About Mollendo
Arequipa's main beach resort with gentle waves over sandy bottom. Ideal for beginners when waves are small. Popular summer destination with good tourist infrastructure.
Characteristics
🟢 Beginner
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🌊 Beach break
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📅 April - September
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🏖️ Sand
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➡️ Rights, Lefts
Sports, Services & Access
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-17.0363°, -72.0103°
Arequipa
Current Conditions
Fair
5/10
Waves
1.4m
11.1s period
Primary Swell
1.2m
7.4s
SSW
Wind
3 km/h
Gusts 6 km/h
SSE
Temp.
21.8°C
🧥
3/2mm
Wetsuit Guide
25°C+ 🩳 Boardshorts
22-24°C 🦺 Shorty 2mm
18-21°C 🧥 3/2mm
14-17°C 🥶 4/3mm
<14°C 🧊 5/4mm
UV
0.0
Low
UV Index
0-2 Low
3-5 Moderate
6-7 High
8-10 Very High
11+ Extreme
Tide
Falling
Low Tide 06:20 - 0.00m
Best Time to Surf Today
06:00 - 09:00
🌊 1.4m
💨 3 km/h
Fair
4.7/10
Time window with the best wave, wind and swell conditions today
Today's Tides
Low Tide
06:20
0.00m
Low Tide
11:20
0.00m
Low Tide
17:40
0.52m
Low Tide
22:40
0.52m
Weekly Summary
Today
1.3m-1.4m
SSW
SSW
SSW
7 km/h
🌗
Tomorrow
1.4m-1.5m
SW
SW
SW
5 km/h
🌗
Thu
1.4m-1.6m
SW
SW
SW
0 km/h
🌗
Fri
1.6m-2.0m
SSW
SSW
SSW
0 km/h
🌗
Sat
1.8m-2.0m
SSW
SSW
SSW
0 km/h
🌘
Sun
1.4m-1.7m
SSW
SSW
SSW
0 km/h
🌘
Mon
1.3m-1.4m
SSW
SSW
SSW
0 km/h
🌘
Tue
1.2m-1.3m
SSW
SSW
SSW
0 km/h
🌑
Wed
1.2m-1.2m
SW
SSW
SSW
0 km/h
🌑
Thu
1.2m-1.2m
SW
0 km/h
🌑
Day Block Forecast
Tides:
06:20
(0.00m)
11:20
(0.00m)
17:40
(0.52m)
22:40
(0.52m)
Morning
Fair
1.4m - 1.4m
192° SSW
Period: 7s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m
7s
⚡ 13.7 kJ
Midday
Flat
1.4m - 1.4m
191° S
Period: 7s
13 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m
7s
⚡ 13.7 kJ
Afternoon
Poor
1.4m - 1.4m
191° S
Period: 7s
10 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m
7s
⚡ 13.7 kJ
Night
Good
1.4m - 1.4m
192° SSW
Period: 10s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m
7s
⚡ 19.6 kJ
Tides:
06:50
(-0.04m)
11:50
(-0.04m)
13:30
(0.83m)
18:30
(0.83m)
Morning
Good
1.4m - 1.4m
228° SW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m
14s
⚡ 25.5 kJ
Midday
Poor
1.4m - 1.4m
227° SW
Period: 13s
11 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m
13s
⚡ 25.5 kJ
Afternoon
Good
1.4m - 1.5m
226° SW
Period: 13s
6 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m
13s
⚡ 25.5 kJ
Night
Good
1.4m - 1.5m
231° SW
Period: 13s
3 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.0m
12s
⚡ 25.5 kJ
Tides:
13:50
(0.86m)
18:50
(0.86m)
Morning
Good
1.5m - 1.5m
222° SW
Period: 12s
0 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m
12s
⚡ 27 kJ
Midday
Fair
1.6m - 1.6m
195° SSW
Period: 7s
0 km/h
⚡ 17.9 kJ
Afternoon
Fair
1.6m - 1.6m
195° SSW
Period: 8s
0 km/h
⚡ 20.5 kJ
Night
Good
1.5m - 1.6m
225° SW
Period: 11s
0 km/h
Secondary Swell: 1.1m
12s
⚡ 24.8 kJ
Tides:
07:40
(-0.08m)
12:40
(-0.08m)
Morning
Good
1.7m - 1.7m
209° SSW
Period: 10s
0 km/h
⚡ 28.9 kJ
Midday
Fair
1.8m - 1.8m
201° SSW
Period: 9s
0 km/h
⚡ 29.2 kJ
Afternoon
Fair
1.9m - 2.0m
200° SSW
Period: 10s
0 km/h
⚡ 36.1 kJ
Night
Fair
1.7m - 2.0m
204° SSW
Period: 9s
0 km/h
⚡ 26 kJ
Morning
Fair
1.9m - 1.9m
199° SSW
Period: 9s
0 km/h
⚡ 32.5 kJ
Midday
Fair
1.9m - 1.9m
199° SSW
Period: 9s
0 km/h
⚡ 32.5 kJ
Afternoon
Fair
1.9m - 1.9m
199° SSW
Period: 9s
0 km/h
⚡ 32.5 kJ
Night
Fair
1.9m - 2.0m
199° SSW
Period: 9s
0 km/h
⚡ 32.5 kJ
Tides:
08:30
(-0.06m)
20:20
(0.39m)
Morning
Fair
1.6m - 1.6m
201° SSW
Period: 9s
0 km/h
⚡ 23 kJ
Midday
Fair
1.5m - 1.5m
200° SSW
Period: 9s
0 km/h
⚡ 20.3 kJ
Afternoon
Fair
1.5m - 1.5m
200° SSW
Period: 8s
0 km/h
⚡ 18 kJ
Night
Fair
1.6m - 1.7m
200° SSW
Period: 9s
0 km/h
⚡ 23 kJ
Morning
Fair
1.3m - 1.3m
199° SSW
Period: 8s
0 km/h
⚡ 13.5 kJ
Midday
Fair
1.3m - 1.3m
198° SSW
Period: 8s
0 km/h
⚡ 13.5 kJ
Afternoon
Fair
1.3m - 1.3m
198° SSW
Period: 8s
0 km/h
