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Arpege EU 11

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	Arpege EU 11 km run: 09/05 13:10																																																																Icon Global 11 km run: 09/05 13:10																																												GFS 13 km run: 09/05 13:10
Date Optimal	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	We 21 7h	We 21 8h	We 21 9h	We 21 10h	We 21 11h	We 21 12h	We 21 13h	We 21 14h	We 21 15h	We 21 16h	We 21 17h	We 21 18h	We 21 19h	We 21 20h	Th 22 7h	Th 22 8h	Th 22 9h	Th 22 10h	Th 22 11h	Th 22 12h	Th 22 13h	Th 22 14h	Th 22 15h	Th 22 16h	Th 22 17h	Th 22 18h	Th 22 19h	Th 22 20h	Fr 23 7h	Fr 23 8h	Fr 23 9h	Fr 23 10h	Fr 23 11h	Fr 23 12h	Fr 23 13h	Fr 23 14h	Fr 23 15h	Fr 23 16h	Fr 23 17h	Fr 23 18h	Fr 23 19h	Fr 23 20h	Sa 24 7h	Sa 24 8h	Sa 24 9h	Sa 24 10h	Sa 24 11h	Sa 24 12h	Sa 24 13h	Sa 24 14h	Sa 24 15h	Sa 24 16h	Sa 24 17h	Sa 24 18h	Sa 24 19h	Sa 24 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	11	10	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	9	8	9	10	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	5	4	5	5	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	11	10	8	6	7	8	9	9	10	12	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	8	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5
Gusts (kn)	28	29	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	18	16	17	19	18	20	20	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	4	5	5	6	8	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	15	15	8	10	11	13	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	12	7	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	33	33	34	37	40	43	42	40	39	38	37	37	31	25	20	19	17	19	20	21	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	5	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	3	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	11	12	13	10	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	7	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	12	13	11	13	13	14	13	13	11	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	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	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1
Wave Per.	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	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	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)	213	207	195	190	185	184	181	177	170	166	162	160	108	105	100	97	94	91	89	86	83	81	77	75	73	71	84	88	92	95	102	105	111	119	126	134	137	146	149	158	176	174	172	169	169	166	164	158	158	153	151	146	142	137	97	93	90	86	86	82	79	76	72	69	70	66	63	64	45	45	45	45	48	48	50	51	54	57	64	70	76	85	139	144	148	155	160	168	176	181	189	198	208	220	231	249
Temp. (°C)	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	16	17	18	18	18	19	18	19	18	18	17	15	15	16	17	18	19	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	13	14	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	14	15	15	16	16	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	16	18	19	20	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	21	20	19	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	16	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	15	16	17	18	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	15	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	16
Rain (mm)							0.1							0.1																											0.3	0.2					0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																																				0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1																																																	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	68	37	16	12	16	33	38	57	35	28	7	2	8	22	15	12	29	37	43	61	49	37	47	41	55	23	100	100	100	95	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	89	100	87	61	5	3	7	42	34	37	83	85	3	8	12	15	24	25	33	19	36	77	98	99	100	91	83	74	60	45	73	76	80	85	90	95	97	98	100	100	100	100	100	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	52	53	55	59	64	68	33	41	50	53	57	60	69	77	98	96	94	76	58	40	34	27	21	46	70	95	97	98	40	64	87	91	96	100	89	77	66	71	76	81	87	94	35	41	47	57	68	78	85	91	98	97	97	96	97	99	30	22	15	13	11	9	8	7	6	28	51	73	64	54	61	80	100	97	95	92	88	85	81	87	94	100	100	100	1	1					1	3	4	7	10	13	31	50	87	94	100	92	83	75	59	43	27	21	14	8	20	33	92	91	89	71	53	35	26	17	8	13	19	24	49	75
Tide Ht.	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.0	0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	-0.6	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4
Tide Dir.				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									high						low									high						low									high						low
Tide Time				12:40						18:50			07:10						13:20						19:20		07:40						13:50						19:50			08:10						14:20						20:30		08:40						14:50									09:10						15:20								09:40							16:00								10:20						16:40									11:00						17:20								11:50							18:10								12:50							19:20			08:00						14:00						20:30			09:20						15:20									10:20						16:20									11:20						17:20									12:10						18:10

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Medium wave, Big wave

Water hazards: Currents

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Excellent waves, getting big with stronger winds.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: 1km long beach with dark sand. Not very wide. Surrounded by cliffs.

Identified hazards: Rocks

Beachgoer: June, July, August, September

Weather specificities: A wetsuit is always needed due to cold water.

Wind type: Frontal, Trade

Wind specificities: Best winds during winter and spring.

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

Access description: by Car - Sao Miguel is an island belong to the Azores. Once on the island drive to the north shore to Ribeira Grande. Monte Verde is the first beach west of the town and Areais the second next.

Specific rules: Zones, Time

Extra: During summer a short part of the beach becomes swimmer's zone.

Accommodations: Shower, Parking

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