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Last update: 10:20 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)

Monday, Mar 09

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
126° SE
00h
126° SE
12 kts
max 16 kts
0%
20° C
20
50%
1003 hpa
187° s
1.7 m
10 s
00:02
0.6 m
117° ESE
01h
117° ESE
11 kts
max 19 kts
0%
20° C
20
47%
1003 hpa
187° s
1.7 m
10 s
0.7 m
121° ESE
02h
121° ESE
11 kts
max 18 kts
0%
20° C
20
45%
1002 hpa
183° s
1.6 m
10 s
0.8 m
123° ESE
03h
123° ESE
15 kts
max 17 kts
0%
19° C
19
61%
1002 hpa
183° s
1.6 m
10 s
1.0 m
115° ESE
04h
115° ESE
13 kts
max 17 kts
0%
18° C
18
58%
1002 hpa
183° s
1.5 m
10 s
1.3 m
110° ESE
05h
110° ESE
9 kts
max 14 kts
0%
19° C
19
48%
1001 hpa
183° s
1.4 m
10 s
1.4 m
115° ESE
06h
115° ESE
9 kts
max 12 kts
0%
19° C
19
45%
1001 hpa
184° s
1.4 m
10 s
06:20
1.6 m
118° ESE
07h
118° ESE
8 kts
max 11 kts
0%
20° C
20
43%
1002 hpa
185° s
1.4 m
10 s
1.5 m
107° ESE
08h
107° ESE
6 kts
max 9 kts
0%
23° C
23
35%
1002 hpa
187° s
1.3 m
10 s
1.4 m
93° E
09h
93° E
4 kts
max 7 kts
0%
26° C
26
29%
1003 hpa
188° s
1.3 m
10 s
1.2 m
109° ESE
10h
109° ESE
2 kts
max 5 kts
0%
27° C
27
28%
1003 hpa
188° s
1.2 m
10 s
1.0 m
147° SSE
11h
147° SSE
2 kts
max 3 kts
0%
28° C
28
28%
1003 hpa
190° s
1.2 m
10 s
0.8 m
171° S
12h
171° S
3 kts
max 4 kts
0%
29° C
29
28%
1002 hpa
191° s
1.2 m
10 s
12:30
0.7 m
156° SSE
13h
156° SSE
7 kts
max 7 kts
0%
30° C
30
27%
1002 hpa
191° s
1.2 m
10 s
0.7 m
150° SSE
14h
150° SSE
11 kts
max 11 kts
0%
29° C
29
31%
1001 hpa
192° ssw
1.2 m
10 s
0.8 m
152° SSE
15h
152° SSE
14 kts
max 15 kts
0%
28° C
28
35%
1001 hpa
191° s
1.2 m
10 s
0.9 m
151° SSE
16h
151° SSE
16 kts
max 17 kts
0%
27° C
27
41%
1000 hpa
191° s
1.2 m
10 s
1.1 m
149° SSE
17h
149° SSE
18 kts
max 22 kts
0%
26° C
26
47%
1000 hpa
189° s
1.2 m
9 s
1.3 m
148° SSE
18h
148° SSE
19 kts
max 25 kts
0%
25° C
25
52%
1000 hpa
188° s
1.2 m
9 s
1.4 m
141° SE
19h
141° SE
21 kts
max 27 kts
0%
24° C
24
50%
1000 hpa
187° s
1.2 m
9 s
18:40
1.4 m
136° SE
20h
136° SE
21 kts
max 25 kts
0%
24° C
24
46%
1000 hpa
183° s
1.2 m
9 s
1.3 m
135° SE
21h
135° SE
21 kts
max 27 kts
0%
24° C
24
43%
1000 hpa
182° s
1.2 m
9 s
1.2 m
135° SE
22h
135° SE
21 kts
max 27 kts
0%
24° C
24
42%
1000 hpa
182° s
1.2 m
9 s
1.0 m
134° SE
23h
134° SE
19 kts
max 23 kts
0%
24° C
24
41%
1000 hpa
180° s
1.2 m
9 s
0.8 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)

