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Tides and sea conditions at Cape Spartel

North Atlantic · 35.80°N 5.97°W

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Mediterranean Saïdia 0.5 m Cap de l’Eau (Ras El Ma) 0.5 m Nador 0.4 m Cape Three Forks 0.4 m Al Hoceima 0.3 m Cala Iris 0.3 m Jebha 0.3 m Oued Laou 0.2 m Martil 0.2 m M'diq 0.2 m Fnideq 0.2 m Ksar Sghir 0.3 m Tangier 0.3 m
North Atlantic Cape Spartel 0.4 m Asilah 0.4 m Larache 0.5 m Moulay Bousselham 0.5 m Mehdia 0.7 m Rabat 0.8 m Temara 0.7 m Skhirat 0.8 m Bouznika 0.8 m Mohammedia 0.8 m Casablanca 0.8 m Dar Bouazza 0.9 m
Central Atlantic El Jadida 0.9 m Sidi Abed 1 m Oualidia 1 m Cape Beddouza 1 m Safi 0.9 m Souira Kdima 0.9 m Essaouira 1 m Sidi Kaouki 0.9 m
South & Sahara Imsouane 1 m Tamri 1 m Cape Ghir 1 m Taghazout 0.8 m Anza 0.7 m Agadir 0.7 m Tifnit 0.9 m Sidi Rbat 0.9 m Aglou 0.9 m Mirleft 0.9 m Legzira 0.8 m Sidi Ifni 0.8 m Tan-Tan 0.7 m Akhfennir 0.9 m Tarfaya 0.6 m Foum El Oued 0.5 m Boujdour 0.6 m Dakhla 0.7 m
Right now Fair Sea getting up, or a steady wind. Visibility uncertain. Strong current — significant drift.

Is the sea good for fishing at Cape Spartel today?

Fair: you can go out, carefully — swell 0.4 m, wind 7 km/h.

Best day this week: Friday 6 November.

Tide times at Cape Spartel today

coef. 87
  • Low water 05:40 · 0.7 m
  • High water 11:48 · 2.3 m
  • Low water 18:29 · 0.5 m

Neap tides — small range, calmer slack water

Tomorrow : High water 00:26 · Low water 06:39 · High water 12:43 · Low water 19:10

Times and heights matched to SHOM's official predictions for the port of Tanger. Heights above chart datum.

Tide curve, daylight and moon ↓ Which tide to hunt on?
Swell 0.4m 9 s · W
Period 9s longer = clearer water
Chop 0.1m wind waves
Wind 7km/h S
Current 1.7m/s strong
Water 19.4°C

Swell easing — up to 0.9 m over the last two days, 0.6 m today. The water should clear. Mon 2 : 0.9 m · Tue 3 : 0.8 m

Tide 1.88 m · reading taken at 00:05

The next seven days

Best window : Friday 6 November — 0.5 m swell, 10 km/h wind.

Excellent Good Fair Poor
Wed 4 0.6 m 12 s 24 km/h Thu 5 0.7 m 11 s 21 km/h Fri 6 0.5 m 10 s 10 km/h Sat 7 0.4 m 9 s 18 km/h Sun 8 0.8 m 7 s 25 km/h Mon 9 2.2 m 8 s 43 km/h Tue 10 3.3 m 9 s 46 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 — Sunday 8 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 FAIR 02:00 FAIR 04:00 FAIR 06:00 FAIR 08:00 FAIR 10:00 FAIR 12:00 FAIR 14:00 FAIR 16:00 FAIR 18:00 FAIR 20:00 FAIR 22:00 FAIR
Swell m 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
Wind km/h 16 14 10 12 17 24 25 18 8 6 9 7
Chop m 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 0 0 0.1 0.3
Period s 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
Current m/s 1.3 2.6 3 2.2 1.3 1.9 1.4 2.3 3.1 2.6 1 1.9
Water °C 19.3 19.2 19.1 19.1 19 19 19 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.3 19.4
Tide m 1.78 2.34 1.81 0.81 0.32 0.69 1.67 2.35 1.96 0.94 0.34 0.62

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 — Sunday 8 November

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

Tides

Range 2.1 m · coef. 110
High water 02:33 · 2.4 m
Low water 08:38 · 0.3 m
High water 14:50 · 2.4 m
Low water 20:51 · 0.3 m

Light

First light06:25
Sunrise06:52
Sunset17:21
10 h 29 of daylight

Moon

New moon

2 % lit

Spring tides — big range, strong currents

Air 19 to 24 °C

Hour by hour — Sunday 8 November

From 5 am to 9 pm.

Hour State Swell Period Chop Wind Current Tide Water
05:00 Fair 0.4 m 6 s W 0.6 m 8 km/h SE 2.8 1.56 19.1
06:00 Fair 0.4 m 6 s W 0.6 m 10 km/h S 2.2 1.03 19.1
07:00 Fair 0.5 m 6 s W 0.7 m 12 km/h S 1 0.58 19
08:00 Fair 0.5 m 6 s NW 0.6 m 15 km/h S 0.3 0.33 19
09:00 Fair 0.5 m 5 s N 0.5 m 17 km/h S 1.3 0.3 19
10:00 Fair 0.5 m 5 s NE 0.4 m 21 km/h S 1.9 0.49 19
11:00 Fair 0.5 m 5 s N 0.3 m 24 km/h S 1.9 0.89 19
12:00 Fair 0.5 m 5 s NW 0.2 m 25 km/h S 1.4 1.41 19
13:00 Fair 0.5 m 6 s W 0 m 23 km/h S 0.6 1.92 19
14:00 Fair 0.5 m 6 s W 0 m 18 km/h S 1.1 2.29 19
15:00 Fair 0.5 m 6 s W 0 m 13 km/h S 2.3 2.4 19.1
16:00 Fair 0.5 m 6 s W 0 m 8 km/h S 3.1 2.19 19.1
17:00 Fair 0.5 m 5 s W 0 m 4 km/h SE 3.1 1.73 19.2
18:00 Fair 0.5 m 5 s W 0 m 6 km/h NE 2.6 1.18 19.2
19:00 Fair 0.6 m 5 s W 0 m 6 km/h E 1.7 0.69 19.3
20:00 Good 0.6 m 5 s W 0.1 m 8 km/h E 0.4 0.38 19.3
21:00 Fair 0.7 m 5 s W 0.1 m 9 km/h E 1 0.3 19.3

Elsewhere on the coast

The best conditions right now.

Oued Laou 0.2 m Excellent Martil 0.2 m Excellent M'diq 0.2 m Excellent Fnideq 0.2 m Excellent Cala Iris 0.3 m Excellent Jebha 0.3 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.