⚡ 13.5 kJ
Night
Fair
1.3m - 1.4m
199° SSW
Period: 8s
0 km/h
⚡ 13.5 kJ
Morning
Fair
1.2m - 1.2m
196° SSW
Period: 7s
0 km/h
⚡ 10.1 kJ
Midday
Fair
1.2m - 1.2m
196° SSW
Period: 7s
0 km/h
⚡ 10.1 kJ
Afternoon
Fair
1.2m - 1.2m
196° SSW
Period: 7s
0 km/h
⚡ 10.1 kJ
Night
Fair
1.2m - 1.3m
197° SSW
Period: 8s
0 km/h
⚡ 11.5 kJ
Morning
Good
1.2m - 1.2m
213° SSW
Period: 12s
0 km/h
⚡ 17.3 kJ
Midday
Good
1.2m - 1.2m
213° SSW
Period: 12s
0 km/h
⚡ 17.3 kJ
Afternoon
Fair
1.2m - 1.2m
212° SSW
Period: 12s
0 km/h
⚡ 17.3 kJ
Night
Good
1.2m - 1.2m
222° SW
Period: 11s
0 km/h
⚡ 15.8 kJ
Morning
Midday
Afternoon
Night
Fair
1.2m - 1.2m
214° SW
Period: 11s
0 km/h
⚡ 15.8 kJ
Hourly Forecast
Open-Meteo Copernicus| Hour | Waves | Period | Swell | Dir. | Wind | Secondary Swell | Current | UV | Tide | Rating |
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| Tue 10 Feb 02:00 | 1.4m | 11s | 1.2m / 7s | SSW | 3 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.68m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 03:00 | 1.4m | 11s | 1.2m / 7s | SSW | 3 km/h | 1.2m / 8s SSW | - | 0.0 | 0.46m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 04:00 | 1.4m | 11s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | 3 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.24m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 05:00 | 1.4m | 11s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | 2 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.08m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 06:00 | 1.4m | 11s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | 2 km/h | 1.2m / 7s SSW | 0.31 m/s | 0.0 | 0.01m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 07:00 | 1.4m | 11s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | 2 km/h | - | - | 0.8 | 0.02m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 08:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | 5 km/h | - | - | 2.3 | 0.13m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 09:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | 8 km/h | 1.1m / 7s SSW | - | 4.6 | 0.30m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 10:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | 9 km/h | - | - | 6.6 | 0.48m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 11:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | 11 km/h | - | - | 8.4 | 0.65m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 12:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.0m / 7s | S | 13 km/h | 1.1m / 7s SSW | 0.22 m/s | 9.1 | 0.76m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 13:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.0m / 7s | S | 14 km/h | - | - | 9.9 | 0.80m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 14:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.0m / 7s | S | 13 km/h | - | - | 8.9 | 0.77m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 15:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.0m / 7s | S | 13 km/h | 1.1m / 7s SSW | - | 7.2 | 0.69m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 16:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.0m / 7s | S | 11 km/h | - | - | 4.9 | 0.60m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 17:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.0m / 7s | S | 9 km/h | - | - | 2.2 | 0.54m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 18:00 | 1.3m | 12s | 1.0m / 7s | S | 6 km/h | 1.0m / 7s S | 0.15 m/s | 0.7 | 0.52m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 19:00 | 1.3m | 12s | 0.9m / 7s | S | 3 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.58m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 20:00 | 1.3m | 12s | 0.9m / 9s | SSW | 3 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.69m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 21:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.0m / 12s | SW | 4 km/h | 1.0m / 7s S | - | 0.0 | 0.83m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 22:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.0m / 14s | SW | 4 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.96m |
