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 — 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 FAIR 04:00 FAIR 06:00 FAIR 08:00 FAIR 10:00 FAIR 12:00 FAIR 14:00 GOOD 16:00 FAIR 18:00 POOR 20:00 POOR 22:00 POOR
Swell m 1 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1 1.1 1.4 1.7 2 2.2
Wind km/h 5 7 13 17 17 15 17 18 17 18 22 22
Chop m 0 0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5
Period s 6 6 7 10 8 5 6 6 6 7 8 8
Current m/s 0.6 0.9 1 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6
Water °C 20 20 19.9 19.9 20 20 20.1 20.2 20.2 20.3 20.3 20.2
Tide m 2.7 3.28 2.83 1.8 1.23 1.56 2.5 3.19 2.92 1.96 1.3 1.54

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 2.1 m · coef. 90
High water 02:40 · 3.4 m
Low water 08:46 · 1.2 m
High water 15:01 · 3.3 m
Low water 20:59 · 1.2 m

Light

First light06:27
Sunrise06:54
Sunset17:27
10 h 33 of daylight

Moon

New moon

0 % lit

Spring tides — big range, strong currents

Air 20 to 23 °C

Hour by hour — Monday 9 November

From 5 am to 9 pm.

Hour State Swell Period Chop Wind Current Tide Water
05:00 Fair 0.9 m 7 s W 0.1 m 13 km/h S 0.9 2.59 19.9
06:00 Fair 0.9 m 9 s W 0.2 m 16 km/h S 0.9 2.04 19.9
07:00 Fair 0.9 m 10 s NW 0.3 m 17 km/h S 0.9 1.56 19.9
08:00 Fair 1 m 9 s W 0.2 m 17 km/h S 0.9 1.26 19.9
09:00 Fair 1.1 m 7 s W 0.2 m 17 km/h S 0.8 1.19 20
10:00 Fair 1.1 m 5 s W 0.1 m 15 km/h S 0.8 1.37 20
11:00 Fair 1.1 m 5 s W 0.1 m 15 km/h S 0.6 1.75 20
12:00 Fair 1 m 5 s W 0 m 16 km/h SW 0.6 2.25 20
13:00 Good 0.9 m 6 s W 0 m 17 km/h SW 0.5 2.75 20.1
14:00 Good 1 m 6 s W 0.1 m 17 km/h SW 0.5 3.12 20.1
15:00 Good 1.1 m 6 s W 0.2 m 18 km/h SW 0.4 3.25 20.2
16:00 Fair 1.2 m 6 s W 0.2 m 17 km/h SW 0.4 3.11 20.2
17:00 Fair 1.4 m 6 s W 0.3 m 16 km/h SW 0.4 2.72 20.2
18:00 Fair 1.5 m 7 s W 0.4 m 16 km/h SW 0.4 2.2 20.3
19:00 Poor 1.7 m 7 s W 0.4 m 18 km/h SW 0.6 1.71 20.3
20:00 Poor 1.8 m 7 s W 0.5 m 20 km/h SW 0.6 1.36 20.3
21:00 Fair 2 m 8 s W 0.5 m 22 km/h SW 0.6 1.24 20.2

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.