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Tides and sea conditions at Al Hoceima

Mediterranean · 35.26°N 3.94°W

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Mediterranean Saïdia 0.2 m Cap de l’Eau (Ras El Ma) 0.2 m Nador 0.2 m Cape Three Forks 0.2 m Al Hoceima 0.2 m Cala Iris 0.2 m Jebha 0.2 m Oued Laou 0.3 m Martil 0.2 m M'diq 0.2 m Fnideq 0.3 m Ksar Sghir 0.4 m Tangier 0.6 m
North Atlantic Cape Spartel 0.6 m Asilah 0.8 m Larache 0.9 m Moulay Bousselham 0.9 m Mehdia 1.2 m Rabat 1.3 m Temara 1.2 m Skhirat 1.3 m Bouznika 1.3 m Mohammedia 1.4 m Casablanca 1.3 m Dar Bouazza 1.5 m
Central Atlantic El Jadida 1.4 m Sidi Abed 1.5 m Oualidia 1.4 m Cape Beddouza 1.4 m Safi 1.3 m Souira Kdima 1.4 m Essaouira 1.5 m Sidi Kaouki 1.3 m
South & Sahara Imsouane 1.5 m Tamri 1.4 m Cape Ghir 1.5 m Taghazout 1.2 m Anza 1 m Agadir 1 m Tifnit 1.2 m Sidi Rbat 1.3 m Aglou 1.4 m Mirleft 1.4 m Legzira 1.4 m Sidi Ifni 1.4 m Tan-Tan 0.9 m Akhfennir 1 m Tarfaya 0.6 m Foum El Oued 0.7 m Boujdour 0.7 m Dakhla 0.9 m
Right now Poor The water here is usually murky, and it has been stirred up over the past two days. Strong current — significant drift.

Is the sea good for fishing at Al Hoceima today?

No, the sea is poor today: swell 0.2 m, wind 5 km/h. Better to wait.

Best day this week: Saturday 7 November.

Tide times at Al Hoceima today

  • Low water 03:30
  • High water 10:35
  • Low water 17:04
  • High water 22:25

Neap tides — small range, calmer slack water

Tomorrow : Low water 05:07 · High water 11:22 · Low water 18:18 · High water 23:30

Mediterranean: the tide is only a few tens of centimetres, times are indicative.

Tide curve, daylight and moon ↓ Which tide to hunt on?
Swell 0.2m 4 s · NE
Period 4s longer = clearer water
Chop 0m wind waves
Wind 5km/h W
Current 0.9m/s strong
Water 20.3°C

Swell easing — up to 0.7 m over the last two days, 0.3 m today. The water should clear. Sun 1 : 0.7 m · Mon 2 : 0.5 m

Tide -0.07 m · reading taken at 01:53

The next seven days

Best window : Saturday 7 November — 0.3 m swell, 9 km/h wind.

Excellent Good Fair Poor
Tue 3 0.3 m 7 s 8 km/h Wed 4 0.3 m 7 s 9 km/h Thu 5 0.4 m 6 s 11 km/h Fri 6 0.2 m 6 s 10 km/h Sat 7 0.3 m 7 s 9 km/h Sun 8 0.7 m 4 s 6 km/h Mon 9 0.7 m 4 s 16 km/h

Each day is judged on its worst moment, not on its average. Bars share one scale: 0 to 3.0 m. Reliability drops off sharply beyond three days.

The day at a glance — Monday 9 November

Twenty-four hours in blocks of two. Swell and wind carry the colour: white when there is nothing, tinted as soon as it builds. The header gives the overall verdict.

Hour 00:00 GOOD 02:00 GOOD 04:00 GOOD 06:00 GOOD 08:00 GOOD 10:00 GOOD 12:00 GOOD 14:00 EXC 16:00 GOOD 18:00 GOOD 20:00 GOOD 22:00 EXC
Swell m 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Wind km/h 6 5 6 5 3 1 2 9 15 16 13 6
Chop m 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 0
Period s 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Current m/s 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3
Water °C 19.9 19.8 19.8 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.8 19.8 19.8 19.8
Tide m -0.18 -0.02 -0.15 -0.37 -0.44 -0.34 -0.14 0.02 -0.11 -0.39 -0.5 -0.43

Swell, chop, wind and current: the block’s highest value. Period, water and tide: the average. Colour scales match Windy’s: white at rest, then cyan and green for wind, lavender and pink for swell, through to red and purple.

