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Hermanus

faces 202° SSW · Western Cape, South Africa · −34.430, 19.144

Times in SAST

Epic · best window 08:00–11:00
2.7 m
13 s period · SW 226°
Clean groundswell, 54° inside the swell window
Wind
10 km/h
NW · crossNW 305° · cross
Tide
−0.3 m
falling · L 23:30falling · low 23:30 (−0.5 m)
Energy
45 kJ
good
Sky
16°
overcast · feels 17°overcast · feels 17° · water 16° · OISST 13 Oct, preliminary
Ensemble · 06Z3 of 3 models reporting · updated 13:47 UTC

Next 16 days

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  • swell · 10–14 s
  • wind swell · under 10 s
  • offshore
  • cross-off
  • cross
  • cross-on
  • onshore
  • glassy
  • band: the models' spread

Hourly detail

Thursday 8 October epicbest 00:00–04:00 · light 06:12–18:49

00 
epic
3.0 m14s SW3.0 mtide0.4 ↑
cross-off 9 km/hgust9 km/h 13°
60 kJ
03 
epic
3.0 m14s SW3.0 mtide0.5 ↓
cross-off 8 km/hgust8 km/h 13°
58 kJ
06 
good
2.9 m14s SW2.9 mtide−0.4 ↓
cross 15 km/hgust19 km/h 13°
54 kJ
09 
fair
2.7 m14s SW2.7 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-on 22 km/hgust26 km/h 14°
46 kJ
12 
poor
2.6 m14s SW2.5 mtide0.5 ↑
cross-on 29 km/hgust36 km/h 15°
41 kJ
15 
poor
2.5 m14s SW2.3 mtide0.7 ↓
cross-on 36 km/hgust43 km/h 15°
39 kJ
18 
poor
2.6 m14s SW2.1 mtide−0.3 ↓
cross-on 39 km/hgust48 km/h 15°
40 kJ
21 
fair
2.6 m13s SW2.6 mtide−0.8 ↑
cross 32 km/hgust44 km/h 15°
41 kJ

Friday 9 October goodbest 05:00–09:00 · light 06:11–18:50

00 
good
2.6 m13s SW2.6 mtide0.2 ↑
cross 19 km/hgust29 km/h 15°
40 kJ
03 
good
2.7 m13s SW2.7 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 19 km/hgust38 km/h 14°
43 kJ
06 
epic
2.7 m13s SW2.7 mtide−0.3 ↓
cross-off 14 km/hgust29 km/h 15°
43 kJ
09 
good
2.8 m13s SW2.8 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross 15 km/hgust25 km/h 16°
44 kJ
12 
fair
2.8 m13s SW2.8 mtide0.3 ↑
cross-on 24 km/hgust31 km/h 16°
45 kJ
15 
poor
2.8 m13s SW2.8 mtide0.8 ↓
cross-on 28 km/hgust38 km/h 16°
43 kJ
18 
good
2.6 m12s SW2.6 mtide−0.1 ↓
onshore 11 km/hgust16 km/h 16°
38 kJ
21 
epic
2.5 m12s SW2.5 mtide−0.8 ↑
cross 14 km/hgust21 km/h 15°
35 kJ

Saturday 10 October epicbest 05:00–13:00 · light 06:09–18:51

00 
epic
2.4 m12s SW2.4 mtide0.0 ↑
cross-off 15 km/hgust22 km/h 15°
31 kJ
03 
good
2.3 m12s SW2.3 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 15 km/hgust23 km/h 15°
29 kJ
06 
epic
2.3 m12s SW2.3 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross 17 km/hgust26 km/h 14°
28 kJ
09 
epic
2.2 m12s SW2.2 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross-off 15 km/hgust19 km/h 16°
26 kJ
12 
epic
2.3 m12s SW2.3 mtide0.1 ↑
cross-on 7 km/hgust9 km/h 19°
27 kJ
15 
fair
2.3 m12s SW2.1 + 1.0 mtide0.9 ↓
cross-on 17 km/hgust19 km/h 19°
28 kJ
18 
epic
2.3 m13s SW2.3 mtide0.1 ↓
onshore 6 km/hgust7 km/h 18°
32 kJ
21 
epic
2.3 m13s SW2.3 mtide−0.8 ↑
cross-off 10 km/hgust10 km/h 17°
30 kJ

