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Wind in La Marina

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 11:03 am (CET)
Now · from the west-northwest 4 mph
Gusts
9 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
10 mph at 4:00 pm
In knots
4 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in La Marina is a light breeze from the west-northwest: 3 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 4:00 pm with gusts of 17 mph. The windiest day of the week is Saturday 31: up to 13 mph from the northeast, with gusts of 21 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Alicante (LEAL), 11 mi away · 33 min ago

Wind5 mph from the southwest
Gusts—
Visibility6.2 mi or more
WeatherNothing to note

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Wind for the next 7 days, hour by hour

Arrows point where the wind blows to, every 12 hours. Each hour comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF and GFS.

  • Today, Thu 29 3–10 mph · gusts 17 SW · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 2–7 mph · gusts 13 W · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–13 mph · gusts 21 NE · Beaufort 4
  • Sun 1 4–11 mph · gusts 21 SW · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 1–10 mph · gusts 17 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 1–7 mph · gusts 25 N · Beaufort 2
  • Wed 4 1–6 mph · gusts 17 NW · Beaufort 2

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 34343973
Gusts 4667816154
Direction WNWNWWNWWNWWSWSSESSEW
Beaufort 12121321
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 34553753
Gusts 4689812114
Direction NWWNWWNWWNWWSEESENE
Beaufort 12221221
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 33333121311
Gusts 66656202119
Direction NNENWNWNWEENEENEENE
Beaufort 11111343
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 544549117
Gusts 96789162114
Direction NNWNWWNWWNWWSWSSSWSW
Beaufort 22222332
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU

Do the models agree on the wind?

Medium confidence

They roughly agree; there's more spread in the wind on Saturday 31.

What 6 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

Do the models agree on the wind?
Wind (mph) TodayFri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4
ECMWF 513613515716819625617
AIFS 5466699
GFS 97971712107111097912
ICON 916814101611201118916915
ARPEGE 111891614221623———
ICON-EU 1017713132111211017——
Confidence highhighmediummediumhighhighhigh

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Onshore or offshore wind?

Today, from the west-northwest: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Saturday 31, from the northeast: cross-shore.

The coast here faces southeast. We work it out from the OpenStreetMap coastline.

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
1 Light air 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze · today 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze · week peak 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps
6 Strong breeze 25–31 Large waves, foam crests

Questions about the wind in La MarinaQuestions

What's the wind like today in La Marina?

Light breeze from the west-northwest: 4 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 4:00 pm with gusts of 17 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Saturday 31: up to 13 mph from the northeast, with gusts of 21 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 1.4 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Offshore: the coast faces southeast.

More about La Marina today

Wind near La Marina

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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Wind: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS; the table shows each hour's model); offshore, ECMWF and GFS at the nearest sea grid point, 11 mi away. Coast orientation: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 11:03 am (local time).

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