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Wind in El Puerto de Santa María

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 8:42 am (CET)
Now · from the north-northeast 3 mph
Gusts
6 mph
Beaufort scale
1 · light air
Today's peak
10 mph at 5:00 pm
In knots
2 kn
Cross-offshore

Today the wind in El Puerto de Santa María is a light air from the north-northeast: 2 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 5:00 pm with gusts of 21 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Rota) (LERT), 7.3 mi away · 12 min ago

Wind3 mph from the northeast
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 2–10 mph · gusts 21 E · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 1–6 mph · gusts 14 E · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–7 mph · gusts 16 S · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 1–9 mph · gusts 19 E · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 1–6 mph · gusts 15 N · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 1–4 mph · gusts 17 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Wed 4 2–8 mph · gusts 16 ESE · Beaufort 3

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 23435894
Gusts 477512192110
Direction ESENENENNEENEESEESEESE
Beaufort 11112332
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) 43234631
Gusts 96451014102
Direction ENENNENNEENESESSWS
Beaufort 21112211
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) 12225751
Gusts 33451216122
Direction SNNEENEENEESESWWSWESE
Beaufort 11112221
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) 23334862
Gusts 46671117166
Direction ENENENNEESESESSE
Beaufort 11112321
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 Sunday 1.

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 817610413528923617816
AIFS 7657449
GFS 13329271330193511349131223
ICON 7134871361161349712
ARPEGE 142361411171323———
ICON-EU 1021614716919615——
Confidence highhighhighmediumhighhighhigh

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 north-northeast: cross-offshore. Calmer water near the shore, and bait and boats drift out to sea.

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

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
0 Calm 0–1 Sea like a mirror
1 Light air · today 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze · week peak 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps

Questions about the wind in El Puerto de Santa MaríaQuestions

What's the wind like today in El Puerto de Santa María?

Light air from the north-northeast: 3 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 5:00 pm with gusts of 21 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 10 mph from the east, with gusts of 21 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light air and waves are 2.0 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-offshore: the coast faces west.

More about El Puerto de Santa María today

Wind near El Puerto de Santa María

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, 6.6 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 8:42 am (local time).

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