Sunday 11 October epicbest 02:00–10:00 · light 06:08–18:52

00 
epic
2.2 m13s SW2.2 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross 10 km/hgust10 km/h 16°
29 kJ
03 
epic
2.1 m13s SW2.1 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 8 km/hgust8 km/h 16°
26 kJ
06 
epic
2.0 m12s SW2.0 mtide0.1 ↓
cross-off 5 km/hgust4 km/h 15°
23 kJ
09 
epic
1.9 m12s SW1.9 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross-on 3 km/hgust3 km/h 16°
19 kJ
12 
fair
1.7 m12s SW1.7 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross-on 12 km/hgust11 km/h 16°
16 kJ
15 
fair
1.6 m12s SW1.6 mtide0.8 ↓
onshore 12 km/hgust13 km/h 16°
14 kJ
18 
good
1.6 m12s SW1.6 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 5 km/hgust6 km/h 17°
13 kJ
21 
epic
1.5 m12s SW1.5 mtide−0.7 ↓
cross-off 7 km/hgust7 km/h 16°
13 kJ

Monday 12 October poorbest 00:00–01:00 · light 06:06–18:53

00 
epic
1.5 m12s SW1.5 mtide−0.4 ↑
offshore 9 km/hgust9 km/h 16°
12 kJ
03 
fair
1.6 m12s SW1.6 mtide0.6 ↑
cross 21 km/hgust34 km/h 16°
13 kJ
06 
fair
1.7 m11s SW1.6 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 21 km/hgust32 km/h 16°
15 kJ
09 
poor
1.8 m11s SW1.5 mtide−0.6 ↓
cross 34 km/hgust48 km/h 17°
16 kJ
12 
poor
1.8 m11s SW1.3 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross-on 36 km/hgust47 km/h 18°
17 kJ
15 
poor
2.1 m11s SW1.3 mtide0.7 ↑
cross-on 39 km/hgust52 km/h 16°
21 kJ
18 
poor
2.0 m10s SW2.0 mtide0.4 ↓
cross-on 28 km/hgust39 km/h 16°
19 kJ
21 
fair
1.9 m10s SW1.9 mtide−0.6 ↓
cross-on 21 km/hgust29 km/h 14° · 0.8 mm/h
16 kJ

Tuesday 13 October goodbest 00:00–12:00 · light 06:05–18:53

00 
good
1.8 m10s SW1.8 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross-on 11 km/hgust17 km/h 15°
15 kJ
03 
good
1.9 m10s SW1.9 mtide0.5 ↑
cross-on 10 km/hgust13 km/h 15°
16 kJ
06 
good
1.9 m10s SW1.9 mtide0.4 ↓
cross-on 15 km/hgust17 km/h 15°
17 kJ
09 
good
1.9 m10s SW1.9 mtide−0.5 ↓
cross-on 13 km/hgust13 km/h 15°
17 kJ
12 
fair
1.9 m10s SW1.9 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-on 17 km/hgust14 km/h 15°
15 kJ
15 
fair
1.8 m10s SW1.8 mtide0.5 ↑
cross-on 18 km/hgust19 km/h 16°
14 kJ
18 
good
1.7 m10s SW1.7 mtide0.5 ↓
onshore 9 km/hgust9 km/h 15°
13 kJ
21 
good
1.6 m10s SW1.6 mtide−0.5 ↓
cross 11 km/hgust12 km/h 14°
12 kJ

Wednesday 14 October goodbest 00:00–05:00 · light 06:04–18:54

00 
epic
1.6 m10s SW1.6 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross-off 13 km/hgust14 km/h 13°
11 kJ
03 
epic
1.7 m10s SW1.7 mtide0.3 ↑
offshore 10 km/hgust11 km/h 13°
12 kJ
06 
fair
1.8 m10s SW1.8 mtide0.4 ↓
cross 19 km/hgust25 km/h 14°
14 kJ
09 
good
1.9 m11s SW1.9 mtide−0.3 ↓
cross 16 km/hgust18 km/h 14°
18 kJ
12 
poor
2.1 m12s SW1.9 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-on 28 km/hgust34 km/h 15°
24 kJ
15 
poor
2.3 m12s SW1.9 mtide0.3 ↑
cross-on 41 km/hgust50 km/h 16°
30 kJ
18 
poor
2.5 m12s SW1.8 mtide0.5 ↓
cross 42 km/hgust48 km/h 16°
36 kJ
21 
fair
2.5 m12s SW2.5 mtide−0.3 ↓
cross 28 km/hgust39 km/h 15°
35 kJ

