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Right now Good Calm sea, but stirred up over the past two days: visibility probably reduced.

Is the sea good for fishing at Sidi Kaouki today?

Yes, the sea is good: swell 0.9 m, wind 2 km/h.

Best day this week: Friday 6 November.

Tide times at Sidi Kaouki today

coef. 68
  • Low water 04:56 · 1.6 m
  • High water 11:08 · 3.3 m
  • Low water 17:40 · 1.4 m
  • High water 23:48 · 3.2 m

Neap tides — small range, calmer slack water

Tomorrow : Low water 05:52 · High water 12:03 · Low water 18:26

Times and heights matched to SHOM's official predictions for the port of Essaouira. 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 2km/h E
Current 0.5m/s moderate
Water 19.5°C

Swell easing — up to 1.6 m over the last two days, 1 m today. The water should clear. Mon 2 : 1.6 m · Tue 3 : 1.5 m

Tide 2.84 m · reading taken at 00:05

The next seven days

Best window : Friday 6 November — 0.8 m swell, 8 km/h wind.

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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 POOR 02:00 POOR 04:00 POOR 06:00 POOR 08:00 POOR 10:00 POOR 12:00 POOR 14:00 POOR 16:00 POOR 18:00 POOR 20:00 POOR 22:00 POOR
Swell m 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.2
Wind km/h 49 44 44 49 53 53 51 45 40 38 35 33
Chop m 0.6 1 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.9 2 2 2 1.8
Period s 6 8 9 7 8 10 8 8 9 8 8 8
Current m/s 1.1 1.1 1 1 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7
Water °C 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20.1 20.1 20.2 20.2 20.2
Tide m 3.05 3.54 2.91 1.78 1.26 1.77 2.83 3.46 3.02 1.92 1.32 1.72

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 2.3 m · coef. 92
High water 02:24 · 3.6 m
Low water 08:29 · 1.2 m
High water 14:44 · 3.5 m
Low water 20:42 · 1.2 m

Light

First light06:34
Sunrise07:01
Sunset17:44
10 h 43 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 Poor 0.9 m 9 s W 1.2 m 44 km/h S 0.9 2.63 20
06:00 Poor 0.9 m 7 s W 1.2 m 46 km/h S 1 2.02 20
07:00 Poor 0.9 m 7 s W 1.2 m 49 km/h S 1 1.53 20
08:00 Poor 0.8 m 7 s W 1.4 m 52 km/h S 1.2 1.26 20
09:00 Poor 0.8 m 9 s W 1.5 m 53 km/h S 1.3 1.26 20
10:00 Poor 0.7 m 10 s NW 1.6 m 53 km/h S 1.3 1.53 20
11:00 Poor 0.7 m 9 s NW 1.7 m 52 km/h S 1.4 2.01 20
12:00 Poor 0.8 m 8 s W 1.8 m 51 km/h S 1.4 2.57 20
13:00 Poor 0.8 m 8 s W 1.9 m 48 km/h S 1.3 3.09 20
14:00 Poor 1 m 8 s W 1.9 m 45 km/h S 1.2 3.42 20
15:00 Poor 1.1 m 8 s W 1.9 m 42 km/h S 1.1 3.5 20.1
16:00 Poor 1.3 m 9 s W 2 m 40 km/h S 0.9 3.26 20.1
17:00 Poor 1.5 m 9 s W 2 m 39 km/h S 0.9 2.77 20.1
18:00 Poor 1.7 m 8 s W 2 m 38 km/h S 0.7 2.18 20.2
19:00 Poor 1.9 m 8 s W 2 m 36 km/h S 0.7 1.66 20.2
20:00 Poor 2 m 8 s W 2 m 35 km/h S 0.7 1.34 20.2
21:00 Poor 2.1 m 8 s W 1.9 m 34 km/h S 0.6 1.29 20.2

Elsewhere on the coast

The best conditions right now.

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.