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Last update: 07:38 local time
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / h)
Air temperature (°C)
Feels like (°C)
Relative humidity (%)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Saturday, Jan 10

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
176° S
00h
176° S
19 kts
max 24 kts
99%
0.1 mm
3° C
-3
82%
998 hpa
158° sse
3.2 m
10 s
1.1 m
172° S
01h
172° S
19 kts
max 23 kts
99%
4° C
-2
70%
998 hpa
158° sse
3.2 m
10 s
1.3 m
176° S
02h
176° S
19 kts
max 23 kts
99%
3° C
-3
74%
998 hpa
159° sse
3.2 m
10 s
1.6 m
173° S
03h
173° S
19 kts
max 22 kts
99%
3° C
-3
76%
999 hpa
160° sse
3.2 m
10 s
1.7 m
172° S
04h
172° S
19 kts
max 22 kts
99%
3° C
-3
77%
999 hpa
161° sse
3.2 m
10 s
03:39
1.8 m
169° S
05h
169° S
19 kts
max 22 kts
99%
3° C
-3
85%
999 hpa
161° sse
3.2 m
10 s
1.6 m
171° S
06h
171° S
18 kts
max 22 kts
99%
0.05 mm
3° C
-3
86%
999 hpa
161° sse
3.2 m
10 s
1.4 m
177° S
07h
177° S
19 kts
max 24 kts
99%
3° C
-3
83%
999 hpa
161° sse
3.2 m
10 s
1.2 m
175° S
08h
175° S
20 kts
max 24 kts
99%
0.29 mm
2° C
-4
85%
1000 hpa
161° sse
3.2 m
10 s
1.1 m
175° S
09h
175° S
22 kts
max 23 kts
99%
0.34 mm
3° C
-4
82%
1000 hpa
161° sse
3.2 m
10 s
09:20
1.0 m
179° S
10h
179° S
19 kts
max 28 kts
99%
0.69 mm
2° C
-4
95%
1000 hpa
160° sse
3.3 m
10 s
1.0 m
173° S
11h
173° S
22 kts
max 29 kts
99%
0.75 mm
2° C
-5
91%
1000 hpa
160° sse
3.4 m
10 s
1.1 m
173° S
12h
173° S
21 kts
max 28 kts
99%
0.5 mm
2° C
-4
90%
1000 hpa
160° sse
3.4 m
10 s
1.3 m
173° S
13h
173° S
23 kts
max 26 kts
99%
0.26 mm
2° C
-4
89%
1000 hpa
159° sse
3.5 m
9 s
1.5 m
172° S
14h
172° S
24 kts
max 28 kts
99%
3° C
-4
85%
999 hpa
158° sse
3.5 m
9 s
1.7 m
173° S
15h
173° S
24 kts
max 29 kts
83%
3° C
-4
84%
999 hpa
158° sse
3.5 m
9 s
1.9 m
174° S
16h
174° S
23 kts
max 30 kts
99%
3° C
-4
86%
999 hpa
159° sse
3.5 m
9 s
15:49
1.9 m
175° S
17h
175° S
25 kts
max 32 kts
99%
0.12 mm
3° C
-4
86%
999 hpa
161° sse
3.4 m
9 s
1.8 m
180° S
18h
180° S
26 kts
max 31 kts
99%
0.43 mm
3° C
-3
89%
998 hpa
162° sse
3.4 m
9 s
1.6 m
182° S
19h
182° S
20 kts
max 31 kts
99%
0.13 mm
3° C
-3
95%
998 hpa
163° sse
3.4 m
9 s
1.4 m
195° SSW
20h
195° SSW
23 kts
max 27 kts
99%
0.41 mm
4° C
-2
89%
998 hpa
164° sse
3.3 m
9 s
1.1 m
193° SSW
21h
193° SSW
23 kts
max 28 kts
99%
4° C
-2
87%
997 hpa
165° sse
3.2 m
9 s
1.0 m
194° SSW
22h
194° SSW
22 kts
max 28 kts
99%
4° C
-2
88%
997 hpa
167° sse
3.2 m
9 s
22:18
0.9 m
192° SSW
23h
192° SSW
22 kts
max 27 kts
99%
4° C
-2
89%
997 hpa
169° s
3.1 m
8 s
0.9 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / h)
Air temperature (°C)
Feels like (°C)
Relative humidity (%)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Sunday, Jan 11

