Daily forecast
as
Last update: 11:39 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Thursday, Jan 22
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
22 kts
max 30 kts
0.57 mm
14° C
993 hpa
2.3 m
8 s
00:54
0.2
m
04h
21 kts
max 31 kts
0.57 mm
14° C
989 hpa
2.5 m
8 s
1.0
m
07h
20 kts
max 27 kts
0.6 mm
14° C
988 hpa
2.5 m
8 s
07:11
1.7
m
10h
18 kts
max 25 kts
0.65 mm
14° C
986 hpa
2.3 m
8 s
1.2
m
13h
14 kts
max 24 kts
1.93 mm
14° C
985 hpa
2.2 m
8 s
13:20
0.3
m
16h
13 kts
max 22 kts
4.37 mm
14° C
984 hpa
2.2 m
9 s
0.9
m
19h
11 kts
max 18 kts
3.51 mm
14° C
982 hpa
2.3 m
9 s
19:30
1.6
m
22h
7 kts
max 9 kts
1.25 mm
14° C
982 hpa
2.3 m
9 s
1.2
m
Friday, Jan 23
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
5 kts
max 7 kts
14° C
980 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
01:36
0.3
m
04h
12 kts
max 17 kts
13° C
980 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
0.8
m
07h
15 kts
max 19 kts
13° C
979 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
07:57
1.7
m
10h
12 kts
max 17 kts
13° C
979 hpa
2.2 m
11 s
1.4
m
13h
16 kts
max 21 kts
1.94 mm
12° C
978 hpa
2.3 m
12 s
14:02
0.3
m
16h
16 kts
max 22 kts
2.08 mm
12° C
977 hpa
2.4 m
12 s
0.6
m
19h
19 kts
max 24 kts
13° C
976 hpa
2.5 m
12 s
20:20
1.6
m
22h
19 kts
max 28 kts
12° C
977 hpa
2.5 m
12 s
1.4
m
Saturday, Jan 24
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
16 kts
max 26 kts
11° C
978 hpa
2.4 m
12 s
02:21
0.3
m
04h
19 kts
max 29 kts
12° C
977 hpa
2.4 m
11 s
0.5
m
07h
20 kts
max 30 kts
11° C
977 hpa
2.3 m
11 s
1.4
m
10h
21 kts
max 31 kts
13° C
978 hpa
2.4 m
11 s
08:48
1.7
m
13h
21 kts
max 31 kts
0.75 mm
13° C
978 hpa
2.5 m
11 s
0.6
m
16h
23 kts
max 32 kts
3.34 mm
12° C
978 hpa
2.7 m
11 s
14:47
0.3
m
19h
27 kts
max 37 kts
3.8 mm
12° C
978 hpa
3.0 m
11 s
1.3
m
22h
27 kts
max 40 kts
3.4 mm
12° C
978 hpa
3.3 m
10 s
21:14
1.7
m
Sunday, Jan 25
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
26 kts
max 40 kts
2.18 mm
11° C
978 hpa
3.6 m
11 s
0.7
m
04h
26 kts
max 43 kts
2.1 mm
11° C
976 hpa
3.7 m
11 s
03:10
0.3
m
07h
30 kts
max 43 kts
2.07 mm
11° C
976 hpa
3.8 m
12 s
1.2
m
10h
19 kts
max 31 kts
3.02 mm
12° C
980 hpa
3.6 m
12 s
09:42
1.7
m
13h
21 kts
max 32 kts
0.99 mm
12° C
982 hpa
3.5 m
12 s
0.9
m
16h
22 kts
max 33 kts
12° C
983 hpa
3.3 m
12 s
15:36
0.3
m
19h
22 kts
max 33 kts
13° C
985 hpa
3.2 m
11 s
1.1
m
22h
19 kts
max 31 kts
12° C
987 hpa
3.1 m
11 s
22:11
1.7
m
Monday, Jan 26
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
19 kts
max 30 kts
12° C
988 hpa
3.0 m
11 s
1.1
m
04h
20 kts
max 29 kts
12° C
988 hpa
2.8 m
11 s
04:04
0.3
m
07h
20 kts
max 30 kts
11° C
990 hpa
2.7 m
10 s
0.9
m
10h
19 kts
max 28 kts
13° C
991 hpa
2.6 m
10 s
10:39
1.7
m
13h
17 kts
max 25 kts
14° C
991 hpa
2.5 m
10 s
1.2
m
16h
18 kts
max 23 kts
14° C
991 hpa
2.5 m
10 s
16:30
0.3
m
19h
16 kts
max 23 kts
13° C
992 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
0.8
m
22h
14 kts
max 23 kts
13° C
993 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
23:10
1.7
m
Tuesday, Jan 27
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