Today 15 October goodbest 01:00–11:00 · light 06:02–18:55 18° 16°

00 
good
2.6 m12s SW2.6 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross 20 km/hgust39 km/h 14°
36 kJ
03 
epic
2.6 m13s SW2.6 mtide0.2 ↑
cross-off 13 km/hgust21 km/h 14°
41 kJ
06 
epic
2.7 m14s SW2.7 mtide0.4 ↓
cross-off 14 km/hgust16 km/h 14°
45 kJ
09 
epic
2.8 m14s SW2.8 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross-off 10 km/hgust10 km/h 16°
50 kJ
12 
fair
2.9 m14s SW2.9 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross 22 km/hgust24 km/h 19°
54 kJ
15 
poor
3.0 m14s SW3.0 mtide0.2 ↑
cross 38 km/hgust49 km/h 19°
57 kJ
18 
poor
3.0 m14s SW3.0 mtide0.4 ↓
cross 36 km/hgust48 km/h 17°
57 kJ
now 
good
2.8 m14s SW2.8 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross 19 km/hgust24 km/h 16°
48 kJ

Friday 16 October epicbest 00:00–10:00 · light 06:01–18:56 16° 16°

00 
epic
2.6 m13s SW2.6 mtide−0.4 ↑
offshore 5 km/hgust6 km/h 16°
40 kJ
03 
epic
2.4 m13s SW2.4 mtide0.0 ↑
glassy 2 km/hgust2 km/h 16°
34 kJ
06 
epic
2.2 m13s SW1.8 + 1.3 mtide0.4 ↓
offshore 2 km/hgust2 km/h 16°
27 kJ
09 
epic
2.0 m12s SW1.5 + 1.4 mtide0.0 ↓
cross-on 7 km/hgust7 km/h 18°
23 kJ
12 
poor
2.0 m12s SW1.4 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross-on 29 km/hgust40 km/h 18°
22 kJ
15 
poor
2.2 m11s WSW1.2 mtide0.1 ↑
cross 37 km/hgust53 km/h 19°
25 kJ
18 
fair
2.1 m11s WSW1.2 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 31 km/hgust50 km/h 18°
22 kJ
21 
good
1.9 m12s SW1.5 + 1.1 mtide0.0 ↓
cross 20 km/hgust34 km/h 18°
19 kJ

Saturday 17 October goodbest 00:00–04:00 · light 06:00–18:57 12° 16°

00 
good
1.8 m12s SW1.3 + 1.3 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross 18 km/hgust30 km/h 17°
18 kJ
03 
good
1.8 m11s SW1.8 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 15 km/hgust25 km/h 17°
17 kJ
06 
fair
2.0 m11s SW2.0 mtide0.3 ↑
cross-on 20 km/hgust27 km/h 15° · 1.2 mm/h
20 kJ
09 
fair
2.3 m11s SW2.3 mtide0.1 ↓
cross-on 19 km/hgust21 km/h 14° · 1.0 mm/h
27 kJ
12 
fair
2.5 m12s SW2.5 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross-on 17 km/hgust18 km/h 14° · 0.7 mm/h
35 kJ
15 
fair
2.6 m12s SW2.6 mtide0.0 ↑
cross-on 19 km/hgust22 km/h 13° · 0.5 mm/h
36 kJ
18 
fair
2.6 m12s SW2.6 mtide0.2 ↑
cross-on 20 km/hgust23 km/h 13°
35 kJ
21 
fair
2.6 m12s SW2.6 mtide0.0 ↓
cross-on 21 km/hgust24 km/h 13°
37 kJ