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| Tue 10 Feb 23:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.0m / 15s | SW | 4 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 1.05m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 00:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.0m / 14s | SW | 5 km/h | 0.9m / 10s SW | 0.26 m/s | 0.0 | 1.06m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 01:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.0m / 14s | SW | 6 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.97m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 02:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.0m / 14s | SW | 5 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.80m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 03:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.0m / 14s | SW | 4 km/h | 0.9m / 14s SW | - | 0.0 | 0.57m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 04:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.0m / 14s | SW | 3 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.33m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 05:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.0m / 13s | SW | 3 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.12m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 06:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.1m / 13s | SW | 2 km/h | 1.0m / 14s SW | 0.29 m/s | 0.0 | -0.01m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 07:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.1m / 13s | SW | 3 km/h | - | - | 0.5 | -0.04m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 08:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.1m / 13s | SW | 5 km/h | - | - | 1.7 | 0.03m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 09:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.1m / 13s | SW | 8 km/h | 1.0m / 14s SW | - | 4.5 | 0.19m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 10:00 | 1.4m | 13s | 1.1m / 13s | SW | 8 km/h | - | - | 6.5 | 0.39m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 11:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.1m / 13s | SW | 9 km/h | - | - | 7.8 | 0.59m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 12:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.1m / 13s | SW | 10 km/h | 1.0m / 13s SW | 0.14 m/s | 8.6 | 0.74m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 13:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.1m / 13s | SW | 12 km/h | - | - | 9.3 | 0.82m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 14:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.1m / 13s | SW | 12 km/h | - | - | 8.3 | 0.82m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 15:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.1m / 13s | SW | 10 km/h | 1.1m / 13s SW | - | 6.8 | 0.75m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 16:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.1m / 13s | SW | 8 km/h | - | - | 4.3 | 0.65m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 17:00 | 1.4m | 12s | 1.1m / 12s | SW | 5 km/h | - | - | 1.5 | 0.56m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 18:00 | 1.5m | 12s | 1.1m / 12s | SW | 3 km/h | 1.1m / 13s SW | 0.10 m/s | 0.6 | 0.51m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 19:00 | 1.5m | 12s | 1.1m / 12s | SW | 3 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.52m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 20:00 | 1.5m | 12s | 1.1m / 12s | SW | 2 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.61m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 21:00 | 1.5m | 12s | 1.1m / 12s | SW | 1 km/h | 1.1m / 13s SW | - | 0.0 | 0.75m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 22:00 | 1.5m | 12s | 1.1m / 12s | SW | 2 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 0.91m |
