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Icon Global 1

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 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 Global 11 km run: 30/04 16:34																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 16:34
Date Optimal	We 30 12h	We 30 13h	We 30 14h	We 30 15h	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	Th 1 6h	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	Fr 2 6h	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	Sa 3 6h	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	Su 4 6h	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	Mo 5 6h	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	Tu 6 6h	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	We 7 6h	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	Th 8 6h	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	Fr 9 6h	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	Sa 10 6h	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	Su 11 6h	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	Mo 12 6h	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	Tu 13 6h	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	We 14 6h	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	Th 15 6h	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	9	9	9	8	7	7	5	4	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	4	5	7	6	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	5	6	7	9	11	11	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Gusts (kn)	19	19	19	18	17	15	14	10	11	15	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	13	8	10	14	14	15	16	17	17	16	15	14	13	11	11	14	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	17	16	15	13	12	14	15	16	18	19	19	20	20	19	17	16	14	13	14	15	16	18	19	19	20	20	19	18	16	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	15	12	13	15	18	22	25	22	19	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Wave Per.	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Energy (Kj)	39	39	39	39	37	38	37	36	37	38	38	38	37	36	36	37	37	37	36	37	36	36	37	38	38	36	36	36	37	37	37	36	36	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	29	30	32	32	33	31	31	33	31	31	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	25	25	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17
Temp. (°C)	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	27	27	28	29	29	29	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	27	27	28	29	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	27	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	26	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	26	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	27
Rain (mm)																																																												0.7	0.7	0.7																											0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.3																																							0.1																														0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	99	100	93	88	92	100	95	87	61	100	100	100	100	97	100	100	97	100	97	84	95	93	89	97	97	94	98	100	85	60	91	61	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	73	57	54	50	47	53	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	95	92	90	93	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	95	98	100	93	85	78	76	73	71	81	90	100	75	93	88	82	73	63	54	68	83	97	98	99	100	100	58	67	76	81	85	90	84	77	71	81	90	100	89	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	97	95	76	58	39	43	46	50	35	66	36	6	15	23	32	32	31	31	36	40	45	42	48	39	31	31	30	30	34	38	42	38	35	31	28	16	23	31	32	34	35	24	14	3	3	4	4	9
Tide Ht.	-0.4	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0
Tide Dir.							high							low							high							low							high								low						high								low						high								low		low					high							low		low					high						low		low						high								low						high							low							high							low							high						low							high							low							high						low							high							low							high
Tide Time							18:40							12:50							06:00							13:50							07:00								15:00						08:10								16:10						09:50								17:10		06:00					11:30							18:00		07:00					12:50						18:40		07:40						13:50								08:10						14:40							08:40							15:20							09:10							16:00						09:40							16:40							10:20							17:20						10:50							17:50							11:30							18:30

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Flat, Chop, Small wave

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: The water conditions depend on the Atlantic wave and on the strength and direction of the prevailing wind (NE-East). Northeast wind: flat water, East wind: slightly choppy. Good conditions for jumping and wave riding thanks to the ocean swell which can reach 1.5-2m. The underwater bottom consists of fine white sand.

Beach type & size: Grass, Sand - Medium

Infos: The beach stretches for about 1 mile and consists of soft white sand. The beach curves gently into the wind on the downwind end of the bay, so if anything happens, you always end up back on the beach. The kite surfing area is about 1 km by 1 mile and there is always plenty space on the water.

Identified hazards: None

Weather specificities: Air temperature: 29-32C, water temperature: 25-28C, all year round.

Wind type: Trade

Wind specificities: The windy season goes from November to July. The steady trade wind blows unobstructed side to side onshore from the left (NE/East wind). The wind is pretty constant from early morning to mid-day. It is generally lighter from 12.00pm to 2.00 pm and it picks up again pretty steady after 2.00 pm until late afternoon. Strong, steady trade winds from December till May.

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, November, December

Access description: by Car - The kitesurfing spot is just 5 minutes drive from the International Hewanorra Airport.

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: The airport runway runs just north (and upwind) of Sandy Beach the entire 1.5 x 1 km bay of Sandy Beach. All soft sand, no rocks or reefs to worry about. Safe but exciting.

Nightlife: There are a handful of bars and restaurants on Sandy Beach, including The Reef Beach Cafe, Island Breeze and Coastline, so there is always something to eat & drink. Occasional beach parties take place as well. Vieux Fort town is 1 mile away, with mostly daytime roadside restaurants. Friday and Saturday nights are popular for impromptu barbecues and 'rumshop' events.

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

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