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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

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon EU 7 km run: 30/04 12:38																																																																Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 12:38																														GFS 13 km run: 30/04 12:38
Date Optimal	We 30 8h	We 30 9h	We 30 10h	We 30 11h	We 30 12h	We 30 13h	We 30 14h	We 30 15h	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	We 30 19h	We 30 20h	Th 1 7h	Th 1 8h	Th 1 9h	Th 1 10h	Th 1 11h	Th 1 12h	Th 1 13h	Th 1 14h	Th 1 15h	Th 1 16h	Th 1 17h	Th 1 18h	Th 1 19h	Th 1 20h	Fr 2 7h	Fr 2 8h	Fr 2 9h	Fr 2 10h	Fr 2 11h	Fr 2 12h	Fr 2 13h	Fr 2 14h	Fr 2 15h	Fr 2 16h	Fr 2 17h	Fr 2 18h	Fr 2 19h	Fr 2 20h	Sa 3 7h	Sa 3 8h	Sa 3 9h	Sa 3 10h	Sa 3 11h	Sa 3 12h	Sa 3 13h	Sa 3 14h	Sa 3 15h	Sa 3 16h	Sa 3 17h	Sa 3 18h	Sa 3 19h	Sa 3 20h	Su 4 7h	Su 4 8h	Su 4 9h	Su 4 10h	Su 4 11h	Su 4 12h	Su 4 13h	Su 4 14h	Su 4 15h	Su 4 16h	Su 4 17h	Su 4 18h	Su 4 19h	Su 4 20h	Mo 5 7h	Mo 5 8h	Mo 5 9h	Mo 5 10h	Mo 5 11h	Mo 5 12h	Mo 5 13h	Mo 5 14h	Mo 5 15h	Mo 5 16h	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	10	13	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	12	11	12	13	13	12	11	13	12	13	14	15	14	12	9	10	12	12	12	11	14	15	14	14	15	13	12	12	11	10	10	11	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	8	5	4	4	3	1	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	2	1	4	3	2	1	1	2	4	7	9	10	9	8	4	1	4	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	5	6	4	1	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	5	4	4	6	9	7	6	6	10	14	17	13	7	2	1	4	5	4	0	1	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	4	3	1	1	2	2	3	4	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	1	2	3	5	8	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	6	4	7	10	12	14	16	17	19	20	20	20	19	18	15	12	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	16	14	12	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	21	22	20	17
Gusts (kn)	19	26	27	27	27	28	29	30	30	29	28	27	25	21	24	25	25	27	26	24	27	27	28	26	26	23	21	21	20	23	24	24	25	25	27	29	28	26	26	25	22	21	18	22	24	25	26	27	27	27	26	26	25	21	17	8	8	7	8	10	11	12	12	13	12	12	11	8	4	7	7	7	6	6	6	9	13	17	17	17	17	13	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	9	11	14	10	7	9	11	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	13	13	12	13	13	14	16	19	20	20	18	15	12	9	6	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	6	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	9	6	11	14	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	25
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Wave Per.	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Energy (Kj)	64	64	66	69	71	73	77	80	81	79	79	76	72	80	87	94	100	108	113	114	116	118	115	115	112	108	100	70	72	72	68	64	61	56	55	50	47	44	41	40	38	47	48	48	44	39	36	33	29	26	23	20	18	16	13	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Temp. (°C)	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	12	14	17	19	21	23	24	24	24	23	23	22	21	20	15	19	22	24	27	28	29	28	27	27	27	26	24	22	17	20	23	26	28	30	31	32	32	30	28	26	24	22	19	23	26	28	30	31	32	32	33	29	28	27	26	23	23	24	26	27	29	29	30	29	29	28	27	25	24	22	20	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	22	24	24	25	24	24	24	23	24	25	25	25	24	22	24	25	25	25	24	24	25	24	24	24	23	21	20	18	20	22	23	23	23	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	20	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Rain (mm)															0.1		0.2			0.1					0.3	0.4	0.3			0.1						0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	55	77	80	90	93	91	80	81	75	81	82	86	67	100	100	93	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	89	100	100	100	100	98	94	95	98	87	62	88	96	99	93	7	3																											5	11	16																					33	67	100	87	73	48	42	36	24	12					47	73	100	100	100	97	93	90	88	87	85	84	84	83	73	63	53	36	19	19	11	4	3	1								1	1	7	7	8	15	23	30	53	77	100	100	100	100	100	100	23	19	16	14	11	9	24	38	53	69	84	100	89	78	29	16	2	24	47	69	48	28	7	28	49	70	80	90	51	34	16	34	51	69	63	57	51	67	84	100	92	85				1	1	2	3	4	5	4	3	2	1	1				31	61	92	95	97	100	100	100	100	100	100

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Island

Water type: Flat, Chop, Small wave

Water hazards: Swimmers

Water quality: Clean

Infos: The water is flat, rarely a little bit choppy near the shore. Very good for kiteboarding. Nearly no waves deeper in the water.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: Beach is sandy and wide. There is a nice large space to launch between windsurfers and swimmers. Not many people.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: May, June, July, August, September

Weather specificities: Temperature in summer 26-36C. A wetsuit is not necessary. Just shorts and a lycra necessary.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal, Trade

Wind specificities: Wind is from 5 m/s till 15 m/s. Usual direction: North and Northwest. Best direction: Northwest. The only problem: it could be gusty.

Best months: July, August

Access description: by Car, Bus - Fly to Athens (Greece) if there are no direct flights to Crete from your country. Than fly to Heraclion (Crete), than with a bus or a taxi it is just some 15 minutes till Amoudara.

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: No registration or license needed. No fees. There are some zones for swimmers in front of the hotels, so it would not be recommended to launch and relaunch there, but no other restrictions.

Nightlife: Nightlife is good. A lot of restaurants, shops. The Greek food is very tasty. The party starts late - around 1:00 at night. There are some 3 or 4 dancing clubs, cocktail and chill-out bars.

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

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