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Sandstone (kurkar) reef, to ~15 m, boat access. Coords approx.
Google MapsDive today — wave, wind and visibility.
Sources & confidence
Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →
The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.
Our own model
Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.
Safety gates
It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.
A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.
Where to get in, where to hunt
Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.
The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.
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Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.
Now live: 3016 spots across 406 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.
See all spotsRelief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.
The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.
Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.
Open the seafloor mapSandstone (kurkar) reef, to ~15 m, boat access. Coords approx.
Google MapsRocky shore, to ~8 m, shore. Coords approx.
Google MapsSandstone (kurkar) reef, to ~15 m, shore or boat. Coords approx.
Google MapsSOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.
Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
Spearfishing in Israel needs an individual fishing licence and is allowed only in the Mediterranean (Fisheries Regulations 1937); spearguns are banned in the Gulf of Eilat. Freediving only, no scuba; spring spawning closure and marine reserves closed to fishing. Check current rules locally.
Akko (Acre) has rock entry points such as Akko sea wall, Akko outer reef and Shavei Zion reef. Old Crusader port on the north side of Haifa Bay — the sea wall drops onto rocky ground, with kurkar reefs offshore and north toward Shavei Zion. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.
May–November; from December to March storms cloud the water, and spring brings the spawning closure.
17–18 °C in February–March, 29–30 °C in August — 3–5 mm in spring, a rashguard in high summer.
Sandy coast with kurkar ridges and reefs (rockier in the north), shallow a long way out. Individual fishing licence; freediving only; marine reserves are closed.
Akko (Acre): Spearfishing in Israel needs an individual fishing licence and is allowed only in the Mediterranean (Fisheries Regulations 1937); spearguns are banned in the Gulf of Eilat. Freediving only, no scuba; spring spawning closure and marine reserves closed to fishing. Check current rules locally.
transparency ~25 m · satellite, yesterdaysatellite estimate · may differ right at the shore