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
194° SSW
00h
194° SSW
22 kts
max 28 kts
99%
4° C
-2
90%
997 hpa
171° s
3.1 m
8 s
1.0 m
191° S
01h
191° S
21 kts
max 27 kts
99%
0.07 mm
4° C
-1
92%
996 hpa
170° s
3.1 m
8 s
1.2 m
186° S
02h
186° S
23 kts
max 29 kts
99%
0.05 mm
4° C
-2
90%
996 hpa
170° s
3.2 m
8 s
1.4 m
183° S
03h
183° S
24 kts
max 29 kts
99%
4° C
-2
88%
995 hpa
170° s
3.2 m
8 s
1.6 m
182° S
04h
182° S
25 kts
max 31 kts
99%
4° C
-2
89%
994 hpa
168° sse
3.4 m
8 s
04:27
1.7 m
178° S
05h
178° S
26 kts
max 34 kts
99%
0.05 mm
5° C
-2
88%
992 hpa
167° sse
3.6 m
8 s
1.7 m
177° S
06h
177° S
28 kts
max 36 kts
99%
0.06 mm
4° C
-2
89%
991 hpa
165° sse
3.8 m
9 s
1.6 m
174° S
07h
174° S
29 kts
max 37 kts
99%
0.17 mm
4° C
-2
91%
990 hpa
166° sse
4.2 m
9 s
1.4 m
171° S
08h
171° S
31 kts
max 40 kts
99%
0.5 mm
4° C
-3
92%
989 hpa
166° sse
4.5 m
9 s
1.3 m
172° S
09h
172° S
32 kts
max 49 kts
99%
1.25 mm
3° C
-4
95%
989 hpa
166° sse
4.8 m
9 s
1.1 m
172° S
10h
172° S
32 kts
max 50 kts
99%
2.02 mm
3° C
-5
98%
988 hpa
167° sse
5.1 m
10 s
10:18
1.1 m
174° S
11h
174° S
31 kts
max 50 kts
99%
2.54 mm
3° C
-5
100%
987 hpa
168° sse
5.3 m
10 s
1.1 m
172° S
12h
172° S
31 kts
max 51 kts
99%
2.35 mm
3° C
-5
99%
985 hpa
170° s
5.6 m
10 s
1.2 m
173° S
13h
173° S
31 kts
max 50 kts
99%
2.37 mm
3° C
-4
99%
983 hpa
169° s
5.7 m
11 s
1.3 m
175° S
14h
175° S
32 kts
max 51 kts
99%
2.01 mm
3° C
-4
98%
982 hpa
169° s
5.8 m
11 s
1.5 m
174° S
15h
174° S
33 kts
max 52 kts
99%
2.08 mm
3° C
-4
97%
981 hpa
169° s
5.9 m
11 s
1.7 m
172° S
16h
172° S
31 kts
max 52 kts
99%
2.29 mm
2° C
-6
100%
980 hpa
168° sse
5.9 m
11 s
1.8 m
173° S
17h
173° S
32 kts
max 51 kts
99%
2.05 mm
3° C
-5
99%
979 hpa
168° sse
5.9 m
11 s
16:43
1.8 m
173° S
18h
173° S
32 kts
max 41 kts
99%
1.46 mm
4° C
-3
97%
978 hpa
168° sse
5.9 m
11 s
1.7 m
174° S
19h
174° S
32 kts
max 38 kts
99%
0.6 mm
4° C
-3
95%
977 hpa
168° sse
5.9 m
11 s
1.5 m
171° S
20h
171° S
31 kts
max 39 kts
99%
2.06 mm
4° C
-3
97%
976 hpa
167° sse
5.9 m
11 s
1.4 m
167° SSE
21h
167° SSE
31 kts
max 49 kts
99%
2.13 mm
4° C
-3
97%
975 hpa
167° sse
5.9 m
11 s
1.2 m
164° SSE
22h
164° SSE
31 kts
max 49 kts
99%
2.97 mm
4° C
-3
98%
973 hpa
166° sse
6.0 m
11 s
1.0 m
160° SSE
23h
160° SSE
31 kts
max 50 kts
99%
1.91 mm
4° C
-3
97%
971 hpa
166° sse
6.0 m
12 s
23:19
1.0 m
Local date
Local time
Wind direction
Wind speed (kts)
Wind gusts (max kts)
Cloud cover
Precipitation type
Precipitation (mm / h)
Air temperature (°C)
Feels like (°C)
Relative humidity (%)
Air pressure (hPa)
Wave direction
Wave height (m)
Wave period (s)
Tide type
Time
Tide height (m)

