Coast and sea
Marine observations - M3
- Location 51.13, -10.33
- Altitude 0 m above mean sea level
Thursday (1 January 2026)
| 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature |
8.7° Celsius
|
8.8° Celsius
|
8.9° Celsius
|
9.1° Celsius
|
9.4° Celsius
|
9.4° Celsius
|
9.6° Celsius
|
9.8° Celsius
|
9.8° Celsius
|
9.1° Celsius
|
9.3° Celsius
|
9.1° Celsius
|
9.1° Celsius
|
8.9° Celsius
|
8.8° Celsius
|
| Wind Direction and speed |
N
6
|
NNW
9
|
NNW
4
|
NW
8
|
NW
11
|
NW
10
|
NW
10
|
NNW
12
|
NNW
14
|
N
16
|
N
14
|
N
13
|
N
15
|
NNE
10
|
NNE
6
|
| Humidity | 69% | 67% | 65% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 70% | 74% | 71% | 80% | 72% | 74% | 72% | 72% | 72% |
| Pressure | 1,020 hectopascals | 1,020 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,016 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 3.4° Celsius | 3.0° Celsius | 2.7° Celsius | 3.3° Celsius | 3.6° Celsius | 3.5° Celsius | 4.3° Celsius | 5.4° Celsius | 4.8° Celsius | 5.8° Celsius | 4.6° Celsius | 4.8° Celsius | 4.5° Celsius | 4.2° Celsius | 4.1° Celsius |
| Sea Temperature | 11.8° Celsius | 11.5° Celsius | 11.5° Celsius | 11.5° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.4° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius |
| Wave Height | 1.1 metres | 1.2 metres | 1.2 metres | 1.2 metres | 1.1 metres | 1.1 metres | 1.2 metres | 1.1 metres | 1.2 metres | 1.3 metres | 1.4 metres | 1.4 metres | 1.5 metres | 1.5 metres | 1.5 metres |
| Wave period | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 4.0 seconds | 4.0 seconds | 4.0 seconds | 4.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds |
Friday (2 January 2026)
| 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature |
9.5° Celsius
|
9.4° Celsius
|
9.7° Celsius
|
9.9° Celsius
|
10.1° Celsius
|
9.8° Celsius
|
8.9° Celsius
|
9.9° Celsius
|
9.8° Celsius
|
9.3° Celsius
|
9.6° Celsius
|
9.4° Celsius
|
9.0° Celsius
|
8.3° Celsius
|
8.3° Celsius
|
8.4° Celsius
|
8.3° Celsius
|
8.1° Celsius
|
8.0° Celsius
|
7.8° Celsius
|
7.6° Celsius
|
7.4° Celsius
|
7.7° Celsius
|
7.4° Celsius
|
| Wind Direction and speed |
NNW
9
|
NNW
14
|
NNW
14
|
NNW
18
|
NW
16
|
NNW
17
|
NNW
18
|
NNW
15
|
NNW
17
|
N
16
|
N
13
|
NNE
15
|
N
16
|
NE
17
|
NE
12
|
NNE
11
|
N
11
|
N
11
|
N
12
|
N
12
|
NNE
12
|
NNE
10
|
N
15
|
N
13
|
| Humidity | 66% | 58% | 62% | 59% | 65% | 62% | 69% | 65% | 67% | 69% | 71% | 68% | 72% | 66% | 58% | 55% | 61% | 59% | 59% | 59% | 59% | 67% | 64% | 67% |
| Pressure | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,016 hectopascals | 1,015 hectopascals | 1,015 hectopascals | 1,015 hectopascals | 1,015 hectopascals | 1,014 hectopascals | 1,015 hectopascals | 1,015 hectopascals | 1,015 hectopascals | 1,016 hectopascals | 1,016 hectopascals | 1,016 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 3.5° Celsius | 1.7° Celsius | 2.9° Celsius | 2.3° Celsius | 3.8° Celsius | 2.9° Celsius | 3.6° Celsius | 3.5° Celsius | 4.0° Celsius | 4.1° Celsius | 4.6° Celsius | 3.8° Celsius | 4.2° Celsius | 2.4° Celsius | 0.6° Celsius | -0.1° Celsius | 1.2° Celsius | 0.7° Celsius | 0.4° Celsius | 0.3° Celsius | 0.2° Celsius | 1.8° Celsius | 1.5° Celsius | 1.6° Celsius |
| Sea Temperature | 11.6° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 11.7° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 11.7° Celsius | 11.5° Celsius |
| Wave Height | 1.6 metres | 1.4 metres | 1.6 metres | 1.9 metres | 1.9 metres | 2.1 metres | 2.1 metres | 2.2 metres | 2.2 metres | 2.0 metres | 1.9 metres | 1.8 metres | 1.9 metres | 1.9 metres | 2.0 metres | 2.0 metres | 2.0 metres | 1.9 metres | 2.0 metres | 1.9 metres | 1.9 metres | 2.1 metres | 1.9 metres | 1.9 metres |
| Wave period | 6.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds | 5.0 seconds |
Saturday (3 January 2026)
| 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature |
7.3° Celsius
|
7.6° Celsius
|
7.3° Celsius
|
7.0° Celsius
|
7.4° Celsius
|
7.5° Celsius
|
7.1° Celsius
|
7.3° Celsius
|
7.2° Celsius
|
| Wind Direction and speed |
N
12
|
NNE
13
|
N
11
|
NNE
12
|
N
15
|
N
17
|
NNE
12
|
NNE
14
|
NNE
13
|
| Humidity | 65% | 63% | 65% | 70% | 67% | 64% | 64% | 62% | 61% |
| Pressure | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,020 hectopascals | 1,020 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 1.2° Celsius | 1.1° Celsius | 1.2° Celsius | 2.0° Celsius | 1.8° Celsius | 1.1° Celsius | 0.8° Celsius | 0.5° Celsius | 0.3° Celsius |
| Sea Temperature | 11.5° Celsius | 11.5° Celsius | 11.7° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius |
| Wave Height | 2.2 metres | 2.2 metres | 2.3 metres | 2.3 metres | 2.4 metres | 2.3 metres | 2.6 metres | 2.3 metres | 2.3 metres |
| Wave period | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds | 6.0 seconds |
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