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Tides and sea conditions at Tan-Tan

South & Sahara · 28.44°N 11.36°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 Tan-Tan today?

Yes, the sea is excellent: swell 0.8 m, wind 9 km/h.

Best day this week: Friday 6 November.

Tide times at Tan-Tan today

coef. 61
  • Low water 03:35 · 1.2 m
  • High water 09:54 · 2.6 m
  • Low water 16:32 · 1.0 m
  • High water 22:42 · 2.4 m

Neap tides — small range, calmer slack water

Tomorrow : Low water 04:47 · High water 10:58 · Low water 17:30 · High water 23:36

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

Tide curve, daylight and moon ↓ Which tide to hunt on?
Swell 0.8m 11 s · NW
Period 11s longer = clearer water
Chop 0.2m wind waves
Wind 9km/h SE
Current 0.3m/s weak
Water 20.9°C

Swell steady for two days, around 0.9 m. Sun 1 : 1 m · Mon 2 : 1 m

Tide 2.35 m · reading taken at 02:50

The next seven days

Best window : Friday 6 November — 0.4 m swell, 11 km/h wind.

Excellent Good Fair Poor
Tue 3 0.9 m 11 s 18 km/h Wed 4 0.6 m 9 s 12 km/h Thu 5 0.5 m 9 s 14 km/h Fri 6 0.4 m 11 s 11 km/h Sat 7 0.4 m 9 s 10 km/h Sun 8 0.4 m 11 s 16 km/h Mon 9 1 m 9 s 32 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 — Thursday 5 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 EXC 10:00 EXC 12:00 GOOD 14:00 GOOD 16:00 EXC 18:00 EXC 20:00 EXC 22:00 EXC
Swell m 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Wind km/h 5 7 6 6 7 6 13 14 9 10 8 6
Chop m 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
Period s 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9
Current m/s 0.2 0.3 0.2 0 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3
Water °C 21 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 21 21.1 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.1
Tide m 2.41 1.78 1.14 1.07 1.69 2.47 2.64 1.97 1.13 0.83 1.34 2.21

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 — Thursday 5 November

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

Tides

Range 1.9 m · coef. 83
Low water 05:42 · 1.0 m
High water 11:51 · 2.8 m
Low water 18:14 · 0.8 m

Light

First light07:32
Sunrise07:59
Sunset18:57
10 h 58 of daylight

Moon

Waning crescent

20 % lit

Air 18 to 31 °C

Hour by hour — Thursday 5 November

From 5 am to 9 pm.

Hour State Swell Period Chop Wind Current Tide Water
05:00 Excellent 0.5 m 7 s N 0 m 5 km/h SE 0.2 1.03 20.9
06:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0 m 6 km/h SE 0 0.99 20.9
07:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0 m 5 km/h SE 0 1.15 20.9
08:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0 m 7 km/h SE 0 1.48 20.9
09:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0 m 7 km/h SE 0.3 1.9 20.9
10:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0 m 6 km/h SE 0.3 2.31 21
11:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0 m 6 km/h SE 0.4 2.62 21
12:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0 m 12 km/h SE 0.5 2.72 21.1
13:00 Good 0.4 m 8 s N 0 m 13 km/h SE 0.4 2.56 21.1
14:00 Good 0.4 m 8 s N 0 m 14 km/h SE 0.3 2.2 21.1
15:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0 m 12 km/h S 0 1.74 21.2
16:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0 m 8 km/h SW 0.3 1.29 21.2
17:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0.1 m 9 km/h NW 0.4 0.96 21.2
18:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0.2 m 10 km/h N 0.5 0.8 21.2
19:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0.2 m 7 km/h NE 0.5 0.86 21.2
20:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0.2 m 6 km/h NE 0.5 1.13 21.2
21:00 Excellent 0.4 m 8 s N 0.2 m 8 km/h N 0.3 1.55 21.1

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.