Sunday 18 October goodbest 00:00–14:00 · light 05:59–18:58 12° 16°

00 
good
2.6 m12s SW2.6 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross 20 km/hgust24 km/h 12°
39 kJ
03 
good
2.7 m13s SW2.7 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross 20 km/hgust27 km/h 12°
41 kJ
06 
good
2.7 m13s SW2.7 mtide0.1 ↑
cross 19 km/hgust27 km/h 12° · 0.3 mm/h
41 kJ
09 
good
2.7 m13s SW2.7 mtide0.2 ↓
cross 11 km/hgust17 km/h 12° · 0.5 mm/h
40 kJ
12 
good
2.6 m12s SW2.6 mtide0.0 ↓
cross-on 13 km/hgust18 km/h 12° · 1.5 mm/h
38 kJ
15 
poor
2.6 m12s SW2.6 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross-on 25 km/hgust26 km/h 12° · 0.8 mm/h
37 kJ
18 
fair
2.5 m12s SW2.5 mtide0.0 ↑
onshore 16 km/hgust21 km/h 13° · 0.2 mm/h
35 kJ
21 
good
2.4 m12s SW2.4 mtide0.1 ↓
onshore 10 km/hgust14 km/h 14°
33 kJ

Monday 19 October fairbest 07:00–09:00 · light 05:58–18:59 13° 16°

00 
fair
2.3 m12s SW2.3 mtide−0.1 ↓
onshore 15 km/hgust16 km/h 14°
30 kJ
03 
fair
2.3 m12s SW2.3 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross-on 18 km/hgust21 km/h 13°
28 kJ
06 
fair
2.2 m12s SW2.2 mtide0.0 ↑
cross-on 19 km/hgust25 km/h 13° · 0.6 mm/h
26 kJ
09 
fair
2.1 m12s SW2.1 mtide0.2 ↑
cross-on 19 km/hgust21 km/h 15° · 0.2 mm/h
23 kJ
12 
fair
2.0 m12s SW2.0 mtide0.1 ↓
cross-on 23 km/hgust23 km/h 15°
21 kJ
15 
fair
1.9 m11s SW1.9 mtide0.0 ↓
cross-on 23 km/hgust25 km/h 15°
19 kJ
18 
fair
1.9 m11s SW1.8 + 0.2 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross-on 17 km/hgust20 km/h 15°
17 kJ
21 
good
1.8 m11s SW1.8 mtide0.1 ↑
cross-on 15 km/hgust17 km/h 15°
15 kJ

Tuesday 20 October goodbest 03:00–09:00 · light 05:57–19:00 16° 16°

00 
good
1.7 m11s SW1.7 mtide0.1 ↓
cross 16 km/hgust20 km/h 14°
14 kJ
03 
epic
1.6 m11s SW1.6 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross-off 8 km/hgust11 km/h 13°
13 kJ
06 
epic
1.6 m11s SW1.6 mtide−0.2 ↑
offshore 10 km/hgust9 km/h 12°
12 kJ
08 
epic
1.6 m10s SW1.6 mtide0.0 ↑
cross-off 9 km/hgust9 km/h 13°
12 kJ
11 
good
1.6 m10s SW1.5 mtide0.3 ↓
cross-on 8 km/hgust8 km/h 14°
13 kJ
14 
fair
1.8 m10s SW1.6 mtide0.1 ↓
cross-on 19 km/hgust22 km/h 15°
14 kJ
17 
poor
2.1 m10s SW0.2 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross 36 km/hgust42 km/h 15°
21 kJ
20 
good
2.2 m10s SW0.2 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross 22 km/hgust34 km/h 16°
24 kJ
23 
good
2.4 m11s SW2.2 + 0.2 mtide0.2 ↓
cross-off 29 km/hgust53 km/h 16°
29 kJ

