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Tides and sea conditions at Dakhla

South & Sahara · 23.71°N 15.96°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 Excellent Calm sea, little chop. Visibility likely good.

Is the sea good for fishing at Dakhla today?

Yes, the sea is excellent: swell 0.9 m, wind 3 km/h.

Best day this week: Sunday 8 November.

Tide times at Dakhla today

coef. 60
  • Low water 02:21 · 1.3 m
  • High water 08:39 · 2.3 m
  • Low water 15:26 · 1.1 m
  • High water 21:34 · 2.2 m

Neap tides — small range, calmer slack water

Tomorrow : Low water 03:36 · High water 09:46 · Low water 16:21 · High water 22:28

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

Tide curve, daylight and moon ↓ Which tide to hunt on?
Swell 0.9m 8 s · NW
Period 8s longer = clearer water
Chop 0m wind waves
Wind 3km/h E
Current 0.4m/s weak
Water 21.4°C

Swell easing — up to 1.3 m over the last two days, 0.9 m today. The water should clear. Sun 1 : 1.2 m · Mon 2 : 1.3 m

Tide 1.97 m · reading taken at 02:31

The next seven days

Best window : Sunday 8 November — 0.5 m swell, 18 km/h wind.

Excellent Good Fair Poor
Tue 3 0.9 m 8 s 24 km/h Wed 4 0.7 m 8 s 19 km/h Thu 5 0.5 m 10 s 23 km/h Fri 6 0.5 m 9 s 26 km/h Sat 7 0.5 m 9 s 23 km/h Sun 8 0.5 m 11 s 18 km/h Mon 9 1.3 m 10 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 — 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 EXC 08:00 EXC 10:00 FAIR 12:00 GOOD 14:00 FAIR 16:00 FAIR 18:00 GOOD 20:00 GOOD 22:00 GOOD
Swell m 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Wind km/h 15 15 15 12 12 13 13 16 18 17 16 14
Chop m 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Period s 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 10 11 10 10 10
Current m/s 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.4 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.7
Water °C 21.7 21.6 21.5 21.5 21.5 21.6 21.7 21.9 22.2 22.3 22.3 22.2
Tide m 2.52 2.06 1.23 0.8 1.14 1.95 2.51 2.17 1.34 0.82 1.07 1.88

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 1.8 m · coef. 103
High water 00:30 · 2.6 m
Low water 06:37 · 0.8 m
High water 12:47 · 2.6 m
Low water 18:52 · 0.8 m

Light

First light07:46
Sunrise08:13
Sunset19:21
11 h 08 of daylight

Moon

New moon

2 % lit

Spring tides — big range, strong currents

Air 21 to 22 °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 7 s NW 0 m 14 km/h NE 1 1.04 21.5
06:00 Excellent 0.4 m 7 s NW 0 m 12 km/h NE 0.6 0.81 21.5
07:00 Excellent 0.4 m 7 s NW 0 m 11 km/h NE 0.4 0.79 21.5
08:00 Excellent 0.4 m 7 s NW 0 m 11 km/h NE 0.4 0.96 21.5
09:00 Excellent 0.3 m 7 s NW 0 m 12 km/h NE 0.6 1.31 21.5
10:00 Fair 0.3 m 7 s NW 0 m 13 km/h NE 0.8 1.74 21.6
11:00 Good 0.3 m 7 s NW 0 m 13 km/h N 0.6 2.16 21.6
12:00 Good 0.3 m 8 s NW 0 m 13 km/h N 0.3 2.47 21.7
13:00 Good 0.3 m 8 s NW 0 m 13 km/h N 0.4 2.54 21.7
14:00 Good 0.3 m 9 s NW 0 m 15 km/h N 0.7 2.36 21.8
15:00 Fair 0.3 m 10 s NW 0 m 16 km/h N 1.1 1.98 21.9
16:00 Fair 0.4 m 10 s NW 0 m 18 km/h N 1.1 1.54 22.1
17:00 Fair 0.4 m 11 s NW 0 m 18 km/h N 0.9 1.13 22.2
18:00 Good 0.4 m 10 s NW 0.1 m 17 km/h N 0.7 0.85 22.3
19:00 Good 0.4 m 10 s NW 0.1 m 17 km/h N 0.4 0.78 22.3
20:00 Good 0.4 m 10 s NW 0.1 m 16 km/h N 0.4 0.91 22.3
21:00 Good 0.5 m 10 s NW 0.1 m 15 km/h N 0.5 1.22 22.3

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.