Waves in Froðba

Hourly wave forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 11:43 pm (WET)

Now · significant height 9.5 ft

Sea state: Rough · Douglas 5
Period: 9.7 s · WSW
Swell: 7.6 ft · 9 s
Highest expected: 19 ft

Waves up to 16 ft today

Today the sea at Froðba is rough: 9.5 ft waves with a period of 9.7 s from the west-southwest. The swell, 7.6 ft at 9 s, comes from the west-southwest.

Wave height, next 7 days

5.01015 ft 16 ft Now

Significant height: the average of the highest third of the waves, what an observer would estimate by eye. Swell: waves arriving from far away, longer.

The waves you may find today

Most common4.8 ft
Significant9.5 ft
Highest expected19 ft

One wave in seven is higher than the significant height, and about 3 times a day one reaches 19 ft. Before heading out, expect waves of up to 19 ft.

The Douglas sea state scale

Degree	Name	Wave height
0	Calm (glassy)	0
1	Calm (rippled)	0.0 ft–0.3 ft
2	Smooth	0.3 ft–1.6 ft
3	Slight	1.6 ft–4.1 ft
4	Moderate	4.1 ft–8.2 ft
5	Rough · today	8.2 ft–13.1 ft
6	Very rough · week peak	13.1 ft–19.7 ft
7	High	19.7 ft–29.5 ft
8	Very high	29.5 ft–45.9 ft

Waves day by day

Day	Max wave	Sea state	Direction	Max period	Swell	Max wind
Today	16 ft	Very rough	WSW	12 s	12 ft WSW	36 mph WSW
Thu 29	9.4 ft	Rough	SW	10 s	7.4 ft SW	22 mph SSW
Fri 30	9.4 ft	Rough	SW	10 s	9.0 ft SW	23 mph SSW
Sat 31	8.5 ft	Rough	WSW	11 s	7.0 ft WSW	15 mph SW
Sun 1	7.4 ft	Moderate	WSW	9 s	6.8 ft WSW	15 mph WSW
Mon 2	6.8 ft	Moderate	WSW	8 s	6.4 ft WSW	13 mph W
Tue 3	8.0 ft	Moderate	WSW	11 s	5.6 ft WSW	18 mph SW

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Waves	16 ft	16 ft	16 ft	15 ft	14 ft	12 ft	11 ft	10 ft
Period	11.7 s	11.7 s	11.7 s	11.7 s	11.4 s	11.0 s	10.6 s	10.2 s
Direction	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW
Swell	8.5 ft · 12 s	7.7 ft · 12 s	11 ft · 11 s	12 ft · 11 s	12 ft · 10 s	11 ft · 10 s	10 ft · 9 s	9.6 ft · 9 s
Wind (mph)	36 WSW	34 WSW	30 WSW	30 WSW	28 W	26 W	21 WSW	17 WSW

Previous days

The waves over the last 14 days. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Max wave	Period	Swell
Tue 27	16 ft SSW	13 s	13 ft SSW
Mon 26	11 ft WSW	11 s	8.9 ft WSW
Sun 25	13 ft SSE	13 s	11 ft S
Sat 24	9.2 ft SSW	10 s	6.9 ft WSW
Fri 23	6.6 ft WSW	11 s	5.9 ft WSW
Thu 22	6.9 ft SW	10 s	6.2 ft SW
Wed 21	8.9 ft S	10 s	7.9 ft S

Show all 14 days

Day	Max wave	Period	Swell
Tue 20	11 ft SW	11 s	10 ft SW
Mon 19	14 ft WSW	13 s	13 ft WSW
Sun 18	10 ft SW	10 s	8.2 ft WSW
Sat 17	7.5 ft WSW	10 s	7.2 ft WSW
Fri 16	12 ft WSW	12 s	12 ft WSW
Thu 15	23 ft WSW	14 s	20 ft WSW
Wed 14	24 ft SW	14 s	17 ft SW

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the waves in FroðbaQuestions

How are the waves today in Froðba?

Rough (9.5 ft with a period of 9.7 s from the west-southwest). The highest wave to expect is around 19 ft.

Which day will have the biggest waves this week?

Wednesday 28, with waves up to 16 ft (very rough).

What is the wave period?

The time, in seconds, between two crests. With long periods (over 10 s) waves come from far away, are cleaner and break harder; with short periods they are wind waves, choppier.

What is significant wave height?

The average of the highest third of the waves. One in seven is higher and, a few times a day, one comes in at almost double: today, about 19 ft.

More about Froðba today

Waves near Froðba

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

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Waves: Open-Meteo with Météo-France (MFWAM, up to 10 days) and ECMWF WAM, CC BY 4.0; wave grid point 0.7 mi away. Near the shore, the seabed and the shape of the coast change the waves.

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 11:43 pm (local time).

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