Wednesday 21 October fairbest 02:00–08:00 · light 05:55–19:00 16° 16°

02 
good
2.7 m11s WSW2.4 + 0.2 mtide0.1 ↓
cross-off 31 km/hgust55 km/h 15°
35 kJ
05 
good
2.8 m11s WSW2.7 + 0.2 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross-off 37 km/hgust61 km/h 15°
40 kJ
08 
fair
2.9 m11s WSW3.0 + 0.2 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross-off 40 km/hgust61 km/h 16°
45 kJ
11 
fair
3.0 m10s WSW3.1 + 0.2 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 31 km/hgust53 km/h 17°
42 kJ
14 
fair
3.0 m10s WSW3.0 + 0.2 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 31 km/hgust50 km/h 17°
41 kJ
17 
good
2.8 m10s WSW2.8 + 0.2 mtide−0.2 ↓
cross 26 km/hgust51 km/h 16° · 0.5 mm/h
37 kJ
20 
good
2.7 m10s WSW2.7 + 0.2 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross 23 km/hgust40 km/h 15° · 2.4 mm/h
34 kJ
23 
fair
2.6 m10s WSW2.6 + 0.2 mtide0.2 ↑
cross 23 km/hgust35 km/h 15° · 2.2 mm/h
31 kJ

Thursday 22 October fairbest 20:00–24:00 · light 05:54–19:01 15° 16°

02 
fair
2.5 m10s WSW2.5 + 0.1 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 29 km/hgust43 km/h 15°
30 kJ
05 
poor
2.5 m10s WSW2.5 + 0.1 mtide−0.3 ↓
cross-on 31 km/hgust39 km/h 16° · 0.3 mm/h
28 kJ
08 
poor
2.4 m10s WSW2.4 + 0.1 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross-on 25 km/hgust30 km/h 15°
26 kJ
11 
fair
2.3 m11s WSW2.3 + 0.1 mtide0.3 ↑
cross-on 22 km/hgust24 km/h 15°
26 kJ
14 
fair
2.1 m11s WSW2.1 + 0.1 mtide0.5 ↓
cross-on 21 km/hgust23 km/h 16°
22 kJ
17 
fair
2.0 m11s WSW1.9 + 0.3 + 0.1 mtide −0.2↓
onshore 16 km/hgust17 km/h 15°
19 kJ
20 
good
1.9 m11s WSW1.5 + 1.1 + 0.3 mtide −0.5↑
onshore 9 km/hgust10 km/h 15°
17 kJ
23 
good
1.8 m11s SW1.8 + 0.4 mtide0.2 ↑
cross 8 km/hgust9 km/h 14°
16 kJ

Friday 23 October goodbest 02:00–24:00 · light 05:53–19:02 13° 16°

02 
good
1.8 m11s SW1.6 + 0.7 mtide0.5 ↓
cross-off 13 km/hgust14 km/h 13°
15 kJ
05 
good
1.7 m11s SW1.3 + 0.9 + 0.7 mtide −0.2↓
cross-off 18 km/hgust24 km/h 13°
14 kJ
08 
good
1.7 m10s SW1.4 + 1.0 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross-off 22 km/hgust31 km/h 14°
13 kJ
11 
good
1.7 m10s SW1.3 + 1.0 + 0.0 mtide 0.2↑
cross-off 21 km/hgust27 km/h 18°
13 kJ
14 
good
1.7 m10s SW1.2 + 1.1 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 15 km/hgust17 km/h 20°
13 kJ
17 
good
1.7 m10s SW1.2 + 1.1 + 0.6 mtide −0.1↓
cross 18 km/hgust19 km/h 21°
13 kJ
20 
good
1.6 m10s SW1.1 + 1.1 + 0.5 mtide −0.7↑
cross-off 22 km/hgust31 km/h 16°
12 kJ
23 
good
1.5 m10s SW1.0 + 0.9 + 0.6 mtide 0.0↑
cross-off 17 km/hgust20 km/h 15°
10 kJ

Saturday 24 October goodbest 02:00–11:00 · light 05:52–19:03 16° 16°

02 
good
1.4 m10s SW0.9 + 0.9 + 0.5 mtide 0.6↓
cross-off 13 km/hgust14 km/h 16°
9 kJ
05 
good
1.3 m10s SW1.0 + 0.7 + 0.6 mtide −0.1↓
offshore 4 km/hgust4 km/h 16°
8 kJ
08 
good
1.3 m9s SW0.9 + 0.7 + 0.6 mtide −0.6↑
cross 4 km/hgust4 km/h 18°
7 kJ
11 
fair
1.2 m9s SW0.8 + 0.7 + 0.6 mtide 0.1↑
cross-on 12 km/hgust13 km/h 17°
6 kJ
14 
fair
1.1 m9s SW0.7 + 0.6 + 0.6 mtide 0.8↓
cross-on 12 km/hgust13 km/h 18°
5 kJ
17 
fair
1.1 m9s SW0.6 + 0.6 + 0.5 mtide 0.0↓
cross-on 6 km/hgust7 km/h 18°
5 kJ
20 
good
1.0 m9s SW0.6 + 0.5 + 0.5 mtide −0.8↑
glassy 1 km/hgust1 km/h 17°
4 kJ
23 
fair
1.0 m9s SW0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 mtide −0.2↑
cross 6 km/hgust6 km/h 17°
4 kJ