Tuesday, Mar 10

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
131° SE
00h
131° SE
17 kts
max 21 kts
0%
24° C
24
41%
999 hpa
179° s
1.1 m
8 s
0.8 m
129° SE
01h
129° SE
15 kts
max 19 kts
0%
24° C
24
40%
999 hpa
179° s
1.1 m
8 s
00:33
0.8 m
126° SE
02h
126° SE
13 kts
max 16 kts
0%
23° C
23
40%
998 hpa
176° s
1.1 m
8 s
0.8 m
124° SE
03h
124° SE
11 kts
max 15 kts
0%
23° C
23
40%
997 hpa
176° s
1.1 m
8 s
1.0 m
123° ESE
04h
123° ESE
11 kts
max 16 kts
0%
24° C
24
40%
997 hpa
176° s
1.1 m
8 s
1.1 m
119° ESE
05h
119° ESE
10 kts
max 15 kts
0%
24° C
24
39%
997 hpa
177° s
1.0 m
9 s
1.3 m
123° ESE
06h
123° ESE
10 kts
max 14 kts
0%
24° C
24
41%
997 hpa
177° s
1.0 m
9 s
1.4 m
110° ESE
07h
110° ESE
8 kts
max 12 kts
0%
23° C
23
43%
998 hpa
177° s
1.0 m
9 s
06:52
1.4 m
99° E
08h
99° E
9 kts
max 13 kts
0%
27° C
27
36%
998 hpa
179° s
0.9 m
9 s
1.4 m
90° E
09h
90° E
10 kts
max 15 kts
0%
29° C
29
33%
998 hpa
180° s
0.9 m
9 s
1.2 m
66° ENE
10h
66° ENE
8 kts
max 13 kts
0%
31° C
31
31%
999 hpa
180° s
0.9 m
9 s
1.1 m
2° N
11h
2° N
4 kts
max 9 kts
0%
33° C
33
27%
999 hpa
183° s
0.8 m
9 s
0.9 m
282° WNW
12h
282° WNW
4 kts
max 9 kts
0%
33° C
33
29%
998 hpa
183° s
0.8 m
9 s
0.8 m
266° W
13h
266° W
6 kts
max 11 kts
0%
33° C
33
30%
998 hpa
184° s
0.8 m
9 s
13:08
0.8 m
251° WSW
14h
251° WSW
6 kts
max 10 kts
0%
33° C
33
30%
998 hpa
185° s
0.8 m
9 s
0.8 m
231° SW
15h
231° SW
5 kts
max 8 kts
0%
33° C
33
32%
998 hpa
185° s
0.8 m
9 s
0.9 m
205° SSW
16h
205° SSW
6 kts
max 8 kts
0%
32° C
32
35%
997 hpa
185° s
0.8 m
9 s
1.0 m
162° SSE
17h
162° SSE
11 kts
max 11 kts
0%
30° C
30
42%
997 hpa
185° s
0.8 m
9 s
1.1 m
148° SSE
18h
148° SSE
14 kts
max 16 kts
0%
28° C
28
49%
997 hpa
184° s
0.8 m
9 s
1.2 m
143° SE
19h
143° SE
15 kts
max 15 kts
0%
27° C
27
50%
997 hpa
184° s
0.8 m
9 s
19:23
1.3 m
134° SE
20h
134° SE
14 kts
max 16 kts
0%
28° C
28
46%
997 hpa
183° s
0.7 m
9 s
1.3 m
127° SE
21h
127° SE
12 kts
max 15 kts
0%
28° C
28
45%
998 hpa
183° s
0.7 m
9 s
1.2 m
128° SE
22h
128° SE
11 kts
max 13 kts
0%
28° C
28
43%
998 hpa
183° s
0.7 m
9 s
1.1 m
126° SE
23h
126° SE
12 kts
max 15 kts
0%
28° C
28
42%
998 hpa
183° s
0.7 m
9 s
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)

