Myrfjord · Offshore outlook

The week ahead

Peak wind · indicative ranges

Forecast & fishing method

The table groups consecutive hours into two-hour intervals. Wind, gusts and waves show their maximum available values; direction comes from the highest-wind hour. Rain (mm/h) and air temperature show averages only when all hourly values are present. Peaks can occur at different hours. † marks incomplete intervals; past hours are omitted from current forecasts. Tides and fish symbols keep the full hourly timeline.

Fish symbols mark relatively calmer conditions among the remaining full hours of today and tomorrow. Cod keeps this weather guide. Halibut uses the same weather filter, narrowed to two hours before and two hours after each astronomical high tide rounded to the nearest hour. This is a timing heuristic, not a prediction of feeding activity or catches.

Each hour is ranked separately for forecast wind, gusts and significant wave height (Hs). Its weakest of these three ranks decides the order; the average rank breaks ties. The lowest quarter is selected, including equal ranks at the boundary, in weather blocks of at least two consecutive hours. Cod symbols follow these blocks.

No highlights appear with an older forecast (over 8 hours), a connection problem, insufficient data (fewer than 8 complete hours or less than 80% coverage), uniform conditions or isolated single hours. Times use Norway local time; repeated autumn hours remain separate.

These are relative comparisons: even highlighted hours can be rough. Check the displayed wind, gusts and waves and the boat operator’s assessment before departure. This guide does not establish safe operating limits.

Halibut symbols show full hours where an eligible weather block overlaps the ±2-hour interval around high tide rounded to the nearest hour. The tide chart keeps the exact high-water time; only fishing recommendations are rounded. A clipped halibut interval can be shorter than two hours. Missing, cached or incomplete tide data withhold halibut symbols while cod can remain visible. Tide highs are checked beyond the day boundaries too; ±2h means elapsed time, including clock changes.

High water does not establish local slack current. The halibut tide rule is not a locally validated activity model. Moon phases remain context without a scoring bonus.

Halibut symbols are withheld during the northern Norway closed season, 20 December–20 April inclusive. Weather blocks are split at closed-season boundaries and must still contain two permitted hours before the tide timing rule is applied. Consult Fiskeridirektoratet’s halibut rules and current regulations.

Evidence: Atlantic halibut activity study (2026) · Cod behaviour study (2011) · NOAA tides/current FAQ. This transparent heuristic has not been calibrated against catches at this offshore point.