Monday, Jan 12

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
160° SSE
00h
160° SSE
34 kts
max 48 kts
99%
1.97 mm
5° C
-2
96%
969 hpa
165° sse
6.1 m
12 s
1.0 m
159° SSE
01h
159° SSE
34 kts
max 47 kts
99%
1.56 mm
5° C
-1
96%
968 hpa
164° sse
6.2 m
12 s
1.1 m
159° SSE
02h
159° SSE
33 kts
max 44 kts
99%
0.64 mm
6° C
-1
96%
966 hpa
163° sse
6.2 m
12 s
1.3 m
155° SSE
03h
155° SSE
33 kts
max 43 kts
99%
1.13 mm
6° C
-1
96%
964 hpa
163° sse
6.3 m
12 s
1.4 m
159° SSE
04h
159° SSE
32 kts
max 42 kts
99%
1.47 mm
7° C
0
97%
962 hpa
162° sse
6.1 m
12 s
1.6 m
179° S
05h
179° S
30 kts
max 38 kts
99%
1.34 mm
7° C
2
94%
962 hpa
162° sse
5.9 m
12 s
05:22
1.7 m
193° SSW
06h
193° SSW
19 kts
max 28 kts
99%
0.6 mm
7° C
3
97%
962 hpa
162° sse
5.7 m
12 s
1.7 m
205° SSW
07h
205° SSW
26 kts
max 35 kts
99%
1.64 mm
6° C
1
96%
964 hpa
163° sse
5.5 m
12 s
1.6 m
200° SSW
08h
200° SSW
26 kts
max 35 kts
99%
2.11 mm
7° C
1
95%
966 hpa
163° sse
5.3 m
12 s
1.4 m
202° SSW
09h
202° SSW
24 kts
max 39 kts
86%
0.06 mm
7° C
1
89%
967 hpa
163° sse
5.2 m
12 s
1.3 m
196° SSW
10h
196° SSW
24 kts
max 36 kts
99%
7° C
1
91%
968 hpa
164° sse
5.0 m
12 s
1.2 m
197° SSW
11h
197° SSW
26 kts
max 34 kts
99%
0.08 mm
6° C
1
91%
969 hpa
165° sse
4.9 m
11 s
1.1 m
202° SSW
12h
202° SSW
26 kts
max 35 kts
99%
0.72 mm
6° C
1
92%
970 hpa
165° sse
4.8 m
11 s
11:45
1.1 m
207° SSW
13h
207° SSW
24 kts
max 32 kts
84%
0.17 mm
6° C
1
88%
971 hpa
166° sse
4.6 m
11 s
1.2 m
213° SSW
14h
213° SSW
23 kts
max 31 kts
99%
0.1 mm
6° C
1
91%
972 hpa
167° sse
4.4 m
11 s
1.3 m
216° SW
15h
216° SW
19 kts
max 30 kts
99%
0.38 mm
6° C
1
95%
974 hpa
168° sse
4.3 m
11 s
1.4 m
235° SW
16h
235° SW
20 kts
max 26 kts
95%
0.18 mm
6° C
1
84%
975 hpa
168° sse
4.1 m
11 s
1.6 m
231° SW
17h
231° SW
18 kts
max 28 kts
56%
0.07 mm
5° C
0
84%
977 hpa
169° s
4.0 m
11 s
1.7 m
233° SW
18h
233° SW
16 kts
max 24 kts
79%
0.49 mm
5° C
1
89%
978 hpa
169° s
3.8 m
11 s
17:44
1.7 m
225° SW
19h
225° SW
15 kts
max 20 kts
76%
6° C
1
90%
979 hpa
170° s
3.7 m
11 s
1.6 m
222° SW
20h
222° SW
14 kts
max 19 kts
79%
6° C
1
91%
980 hpa
170° s
3.6 m
10 s
1.5 m
215° SW
21h
215° SW
12 kts
max 19 kts
36%
4° C
0
91%
981 hpa
171° s
3.4 m
10 s
1.4 m
223° SW
22h
223° SW
12 kts
max 17 kts
16%
4° C
0
90%
982 hpa
171° s
3.4 m
10 s
1.2 m
218° SW
23h
218° SW
10 kts
max 16 kts
20%
4° C
0
91%
983 hpa
171° s
3.2 m
10 s
1.1 m

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