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| Wed 11 Feb 23:00 | 1.5m | 12s | 1.1m / 12s | SW | 2 km/h | - | - | 0.0 | 1.03m |
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| Thu 12 Feb 00:00 | 1.4m | 15s | 1.0m / 12s | SW | - | 1.1m / 12s SW | 0.23 m/s | - | 1.09m |
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| Thu 12 Feb 03:00 | 1.5m | 15s | 1.1m / 12s | SW | - | 1.1m / 12s SW | - | - | 0.69m |
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| Thu 12 Feb 06:00 | 1.5m | 14s | 1.1m / 12s | SW | - | 1.1m / 12s SW | 0.31 m/s | - | 0.01m |
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| Thu 12 Feb 09:00 | 1.5m | 14s | 1.1m / 12s | SW | - | - | - | - | 0.10m |
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| Thu 12 Feb 12:00 | 1.6m | 14s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | - | - | 0.25 m/s | - | 0.70m |
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| Thu 12 Feb 15:00 | 1.6m | 14s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.80m |
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| Thu 12 Feb 18:00 | 1.6m | 13s | 1.1m / 9s | SSW | - | - | 0.10 m/s | - | 0.50m |
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| Thu 12 Feb 21:00 | 1.6m | 13s | 1.1m / 9s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.67m |
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| Fri 13 Feb 00:00 | 1.6m | 13s | 1.2m / 8s | SSW | - | - | 0.16 m/s | - | 1.09m |
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| Fri 13 Feb 03:00 | 1.6m | 13s | 1.3m / 10s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.80m |
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| Fri 13 Feb 06:00 | 1.6m | 13s | 1.4m / 10s | SSW | - | - | 0.25 m/s | - | 0.07m |
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| Fri 13 Feb 09:00 | 1.7m | 13s | 1.5m / 10s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.03m |
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| Fri 13 Feb 12:00 | 1.8m | 13s | 1.8m / 9s | SSW | - | - | 0.24 m/s | - | 0.65m |
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| Fri 13 Feb 15:00 | 1.9m | 13s | 1.9m / 10s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.85m |
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| Fri 13 Feb 18:00 | 2.0m | 13s | 1.9m / 10s | SSW | - | - | 0.18 m/s | - | 0.51m |
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| Fri 13 Feb 21:00 | 2.0m | 13s | 2.0m / 10s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.58m |
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| Sat 14 Feb 00:00 | 2.0m | 12s | 1.9m / 9s | SSW | - | - | 0.21 m/s | - | 1.05m |
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| Sat 14 Feb 03:00 | 2.0m | 13s | 1.9m / 10s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.91m |
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| Sat 14 Feb 06:00 | 1.9m | 13s | 1.9m / 9s | SSW | - | - | 0.18 m/s | - | 0.16m |
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| Sat 14 Feb 09:00 | 1.9m | 12s | 1.9m / 9s | SSW | - | - | - | - | -0.03m |
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| Sat 14 Feb 12:00 | 1.9m | 12s | 1.9m / 9s | SSW | - | - | 0.15 m/s | - | 0.59m |
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| Sat 14 Feb 15:00 | 1.9m | 12s | 1.8m / 9s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.89m |
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| Sat 14 Feb 18:00 | 1.8m | 12s | 1.8m / 9s | SSW | - | - | 0.20 m/s | - | 0.54m |
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| Sat 14 Feb 21:00 | 1.8m | 12s | 1.8m / 9s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.49m |
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| Sun 15 Feb 00:00 | 1.7m | 12s | 1.7m / 9s | SSW | - | - | 0.23 m/s | - | 0.98m |
