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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 — 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 EXC 02:00 GOOD 04:00 FAIR 06:00 FAIR 08:00 FAIR 10:00 FAIR 12:00 POOR 14:00 FAIR 16:00 FAIR 18:00 GOOD 20:00 GOOD 22:00 EXC
Swell m 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1 1 1 1 1
Wind km/h 12 20 24 21 22 26 32 30 25 20 14 11
Chop m 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Period s 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Current m/s 0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2
Water °C 21.4 21.3 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.1 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.3 21.3 21.3
Tide m 2.46 2.84 2.16 1.13 0.75 1.3 2.28 2.79 2.29 1.27 0.79 1.24

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 2.2 m · coef. 96
High water 02:15 · 2.9 m
Low water 08:19 · 0.7 m
High water 14:33 · 2.9 m
Low water 20:32 · 0.7 m

Light

First light07:35
Sunrise08:02
Sunset18:55
10 h 53 of daylight

Moon

New moon

0 % lit

Spring tides — big range, strong currents

Air 22 to 27 °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 0.7 m 8 s NW 0 m 23 km/h S 0.4 1.88 21.2
06:00 Fair 0.7 m 8 s NW 0 m 21 km/h S 0.4 1.33 21.2
07:00 Good 0.7 m 8 s NW 0 m 19 km/h S 0.2 0.92 21.2
08:00 Good 0.8 m 8 s NW 0 m 20 km/h S 0.2 0.72 21.2
09:00 Fair 0.8 m 9 s NW 0 m 22 km/h S 0.3 0.77 21.1
10:00 Fair 0.8 m 9 s NW 0 m 23 km/h S 0.3 1.07 21.1
11:00 Fair 0.9 m 9 s NW 0 m 26 km/h SW 0.4 1.53 21.1
12:00 Fair 0.9 m 9 s NW 0 m 30 km/h SW 0.5 2.05 21.1
13:00 Poor 0.9 m 9 s NW 0 m 32 km/h SW 0.6 2.5 21.1
14:00 Fair 1 m 9 s NW 0 m 30 km/h SW 0.8 2.78 21.1
15:00 Fair 1 m 9 s NW 0 m 27 km/h W 0.8 2.8 21.2
16:00 Fair 1 m 9 s NW 0 m 25 km/h W 0.6 2.53 21.2
17:00 Fair 1 m 9 s NW 0 m 23 km/h W 0.5 2.04 21.3
18:00 Good 1 m 9 s NW 0 m 20 km/h W 0.4 1.49 21.3
19:00 Good 1 m 9 s NW 0 m 17 km/h W 0.2 1.04 21.3
20:00 Good 1 m 9 s NW 0 m 14 km/h W 0.3 0.79 21.3
21:00 Excellent 1 m 9 s NW 0 m 11 km/h SW 0.2 0.79 21.3

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.