Wednesday 4 November Best conditions : Oued Laou 0.2 m · 5 km/h
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Tides and sea conditions at Rabat

North Atlantic · 34.05°N 6.87°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 Good Calm sea, but stirred up over the past two days: visibility probably reduced.

Is the sea good for fishing at Rabat today?

Yes, the sea is good: swell 0.8 m, wind 3 km/h.

Best day this week: Saturday 7 November.

Tide times at Rabat today

coef. 71
  • Low water 05:15 · 1.5 m
  • High water 11:26 · 3.1 m
  • Low water 17:56 · 1.3 m

Neap tides — small range, calmer slack water

Tomorrow : High water 00:03 · Low water 06:11 · High water 12:19 · Low water 18:43

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

Tide curve, daylight and moon ↓ Which tide to hunt on?
Swell 0.8m 9 s · NW
Period 9s longer = clearer water
Chop 0m wind waves
Wind 3km/h S
Current 0.4m/s weak
Water 20°C

Swell easing — up to 1.6 m over the last two days, 1.1 m today. The water should clear. Mon 2 : 1.6 m · Tue 3 : 1.5 m

Tide 2.72 m · reading taken at 00:04

The next seven days

Best window : Saturday 7 November — 0.7 m swell, 5 km/h wind.

Excellent Good Fair Poor
Wed 4 1.1 m 12 s 23 km/h Thu 5 0.9 m 12 s 9 km/h Fri 6 0.9 m 10 s 9 km/h Sat 7 0.7 m 9 s 5 km/h Sun 8 0.9 m 6 s 11 km/h Mon 9 2.2 m 10 s 22 km/h Tue 10 3.3 m 9 s 26 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 — Wednesday 4 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 EXC 02:00 EXC 04:00 EXC 06:00 EXC 08:00 GOOD 10:00 POOR 12:00 POOR 14:00 POOR 16:00 POOR 18:00 FAIR 20:00 FAIR 22:00 FAIR
Swell m 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.1 1 0.9
Wind km/h 4 6 8 9 15 18 23 20 14 9 6 5
Chop m 0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.2
Period s 9 9 8 8 8 9 12 10 6 5 4 5
Current m/s 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4
Water °C 20 19.9 19.9 19.8 19.9 19.9 20 20 20 19.9 19.9 19.9
Tide m 2.65 2.08 1.63 1.73 2.36 2.97 2.93 2.27 1.57 1.41 1.94 2.69

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 — Wednesday 4 November

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

Tides

Range 1.7 m · coef. 71
Low water 05:15 · 1.5 m
High water 11:26 · 3.1 m
Low water 17:56 · 1.3 m

Light

First light06:22
Sunrise06:49
Sunset17:31
10 h 42 of daylight

Moon

Waning crescent

30 % lit

Neap tides — small range, calmer slack water

Air 17 to 21 °C

Hour by hour — Wednesday 4 November

From 5 am to 9 pm.

Hour State Swell Period Chop Wind Current Tide Water
05:00 Excellent 0.7 m 8 s NW 0.2 m 8 km/h S 0.4 1.57 19.9
06:00 Excellent 0.7 m 8 s NW 0.2 m 9 km/h S 0.4 1.62 19.8
07:00 Excellent 0.6 m 8 s NW 0.2 m 9 km/h S 0.2 1.84 19.8
08:00 Good 0.6 m 8 s NW 0.3 m 10 km/h S 0.2 2.17 19.8
09:00 Good 0.6 m 7 s NW 0.3 m 15 km/h SW 0.2 2.55 19.9
10:00 Good 0.6 m 8 s NW 0.4 m 15 km/h S 0.2 2.87 19.9
11:00 Poor 0.5 m 9 s NW 0.8 m 18 km/h SW 0 3.06 19.9
12:00 Poor 0.4 m 11 s NW 1.1 m 23 km/h SW 0.2 3.04 20
13:00 Poor 0.4 m 12 s NW 1.5 m 20 km/h W 0.2 2.82 20
14:00 Poor 0.5 m 11 s NW 1.4 m 20 km/h W 0.3 2.47 20
15:00 Poor 0.6 m 8 s NW 1.4 m 17 km/h W 0.4 2.06 20
16:00 Poor 0.8 m 6 s W 1.3 m 14 km/h W 0.5 1.7 20
17:00 Poor 0.9 m 5 s W 1 m 11 km/h W 0.6 1.44 19.9
18:00 Fair 1 m 5 s W 0.7 m 9 km/h W 0.6 1.35 19.9
19:00 Fair 1.1 m 5 s W 0.4 m 6 km/h SW 0.4 1.46 19.9
20:00 Fair 1 m 4 s W 0.3 m 6 km/h S 0.4 1.74 19.9
21:00 Fair 1 m 4 s W 0.2 m 6 km/h S 0.3 2.13 19.9

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.