calm · 23 Strait · Atlantic ↔ Mediterranean

Strait of Gibraltar

Iberia · Morocco

Why it matters: Mediterranean gateway and a known ship-to-ship transfer zone for sanctioned cargoes.

Local map · live AIS

under way slow stationary

Fused signal timeline · 21 days

💨 7.3kt · calm-smooth transit favourable

No dated open-source events in the last 21 days for this box.

Daily satellite snapshot of Strait of Gibraltar — Daily satellite context NASA GIBS · VIIRS/NOAA-20 true color · 2026-09-06 Daily true-color snapshot (2026-09-06) — context only; too coarse to resolve individual vessels. Open in NASA Worldview ↗

Assessment

Strait of Gibraltar is showing conditions near its structural baseline; open-source coverage is holding steady. No recent open-source reporting was retrieved for the box. Metocean: 7.3 kt wind, 0.48 m seas — transit favourable.

What changed

›Conditions: 7.3 kt / Bft 3, seas calm-smooth — favourable for transit.
›No other material change in monitored feeds.
›No other material change in monitored feeds.

Metocean conditions

Wind7.3 kt

Gusts22.5 kt

Beaufort3

Wave ht0.48 m

Swell0.4 m

Visibility32.8 km

Sea statecalm-smooth

Transit favourable

Open-Meteo, box centroid, at build time.

Updated 7 Sept 2026, 10:21 UTC · narrator: rule-based · bbox [-5.65, 35.75, -5.25, 36.2]