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Icon EU 7 km

DWD ICON EU 7

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

MF Arpege EU 11

GFS GRAPES 13

GFS global 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

ECMWF IFS 25

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon EU 7 km run: 05/05 21:01																																																																Icon Global 11 km run: 05/05 21:01																																				GFS 13 km run: 05/05 21:01
Date Optimal	Mo 5 17h	Mo 5 18h	Mo 5 19h	Mo 5 20h	Tu 6 7h	Tu 6 8h	Tu 6 9h	Tu 6 10h	Tu 6 11h	Tu 6 12h	Tu 6 13h	Tu 6 14h	Tu 6 15h	Tu 6 16h	Tu 6 17h	Tu 6 18h	Tu 6 19h	Tu 6 20h	We 7 7h	We 7 8h	We 7 9h	We 7 10h	We 7 11h	We 7 12h	We 7 13h	We 7 14h	We 7 15h	We 7 16h	We 7 17h	We 7 18h	We 7 19h	We 7 20h	Th 8 7h	Th 8 8h	Th 8 9h	Th 8 10h	Th 8 11h	Th 8 12h	Th 8 13h	Th 8 14h	Th 8 15h	Th 8 16h	Th 8 17h	Th 8 18h	Th 8 19h	Th 8 20h	Fr 9 7h	Fr 9 8h	Fr 9 9h	Fr 9 10h	Fr 9 11h	Fr 9 12h	Fr 9 13h	Fr 9 14h	Fr 9 15h	Fr 9 16h	Fr 9 17h	Fr 9 18h	Fr 9 19h	Fr 9 20h	Sa 10 7h	Sa 10 8h	Sa 10 9h	Sa 10 10h	Sa 10 11h	Sa 10 12h	Sa 10 13h	Sa 10 14h	Sa 10 15h	Sa 10 16h	Sa 10 17h	Sa 10 18h	Sa 10 19h	Sa 10 20h	Su 11 7h	Su 11 8h	Su 11 9h	Su 11 10h	Su 11 11h	Su 11 12h	Su 11 13h	Su 11 14h	Su 11 15h	Su 11 16h	Su 11 17h	Su 11 18h	Su 11 19h	Su 11 20h	Mo 12 7h	Mo 12 8h	Mo 12 9h	Mo 12 10h	Mo 12 11h	Mo 12 12h	Mo 12 13h	Mo 12 14h	Mo 12 15h	Mo 12 16h	Mo 12 17h	Mo 12 18h	Mo 12 19h	Mo 12 20h	Tu 13 7h	Tu 13 8h	Tu 13 9h	Tu 13 10h	Tu 13 11h	Tu 13 12h	Tu 13 13h	Tu 13 14h	Tu 13 15h	Tu 13 16h	Tu 13 17h	Tu 13 18h	Tu 13 19h	Tu 13 20h	We 14 7h	We 14 8h	We 14 9h	We 14 10h	We 14 11h	We 14 12h	We 14 13h	We 14 14h	We 14 15h	We 14 16h	We 14 17h	We 14 18h	We 14 19h	We 14 20h	Th 15 7h	Th 15 8h	Th 15 9h	Th 15 10h	Th 15 11h	Th 15 12h	Th 15 13h	Th 15 14h	Th 15 15h	Th 15 16h	Th 15 17h	Th 15 18h	Th 15 19h	Th 15 20h	Fr 16 7h	Fr 16 8h	Fr 16 9h	Fr 16 10h	Fr 16 11h	Fr 16 12h	Fr 16 13h	Fr 16 14h	Fr 16 15h	Fr 16 16h	Fr 16 17h	Fr 16 18h	Fr 16 19h	Fr 16 20h	Sa 17 7h	Sa 17 8h	Sa 17 9h	Sa 17 10h	Sa 17 11h	Sa 17 12h	Sa 17 13h	Sa 17 14h	Sa 17 15h	Sa 17 16h	Sa 17 17h	Sa 17 18h	Sa 17 19h	Sa 17 20h	Su 18 7h	Su 18 8h	Su 18 9h	Su 18 10h	Su 18 11h	Su 18 12h	Su 18 13h	Su 18 14h	Su 18 15h	Su 18 16h	Su 18 17h	Su 18 18h	Su 18 19h	Su 18 20h	Mo 19 7h	Mo 19 8h	Mo 19 9h	Mo 19 10h	Mo 19 11h	Mo 19 12h	Mo 19 13h	Mo 19 14h	Mo 19 15h	Mo 19 16h	Mo 19 17h	Mo 19 18h	Mo 19 19h	Mo 19 20h	Tu 20 7h	Tu 20 8h	Tu 20 9h	Tu 20 10h	Tu 20 11h	Tu 20 12h	Tu 20 13h	Tu 20 14h	Tu 20 15h	Tu 20 16h	Tu 20 17h	Tu 20 18h	Tu 20 19h	Tu 20 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	6	6	7	8	3	3	6	6	5	3	7	11	12	13	13	12	7	6	2	2	1	3	5	6	8	9	12	14	14	14	14	10	2	1	1	1	3	4	5	7	8	8	7	7	6	5	2	0	2	4	6	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	6	1	4	7	10	11	11	12	14	15	16	15	13	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	10	5	7	11	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	10	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	5	3	3	4	9	12	14	6	7	10	11	11	11	10	11	13	14	13	12	12	12	4	5	7	8	6	3	4	7	12	15	16	15	12	7	8	8	8	7	4	3	6	10	13	15	15	14	11	6	4	3	3	2	1	5	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	6	4	2	0	2	5	8	11	13	14	15	14	14	13	11	2	2	3	4	7	10	13	14	14	14	13	13	11	7	3	2	1	3	5	9	10	11	11	11	12	11	10	7
Gusts (kn)	11	12	12	15	6	5	11	10	10	9	12	18	21	21	22	21	19	13	5	4	3	6	9	11	13	15	20	24	24	23	23	22	3	3	2	3	7	8	10	12	13	14	14	13	13	10	3	4	6	7	10	13	16	17	17	18	17	16	16	12	3	7	12	16	18	20	22	26	27	29	27	25	24	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	19	9	14	19	23	24	25	26	26	27	27	26	24	23	19	19	16	13	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	12	15	18	19	18	16	15	14	13	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	17	13	13	12	11	9	8	7	8	9	11	10	10	10	13	20	16	12	9	7	6	6	7	9	11	11	11	11	12	5	4	3	2	2	4	5	7	8	10	10	11	11	10	4	3	2	2	3	6	8	10	13	14	14	13	12	11	2	2	2	3	5	7	8	10	12	13	12	10	9	11	5	4	3	2	4	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	12
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6
Wave Per.	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Energy (Kj)	8	9	8	8	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5
Temp. (°C)	22	21	21	20	13	14	16	17	19	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	20	12	13	14	15	17	18	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	17	12	13	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	21	21	19	18	13	15	16	18	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	19	18	10	12	15	17	19	20	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	18	11	13	15	18	19	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	19	12	14	18	20	22	23	24	24	22	22	21	21	21	20	12	14	18	20	22	24	24	24	23	22	21	21	21	20	14	16	19	21	22	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	13	15	18	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	22	20	15	17	19	20	21	22	22	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	14	16	18	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20