Planning the session — Monday 9 November

Tides, light and moon of the day, to pick the hour.

Tides

Range 0.5 m
High water 02:38 · 0.0 m
Low water 08:16 · -0.4 m
High water 14:40 · 0.0 m
Low water 20:35 · -0.5 m

Light

First light07:17
Sunrise07:44
Sunset18:14
10 h 30 of daylight

Moon

New moon

0 % lit

Spring tides — big range, strong currents

Air 20 to 27 °C

Hour by hour — Monday 9 November

From 5 am to 9 pm.

Hour State Swell Period Chop Wind Current Tide Water
05:00 Good 0.7 m 4 s NE 0.1 m 6 km/h S 0.4 -0.21 19.7
06:00 Good 0.6 m 4 s NE 0 m 5 km/h S 0.4 -0.33 19.7
07:00 Good 0.6 m 4 s NE 0 m 5 km/h S 0.4 -0.41 19.7
08:00 Good 0.6 m 4 s NE 0 m 3 km/h S 0.3 -0.44 19.7
09:00 Good 0.5 m 4 s NE 0.1 m 2 km/h S 0.3 -0.43 19.7
10:00 Good 0.5 m 4 s NE 0.1 m 1 km/h SW 0.3 -0.38 19.7
11:00 Good 0.5 m 4 s NE 0.1 m 0 km/h S 0.3 -0.3 19.7
12:00 Good 0.5 m 4 s NE 0.2 m 1 km/h E 0.3 -0.2 19.7
13:00 Excellent 0.4 m 4 s NE 0.2 m 2 km/h SE 0.4 -0.08 19.7
14:00 Excellent 0.4 m 4 s NE 0.2 m 5 km/h S 0.4 0.01 19.7
15:00 Excellent 0.4 m 4 s NE 0.2 m 9 km/h S 0.4 0.03 19.7
16:00 Excellent 0.4 m 4 s NE 0.1 m 12 km/h S 0.4 -0.04 19.8
17:00 Good 0.4 m 4 s NE 0.1 m 15 km/h SW 0.4 -0.18 19.8
18:00 Good 0.4 m 4 s NE 0.1 m 16 km/h SW 0.4 -0.33 19.8
19:00 Good 0.4 m 4 s NE 0 m 16 km/h SW 0.3 -0.45 19.8
20:00 Good 0.3 m 4 s NE 0 m 13 km/h SW 0 -0.5 19.8
21:00 Excellent 0.3 m 4 s NE 0 m 8 km/h S 0.2 -0.5 19.8

Elsewhere on the coast

The best conditions right now.

Cala Iris 0.2 m Excellent Jebha 0.2 m Excellent Tarfaya 0.6 m Excellent Boujdour 0.7 m Excellent Asilah 0.8 m Excellent Larache 0.9 m Excellent

How to read these numbers

Swell
Ground swell, significant height: the average of the highest third of the waves. The biggest ones run well above it.
Period
The time between two crests. Long period = clean, readable swell; short = confused sea.
Chop
The waves raised by the local wind. This is what stirs the bottom and destroys visibility, far more than the swell does.
Current
Beyond 0.8 m/s the drift becomes serious, even on a flat sea.
Tide
Height above chart datum, as in tide tables, matched to SHOM's predictions for the nearest reference port. In the Mediterranean the tide is only a few tens of centimetres: times are indicative.
Visibility
Not measured, anywhere. It is inferred from chop, swell and wind — judge it on the spot.

DWD, Météo-France and Copernicus Marine models via Open-Meteo. Roughly 9 km resolution: two neighbouring locations can share the same value. Refreshed every 30 minutes.