Sunday 25 October poorbest 23:00–24:00 · light 05:50–19:04

02 
fair
1.0 m9s SW0.6 + 0.5 + 0.4 mtide 0.7↓
cross 10 km/hgust10 km/h 16°
4 kJ
05 
fair
1.0 m9s SW0.8 + 0.3 + 0.3 mtide 0.1↓
cross 11 km/hgust13 km/h 16°
4 kJ
08 
fair
1.2 m9s SW1.0 + 0.3 + 0.3 mtide −0.7↑
cross 11 km/hgust14 km/h 17°
5 kJ
11 
fair
1.5 m12s SW1.4 + 0.3 mtide−0.1 ↑
cross-on 19 km/hgust21 km/h 19°
11 kJ
14 
poor
1.9 m12s SW1.9 + 0.1 mtide0.8 ↓
cross-on 32 km/hgust37 km/h 18°
19 kJ
17 
poor
2.1 m12s SW2.1 mtide0.3 ↓
cross-on 30 km/hgust — —
23 kJ
20 
fair
2.0 m12s SW2.0 mtide−0.8 ↑
cross 26 km/hgust ——
22 kJ
23 
good
1.9 m11s SW1.9 mtide−0.4 ↑
cross 24 km/hgust ——
19 kJ

Monday 26 October poorbest 02:00–05:00 · light 05:49–19:05

02 
good
1.8 m11s SW1.8 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 26 km/hgust ——
17 kJ
05 
fair
1.8 m11s SW1.8 + 0.1 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 26 km/hgust ——
15 kJ
08 
fair
1.7 m10s SW1.7 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross 30 km/hgust ——
14 kJ
11 
fair
1.8 m10s SW1.2 + 0.1 mtide−0.3 ↑
cross 34 km/hgust ——
14 kJ
14 
poor
2.1 m10s SW1.0 + 0.1 mtide0.8 ↓
cross 46 km/hgust ——
20 kJ
17 
fair
2.0 m10s SW0.9 + 0.1 mtide0.5 ↓
cross 41 km/hgust ——
17 kJ
20 
fair
1.8 m9s SW0.8 + 0.1 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross 37 km/hgust ——
13 kJ
23 
fair
1.6 m9s SW0.8 + 0.1 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross 34 km/hgust ——
10 kJ

Tuesday 27 October fairbest 02:00–08:00 · light 05:48–19:06

02 
fair
1.5 m9s SW0.7 + 0.4 + 0.1 mtide 0.5↑
cross 35 km/hgust ——
9 kJ
05 
fair
1.5 m9s SW0.6 + 0.1 mtide0.5 ↓
cross-off 39 km/hgust — —
9 kJ
08 
poor
1.5 m7s SSE1.0 + 0.5 + 0.3 mtide −0.5↑
cross-off 42 km/hgust — —
8 kJ
11 
poor
1.5 m7s SE0.6 + 0.1 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross-off 36 km/hgust — —
8 kJ
14 
fair
1.4 m8s SE0.5 + 0.1 mtide0.6 ↑
cross 24 km/hgust ——
7 kJ
17 
poor
1.4 m8s SE0.5 mtide0.7 ↓
cross 31 km/hgust ——
7 kJ
20 
fair
1.2 m9s SSE1.1 + 0.5 + 0.1 mtide −0.5↓
cross-off 21 km/hgust — —
6 kJ
23 
fair
1.1 m9s S0.9 + 0.5 + 0.1 mtide −0.8↑
cross-off 16 km/hgust — —
5 kJ

