TurAnders SY Koia says:
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Obs for sterk tidevannstrøm mellom Akseløya og land. Den kan gå opp i 5-6 kn.
Se Norske-los bind 7
"It flows eastwards (into the fjord) on the rising tide and westwards (out of the fjord) on the ebb). The narrow opening in to Van Mijenfjorden results in a delay of the tide, and high and low water occur about 40 minutes later than at Longyearbyen. At high and low water the tide is the same on both sides of the sound, and the current will turn. This means that slack water occurs «a bare hour» after high or low water at Longyearbyen."
1 x helpful | written on 5. Jul 2025 | updated_on 8. Jul 2025
TurAnders SY Koia says:
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Great harbor - old glacier landscape, so if the direction of the glacier at the innermost part of the bay matches the wind direction (coming from the north and east), this can reinforce wind speed.
Anchoring conditions are not the best, so test how well it holds.
Often the wind forecast is not entirely accurate, it's complicated up here and the data series are often not the longest.
Akseløya is the world's best wave barrier against the west.
There is an updated trapping station just east of the bay.
[translated from Norwegian with AI]
1 x helpful | written on 5. Jul 2025
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The wind forecasts come from yr.no (Norwegian Meteorological Institute), and was last updated 1 hour and 20 minutes ago (Sunday 10 August 05:13 PM). The next night score shows you the worst hour between 22:00 and 08:00 the next night. We recommend that you check multiple sources for wind forecasts. windy.com is a good website to show larger wind systems.
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