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| Sun 15 Feb 03:00 | 1.7m | 12s | 1.6m / 9s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.99m |
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| Sun 15 Feb 06:00 | 1.6m | 12s | 1.6m / 9s | SSW | - | - | 0.24 m/s | - | 0.27m |
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| Sun 15 Feb 09:00 | 1.6m | 12s | 1.6m / 9s | SSW | - | - | - | - | -0.05m |
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| Sun 15 Feb 12:00 | 1.5m | 12s | 1.5m / 9s | SSW | - | - | 0.24 m/s | - | 0.51m |
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| Sun 15 Feb 15:00 | 1.5m | 11s | 1.5m / 8s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.91m |
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| Sun 15 Feb 18:00 | 1.5m | 11s | 1.4m / 8s | SSW | - | - | 0.24 m/s | - | 0.60m |
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| Sun 15 Feb 21:00 | 1.4m | 11s | 1.4m / 8s | SSW | - | - | - | - | 0.41m |
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| Mon 16 Feb 00:00 | 1.4m | 11s | 1.3m / 8s | SSW | - | - | 0.31 m/s | - | 0.86m |
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| Mon 16 Feb 03:00 | 1.4m | 11s | 1.3m / 8s | SSW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Mon 16 Feb 06:00 | 1.3m | 11s | 1.2m / 8s | SSW | - | - | 0.36 m/s | - | - |
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| Mon 16 Feb 09:00 | 1.3m | 11s | 1.2m / 8s | SSW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Mon 16 Feb 12:00 | 1.3m | 11s | 1.2m / 8s | SSW | - | - | 0.30 m/s | - | - |
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| Mon 16 Feb 15:00 | 1.3m | 10s | 1.2m / 8s | SSW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Mon 16 Feb 18:00 | 1.3m | 10s | 1.2m / 8s | SSW | - | - | 0.24 m/s | - | - |
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| Mon 16 Feb 21:00 | 1.3m | 10s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Tue 17 Feb 00:00 | 1.3m | 10s | 1.1m / 7s | SSW | - | - | 0.28 m/s | - | - |
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| Tue 17 Feb 03:00 | 1.2m | 10s | 1.0m / 7s | SSW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Tue 17 Feb 06:00 | 1.2m | 10s | 1.0m / 7s | SSW | - | - | 0.37 m/s | - | - |
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| Tue 17 Feb 09:00 | 1.2m | 11s | 1.0m / 7s | SSW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Tue 17 Feb 12:00 | 1.2m | 12s | 0.9m / 7s | SSW | - | - | 0.34 m/s | - | - |
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| Tue 17 Feb 15:00 | 1.2m | 12s | 0.9m / 7s | SSW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Tue 17 Feb 18:00 | 1.2m | 12s | 0.9m / 7s | SSW | - | - | 0.34 m/s | - | - |
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| Tue 17 Feb 21:00 | 1.2m | 16s | 0.6m / 10s | SW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Wed 18 Feb 00:00 | 1.2m | 16s | 0.6m / 10s | SW | - | - | 0.38 m/s | - | - |
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| Wed 18 Feb 03:00 | 1.2m | 15s | 0.7m / 13s | SSW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Wed 18 Feb 06:00 | 1.2m | 15s | 0.7m / 13s | SSW | - | - | 0.39 m/s | - | - |
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| Wed 18 Feb 09:00 | 1.2m | 15s | 0.8m / 12s | SSW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Wed 18 Feb 12:00 | 1.2m | 15s | 0.9m / 12s | SSW | - | - | 0.34 m/s | - | - |
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| Wed 18 Feb 15:00 | 1.2m | 14s | 0.9m / 12s | SSW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Wed 18 Feb 18:00 | 1.2m | 14s | 0.9m / 12s | SSW | - | - | 0.36 m/s | - | - |
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| Wed 18 Feb 21:00 | 1.2m | 14s | 1.0m / 11s | SW | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Thu 19 Feb 00:00 | 1.2m | 14s | 1.0m / 11s | SW | - | - | 0.43 m/s | - | - |
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