Wednesday 28 October fairbest 02:00–11:00 · light 05:47–19:07

02 
fair
1.0 m9s SSW0.8 + 0.5 + 0.1 mtide 0.3↑
cross-off 14 km/hgust — —
4 kJ
05 
fair
0.9 m9s SSW0.7 + 0.6 + 0.1 mtide 0.7↓
cross 13 km/hgust ——
4 kJ
08 
fair
0.9 m9s SSW0.7 + 0.6 + 0.1 mtide −0.3↓
cross 8 km/hgust ——
4 kJ
11 
poor
0.9 m9s SSW0.7 + 0.6 + 0.1 mtide −0.6↑
onshore 13 km/hgust — —
4 kJ
14 
poor
0.9 m9s SSW0.6 + 0.2 + 0.1 mtide 0.4↑
onshore 20 km/hgust — —
3 kJ
17 
poor
0.9 m9s SW0.6 + 0.6 + 0.3 mtide 0.8↓
cross-on 14 km/hgust — —
3 kJ
20 
poor
0.9 m9s SW0.6 + 0.6 + 0.4 mtide −0.2↓
cross-on 15 km/hgust — —
4 kJ
23 
fair
1.0 m16s SW0.6 + 0.5 + 0.5 mtide −0.8↑
cross 12 km/hgust ——
7 kJ

Thursday 29 October fairbest 02:00–05:00 · light 05:46–19:08

02 
good
1.1 m15s SW0.8 + 0.6 + 0.5 mtide 0.0↑
cross-off 8 km/hgust — —
8 kJ
05 
fair
1.2 m14s SW1.2 + 0.3 mtide0.7 ↓
cross-on 7 km/hgust — —
9 kJ
08 
fair
1.3 m14s SW1.3 + 0.3 mtide−0.1 ↓
cross-on 16 km/hgust — —
11 kJ
11 
poor
1.4 m13s SW1.3 + 0.3 mtide−0.6 ↑
cross-on 25 km/hgust — —
12 kJ
14 
poor
1.6 m13s SW1.3 + 0.2 mtide0.1 ↑
cross-on 29 km/hgust — —
15 kJ
17 
fair
1.8 m13s SW1.3 mtide0.7 ↓
cross-on 21 km/hgust — —
18 kJ
20 
fair
2.1 m13s SW1.7 + 1.2 mtide0.0 ↓
cross-on 24 km/hgust — —
24 kJ
23 
fair
2.5 m9s SSW2.3 + 1.1 mtide−0.7 ↑
cross 27 km/hgust ——
27 kJ

Friday 30 October fairbest 05:00–11:00 · light 05:45–19:09

02 
fair
2.7 m10s SSW2.5 + 1.0 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross 29 km/hgust ——
32 kJ
05 
good
2.6 m10s SSW2.4 + 0.9 mtide0.6 ↓
cross 24 km/hgust ——
29 kJ
08 
good
2.4 m10s S2.3 + 0.9 mtide0.2 ↓
cross 28 km/hgust ——
26 kJ
11 
fair
2.3 m10s S1.8 + 1.0 + 1.0 mtide −0.5↑
cross 29 km/hgust ——
24 kJ
14 
poor
2.3 m10s S0.9 mtide−0.2 ↑
cross 37 km/hgust ——
23 kJ
17 
poor
2.2 m10s S1.3 + 0.8 mtide0.5 ↓
cross 38 km/hgust ——
22 kJ
20 
good
2.0 m10s S1.1 + 0.8 mtide0.3 ↓
cross 32 km/hgust ——
19 kJ
23 
good
1.8 m10s S1.7 + 0.7 mtide−0.5 ↑
cross-off 28 km/hgust — —
16 kJ

Wind read from the nearest model point, up to 15 km — that is not the wind at the beach.

Swell read from the nearest model point, up to 15 km. Swell travels, so it still holds here.

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Tide

EOT20 prediction
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now −0.3 m ↓H 05:00 · 0.5L 11:00 · −0.4H 17:30 · 0.4L 23:30 · −0.5

Heights vs mean sea level

Optimal: any.

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202° SSW
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Optimal tide
any
Level
—
Coordinates
−34.4296, 19.1437

Model agreement

High

NOAA GFS-Wave2.7 m

ECMWF IFS-WAM2.7 m

DWD GWAM2.9 m

No buoy within 25 km, so agreement can’t be scored here.

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