Rain (mm)																																				0.2												0.1	0.1	0.1															1.1	1.1	1.1	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.1	0.1	0.1		3.0	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.8
Cloud Cov. (%)	81	78	77	33	32	55	53	30	43	58	62	97	100	59	48	37	84	99	100	98	96	99	89	94	88	63	40		15	23	25	12	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	81	73	83	76	87	77	69	59	61	62	64	72	79	87	91	96	100	94	89	83	89	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	85	77	71	66	60	65	100	100	100	100	90	80	70	75	79	84	78	71	65	43		9	17	26	44	61	79	76	74	71	65	58	52	35	35	23	12		1	1	2	14	25	37	46	56	65	43					1	1	2	35	67	100	81	62	43	40	5	3	2					11	21	32	23	15	6	4															70	76	83	89	88	87	86	80	73	67	45	22		9	17	11	6												67	45	22								26	52	78	85	2	4	6	8	11	13	16	12	7	3	7	10	14	35
Tide Ht.	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	-0.7	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.9	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.4	-0.1	-0.4	-0.7	-0.8	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6	-0.2	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.2	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.5	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.0	-0.5	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-1.0	-1.0	-0.7	-0.2	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.3	-0.2	-0.7	-1.0	-0.7	-1.0	-1.1	-0.9	-0.5	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-0.4	-0.8	-1.1	-1.0	-0.7	-0.2	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.2	-0.7	-0.1	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-0.5	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.7	0.1	-0.4	0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	-0.2	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.1	0.4	0.0	-0.5	-0.8	-0.9	-0.8	-0.4	-0.0	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.6	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.8	-0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.2	-0.5	-0.7	-0.7	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.7
Tide Dir.									high						low									high						low								high							low		low						high						low		low							high						low		low						high						low		low							high								low						high								low							high								low						high									low						high								low							high								low						high			high						low						high			high						low
Tide Time									11:20						17:30									12:10						18:20								12:50							19:00		07:20						13:30						19:30		07:50							14:00						20:10		08:20						14:40						20:40		08:50							15:10								09:20						15:40								09:50							16:10								10:20						16:40									11:00						17:20								11:40							18:00								12:30						18:50			07:30						13:30						19:50			08:50						14:40

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Chop

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Clean

Infos: The water is choppy and never has big waves. Typical Mediterranean Sea (although it is no inside the Mediterranean Sea). No Atlantic ocean waves.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: The beach is 50km long! As nice as you can get one with very clean white sand. No rocks in the 20km radius.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Water is warm 20-23C. Short wetsuit during summer or 3/3 long for the East winter wind. Summer from May to end of September.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: During the summer you have wind every day. It is some sort of effect that brings the SW wind during every single summer day to the East coast of Algarve (Altura is located in the middle). Wind from 12-20 knots during the summer, 15-25 when the good East wind enters in the winter. Wind side to sideon from either side (East, SE or SW). October to April it is a five star spot for the East wind that comes from Gibraltar (only works in the south of Portugal).

Best months: June, July, August

Access description: by Car - From the Faro airport go to the Via do Infante highway and leave it in the direction of Monte Gordo. Then follow the directions to Monte Gordo until there is a Altura Sign (there is a very tall building that is the only one in the area. Easy to spot!).

Specific rules: Zones, Time

Extra: During the summer time you cannot kite in the crowded area, you must go to the end of the "concession" area - about 400m to the East.

Accommodations: Rooms, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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