Wednesday, Mar 11

Wind
Weather
Waves
Tides
117° ESE
00h
117° ESE
10 kts
max 15 kts
0%
27° C
27
43%
997 hpa
183° s
0.7 m
9 s
0.9 m
110° ESE
01h
110° ESE
9 kts
max 14 kts
0%
27° C
27
42%
997 hpa
183° s
0.7 m
9 s
01:14
0.9 m
103° ESE
02h
103° ESE
9 kts
max 13 kts
0%
27° C
27
42%
997 hpa
183° s
0.7 m
9 s
0.9 m
100° E
03h
100° E
10 kts
max 18 kts
0%
27° C
27
40%
996 hpa
183° s
0.7 m
9 s
1.0 m
98° E
04h
98° E
9 kts
max 18 kts
0%
27° C
27
39%
996 hpa
183° s
0.7 m
9 s
1.0 m
95° E
05h
95° E
9 kts
max 17 kts
0%
27° C
27
39%
996 hpa
183° s
0.6 m
8 s
1.1 m
94° E
06h
94° E
8 kts
max 17 kts
0%
26° C
26
40%
996 hpa
183° s
0.6 m
9 s
1.2 m
91° E
07h
91° E
6 kts
max 14 kts
0%
26° C
26
39%
997 hpa
183° s
0.6 m
9 s
1.3 m
183° S
08h
183° S
0 kts
max 2 kts
0%
29° C
29
35%
997 hpa
184° s
0.6 m
9 s
07:36
1.3 m
1° N
09h
1° N
2 kts
max 7 kts
0%
31° C
31
29%
998 hpa
185° s
0.6 m
9 s
1.2 m
346° NNW
10h
346° NNW
4 kts
max 9 kts
0%
32° C
32
28%
998 hpa
185° s
0.6 m
9 s
1.2 m
301° WNW
11h
301° WNW
6 kts
max 11 kts
0%
30° C
30
31%
999 hpa
187° s
0.6 m
9 s
1.1 m
270° W
12h
270° W
7 kts
max 9 kts
0%
30° C
30
34%
998 hpa
188° s
0.6 m
9 s
1.0 m
251° WSW
13h
251° WSW
8 kts
max 9 kts
0%
29° C
29
38%
998 hpa
188° s
0.6 m
9 s
0.9 m
253° WSW
14h
253° WSW
7 kts
max 9 kts
0%
29° C
29
36%
998 hpa
190° s
0.6 m
9 s
14:11
0.9 m
266° W
15h
266° W
6 kts
max 8 kts
0%
30° C
30
33%
997 hpa
191° s
0.6 m
9 s
0.9 m
250° WSW
16h
250° WSW
7 kts
max 8 kts
0%
29° C
29
37%
997 hpa
191° s
0.6 m
9 s
0.9 m
205° SSW
17h
205° SSW
8 kts
max 8 kts
0%
30° C
30
37%
997 hpa
193° ssw
0.6 m
9 s
1.0 m
176° S
18h
176° S
6 kts
max 6 kts
0%
30° C
30
35%
997 hpa
194° ssw
0.6 m
9 s
1.1 m
158° SSE
19h
158° SSE
5 kts
max 6 kts
0%
28° C
28
40%
997 hpa
194° ssw
0.6 m
10 s
1.2 m
150° SSE
20h
150° SSE
5 kts
max 7 kts
0%
27° C
27
44%
998 hpa
196° ssw
0.6 m
10 s
1.2 m
155° SSE
21h
155° SSE
6 kts
max 9 kts
0%
27° C
27
42%
998 hpa
196° ssw
0.6 m
10 s
20:43
1.2 m
156° SSE
22h
156° SSE
8 kts
max 11 kts
0%
27° C
27
38%
998 hpa
197° ssw
0.6 m
10 s
1.2 m
146° SE
23h
146° SE
8 kts
max 10 kts
0%
27° C
27
38%
997 hpa
199° ssw
0.6 m
10 s
1.1 m

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