12 kts
max 22 kts
12° C
994 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
1.4
m
04h
12 kts
max 21 kts
12° C
994 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
05:04
0.3
m
07h
11 kts
max 20 kts
12° C
995 hpa
2.2 m
9 s
0.6
m
10h
11 kts
max 19 kts
12° C
997 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
1.4
m
13h
14 kts
max 19 kts
14° C
997 hpa
2.0 m
9 s
11:37
1.7
m
16h
14 kts
max 17 kts
13° C
997 hpa
2.0 m
9 s
17:29
0.3
m
19h
13 kts
max 16 kts
13° C
998 hpa
2.0 m
9 s
0.5
m
22h
10 kts
max 12 kts
12° C
1000 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
1.4
m
Wednesday, Jan 28
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
6 kts
max 6 kts
11° C
1000 hpa
1.7 m
9 s
00:09
1.8
m
04h
5 kts
max 5 kts
11° C
999 hpa
1.6 m
9 s
0.7
m
07h
3 kts
max 3 kts
11° C
999 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
06:10
0.3
m
10h
3 kts
max 3 kts
0.5 mm
12° C
999 hpa
1.4 m
9 s
1.2
m
13h
3 kts
max 4 kts
1.18 mm
12° C
998 hpa
1.3 m
9 s
12:35
1.7
m
16h
7 kts
max 8 kts
1.01 mm
12° C
997 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
0.8
m
19h
13 kts
max 17 kts
14° C
995 hpa
1.2 m
9 s
18:34
0.3
m
22h
16 kts
max 22 kts
14° C
994 hpa
1.2 m
9 s
1.0
m
Thursday, Jan 29
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
14 kts
max 19 kts
14° C
992 hpa
1.1 m
9 s
01:07
1.8
m
04h
7 kts
max 8 kts
13° C
990 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
1.1
m
07h
7 kts
max 7 kts
13° C
991 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
07:18
0.3
m
10h
6 kts
max 9 kts
15° C
994 hpa
1.0 m
11 s
0.8
m
13h
14 kts
max 20 kts
15° C
995 hpa
1.0 m
11 s
13:32
1.7
m
16h
17 kts
max 21 kts
15° C
996 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
1.2
m
19h
21 kts
max 26 kts
14° C
998 hpa
1.2 m
9 s
19:40
0.2
m
22h
14 kts
max 18 kts
14° C
1001 hpa
1.3 m
9 s
0.7
m
Friday, Jan 30
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
9 kts
max 15 kts
13° C
1003 hpa
1.2 m
9 s
02:04
1.9
m
04h
6 kts
max 11 kts
12° C
1002 hpa
1.2 m
9 s
1.5
m
07h
5 kts
max 7 kts
12° C
1003 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
08:23
0.2
m
10h
4 kts
max 5 kts
11° C
1004 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
0.5
m
13h
10 kts
max 10 kts
12° C
1004 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
14:28
1.8
m
16h
17 kts
max 17 kts
12° C
1002 hpa
1.4 m
10 s
1.5
m
19h
8 kts
max 9 kts
13° C
1003 hpa
1.4 m
10 s
0.4
m
22h
7 kts
max 9 kts
13° C
1004 hpa
1.4 m
10 s
20:43
0.2
m
Saturday, Jan 31
Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
01h
7 kts
max 10 kts
13° C
1003 hpa
1.4 m
10 s
1.5
m
04h
3 kts
max 4 kts
13° C
1002 hpa
1.3 m
11 s
03:00
1.9
m
07h
7 kts
max 8 kts
12° C
1002 hpa
1.3 m
11 s
0.7
m
10h
4 kts
max 4 kts
13° C
1002 hpa
1.3 m
11 s
09:22
0.2
m
13h
7 kts
max 7 kts
13° C
1001 hpa
1.3 m
12 s
1.2
m
16h
6 kts
max 6 kts
14° C
1000 hpa
1.3 m
11 s
15:23
1.8
m
19h
4 kts
max 5 kts
14° C
1000 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
0.8
m
22h
2 kts
max 2 kts
14° C
1002 hpa
1.3 m
11 s
21:41
0.1
m
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