13° C
1000 hpa
1.7 m
10 s
17:29
0.3
m
19h
16 kts
max 20 kts
14° C
998 hpa
1.7 m
10 s
0.5
m
22h
19 kts
max 23 kts
14° C
997 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
1.4
m
Wednesday, Jan 28
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
17 kts
max 23 kts
14° C
994 hpa
1.5 m
10 s
00:09
1.8
m
04h
6 kts
max 7 kts
14° C
992 hpa
1.4 m
10 s
0.7
m
07h
2 kts
max 3 kts
15° C
991 hpa
1.4 m
10 s
06:10
0.3
m
10h
3 kts
max 3 kts
16° C
989 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
1.2
m
13h
10 kts
max 10 kts
17° C
987 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
12:35
1.7
m
16h
2 kts
max 5 kts
18° C
986 hpa
1.2 m
10 s
0.8
m
19h
11 kts
max 17 kts
4.14 mm
14° C
988 hpa
1.2 m
10 s
18:34
0.3
m
22h
11 kts
max 22 kts
5.6 mm
14° C
990 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
1.0
m
Thursday, Jan 29
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
20 kts
max 27 kts
13° C
992 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
01:07
1.8
m
04h
18 kts
max 28 kts
11° C
993 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
1.1
m
07h
17 kts
max 30 kts
12° C
995 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
07:18
0.3
m
10h
16 kts
max 27 kts
14° C
996 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
0.8
m
13h
17 kts
max 28 kts
14° C
997 hpa
1.1 m
11 s
13:32
1.7
m
16h
12 kts
max 20 kts
16° C
996 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
1.2
m
19h
15 kts
max 23 kts
15° C
997 hpa
1.2 m
10 s
19:40
0.2
m
22h
13 kts
max 25 kts
14° C
998 hpa
1.2 m
11 s
0.7
m
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