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Tides and sea conditions at Cape Three Forks

Mediterranean · 35.46°N 2.98°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 Fair Sea getting up, or a steady wind. Visibility uncertain. Strong current — significant drift.

Is the sea good for fishing at Cape Three Forks today?

Fair: you can go out, carefully — swell 0.4 m, wind 6 km/h.

Best day this week: Friday 6 November.

Tide times at Cape Three Forks today

  • Low water 05:20
  • High water 11:25
  • Low water 18:15
  • High water 23:25

Neap tides — small range, calmer slack water

Tomorrow : Low water 06:22 · High water 12:13 · Low water 19:03

Mediterranean: the tide is only a few tens of centimetres, times are indicative.

Tide curve, daylight and moon ↓ Which tide to hunt on?
Swell 0.4m 7 s · NE
Period 7s longer = clearer water
Chop 0.1m wind waves
Wind 6km/h SW
Current 1.5m/s strong
Water 20.2°C

Swell steady for two days, around 0.4 m. Mon 2 : 0.5 m · Tue 3 : 0.4 m

Tide -0.18 m · reading taken at 00:05

The next seven days

Best window : Friday 6 November — 0.2 m swell, 9 km/h wind.

Excellent Good Fair Poor
Wed 4 0.4 m 7 s 9 km/h Thu 5 0.5 m 5 s 11 km/h Fri 6 0.2 m 7 s 9 km/h Sat 7 0.2 m 6 s 12 km/h Sun 8 0.5 m 6 s 11 km/h Mon 9 0.5 m 4 s 21 km/h Tue 10 0.4 m 10 s 29 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 — Saturday 7 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 FAIR 02:00 FAIR 04:00 FAIR 06:00 FAIR 08:00 FAIR 10:00 FAIR 12:00 FAIR 14:00 FAIR 16:00 FAIR 18:00 FAIR 20:00 FAIR 22:00 FAIR
Swell m 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Wind km/h 9 11 11 9 9 8 9 12 11 10 9 8
Chop m 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Period s 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Current m/s 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.5 1 1 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.8
Water °C 19.7 19.7 19.6 19.6 19.6 19.6 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.6
Tide m -0.18 -0.21 -0.36 -0.47 -0.48 -0.34 -0.16 -0.15 -0.32 -0.47 -0.49 -0.39

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 — Saturday 7 November

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

Tides

Range 0.4 m
High water 01:15 · -0.2 m
Low water 07:30 · -0.5 m
High water 13:37 · -0.1 m
Low water 19:50 · -0.5 m

Light

First light06:12
Sunrise06:39
Sunset17:11
10 h 32 of daylight

Moon

Waning crescent

6 % lit

Spring tides — big range, strong currents

Air 20 to 21 °C

Hour by hour — Saturday 7 November

From 5 am to 9 pm.

Hour State Swell Period Chop Wind Current Tide Water
05:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 10 km/h E 1.5 -0.4 19.6
06:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 9 km/h SE 1.5 -0.46 19.6
07:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 9 km/h SE 1.2 -0.48 19.6
08:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 9 km/h SE 1 -0.49 19.6
09:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 8 km/h SE 1 -0.46 19.6
10:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 8 km/h SE 1 -0.39 19.6
11:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 8 km/h SE 1 -0.29 19.6
12:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 8 km/h E 1.2 -0.19 19.7
13:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 9 km/h E 1.3 -0.12 19.7
14:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 10 km/h E 1.5 -0.12 19.7
15:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 12 km/h E 1.5 -0.17 19.7
16:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 11 km/h E 1.4 -0.27 19.7
17:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 11 km/h E 1.3 -0.37 19.7
18:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 10 km/h E 1.2 -0.45 19.7
19:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 9 km/h E 0.9 -0.49 19.7
20:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 9 km/h E 0.8 -0.5 19.7
21:00 Fair 0.2 m 6 s NE 0 m 8 km/h E 0.8 -0.48 19.6

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.