Today — right on the edge — 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.
Leave your email — and the moment a window opens at Cherchell, we'll send the go / no-go verdict. Email is all we need.
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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 mapIslet off the Cherchell shore — reach it by boat or, where it lies close in, by swimming from the nearest rocks in calm water. Hunt its rocky base; expect roughly 3–10 m. Dive it in calm seas only, tow a buoy and keep well clear of boats and nets.
Google MapsSmall cove beach between rocky points near Cherchell. Enter from the sand and hunt along the rocks at either end; expect roughly 2–8 m off the points. Dive it in calm seas only, tow a buoy and keep well clear of boats and nets.
Google MapsSmall cove beach between rocky points near Cherchell. Enter from the sand and hunt along the rocks at either end; expect roughly 2–8 m off the points. Dive it in calm seas only, tow a buoy and keep well clear of boats and nets.
Google MapsCharted reef east of Cherchell, boat. Charted shoal, coords approx. ±2 km.
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.
Algeria: recreational spearfishing is legal with a fishing authorisation from the wilaya fisheries directorate (age 16+, medical certificate, liability insurance). Breath-hold only — no scuba/hookah, no night diving or lights, surface buoy required, keep 150 m from fishing boats, nets and fish farms. Source: Décret exécutif 03-481 (2003), arts 13, 65–71.
Cherchell has rock entry points such as Écueil du Sphinx, 3 Ilots and Veau marin. Old Roman port on a north-facing rocky coast, with reefs either side of town and charted rocks such as the Écueil du Sphinx to the east. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.
June–October: a warm, mostly settled Mediterranean. Winter westerly/NW gales and murky river runoff make November–April a day-by-day call.
14–15 °C in February–March, 25–27 °C in August — a 5–7 mm suit in winter, 3 mm in summer.
Rocky coast with shore entries; currents and fishing boats near the ports. Wilaya fisheries authorisation, breath-hold only, no night diving — see the rules box.
Cherchell: Algeria: recreational spearfishing is legal with a fishing authorisation from the wilaya fisheries directorate (age 16+, medical certificate, liability insurance). Breath-hold only — no scuba/hookah, no night diving or lights, surface buoy required, keep 150 m from fishing boats, nets and fish farms. Source: Décret exécutif 03-481 (2003), arts 13, 65–71.
transparency nearby ~7 m · satellite, yesterdaysatellite estimate · may differ right at the shore
