default:

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: 01/05 00:29																																																																Icon Global 11 km run: 01/05 00:29																																	GFS 13 km run: 01/05 00:29
Date Optimal	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	Th 1 21h	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	Fr 2 21h	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	Sa 3 21h	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	Su 4 21h	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	Mo 5 21h	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	Tu 6 21h	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	We 7 21h	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	Th 8 21h	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	Fr 9 21h	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	Sa 10 21h	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	Su 11 21h	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	Mo 12 21h	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	Tu 13 21h	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	We 14 21h	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	Th 15 21h	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	Fr 16 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	5	6	9	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	12	11	7	1	1	3	7	10	11	11	13	12	13	12	10	9	7	2	3	5	6	7	7	9	10	11	11	10	9	8	6	6	6	6	7	8	10	11	11	11	11	10	8	7	6	4	5	7	8	9	10	11	12	11	11	10	9	8	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	3	3	2	1	1	3	5	6	6	6	5	1	3	5	7	9	11	12	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	4	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	1	5	8	8	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	7	7	6	5	2	1	4	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	12	13	15	16	17	17	17	17	15	14	14	14	14	12	8	9	9	10	10	10	9
Gusts (kn)	10	13	16	22	25	25	25	26	29	29	29	28	24	22	4	4	7	13	19	21	22	23	24	23	23	22	19	17	5	7	10	11	16	16	16	19	21	21	20	19	18	15	18	17	17	16	18	19	21	21	21	21	19	18	16	14	9	11	13	15	17	19	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	13	10	12	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	13	12	9	4	5	6	7	10	13	16	17	17	18	17	17	16	14	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	7	8	10	11	12	10	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	7	9	10	12	12	13	13	14	13	10	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	6	9	11	11	10	8	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	8	10	12	13	14	14	14	17	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	16	12	1	2	4	7	9	11	13
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Wave Per.	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Energy (Kj)	215	211	205	195	187	177	163	156	146	137	131	123	119	113	122	125	132	138	144	162	174	193	200	207	217	212	202	195	82	75	71	65	62	58	53	50	47	43	41	40	37	36	23	20	21	19	18	19	19	21	20	21	20	20	19	18	16	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14
Temp. (°C)	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	16	17	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	13	14	16	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	14	16	17	18	20	21	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	16	18	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	19	16	17	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	19	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	20	19	18	16	17	18	19	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	13	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	17	18	18	18	18
Rain (mm)																													0.1	0.1													0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)	93	85	91	87	83	74	60	57	49	48	45	45	70	76	70	87	5	30	58	91	54	54	46	39	6	32	59	56	80	77	74	65	69	38	45	41	36	51	38	50	57	54	89	88	87	86	79	71	64	62	61	59	52	44	37	34	54	69	85	100	88	75	63	58	53	48	37	25	14	43	55	52	49	46	43	41	38	39	40	41	35	28	22	26	64	43	21		12	23	35	41	46	52	52	51	51	50	37	49	60	72	49	25	2	2	2	2	1	1				3	6	9	32	55	78	53	29	4	3	1			100	94	87	81	55	30	4	3	1		1	1	2	24	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100								1	1	2	14	25	37	58	5	6	6	7	20	34	47	50	54	57	46	35	24	16	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	67	1	32	63	94	95	95	96	89	81	74	62	51	39	49	10	10	10	10	20	29	39
Tide Ht.	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	-0.0	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	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	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1
Tide Dir.					low						high									low						high			high						low						high			high						low									high						low										high						low								high							low								high						low									high						low		low							high					low		low							high						low		low							high					low			low						high								low							high								low						high								low							high
Tide Time					12:10						18:50									13:00						19:40			08:20						14:00						20:50			09:30						15:10									10:50						16:40										12:00						18:10								12:50							19:00								13:40						19:40									14:20						20:10		08:20							15:00					20:40		08:50							15:30						21:10		09:30							16:00					21:40			10:00						16:30								10:30							17:10								11:10						17:40								11:50							18:20

Level: Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Medium wave, Big wave

Water hazards: Currents

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Excellent left breaking wave. Best with Levante wind and Poniente current. Works maybe 5 days per month. The current is pretty strong and in any case, it will take you towards Africa.

Beach type & size: Sand - None

Infos: No beach, you have to launch from Tarifa beaches.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: Best with Levante.

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October

Access description: by Boat - Start from a beach in Tarifa or from a boat. Few miles off the coast westwards from Tarifa.

Specific rules: None

Extra: For experts only, since you are far away from the shore, offshore winds and the water is not the warmest. Never go out alone and have rescue available.

Nightlife: Great nightlife in Tarifa.

Accommodations: None

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Optimal Speed (kn)

Optimal Wave Conditions

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Optimal height (m)

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Period (sec)

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Optimal Tide Height

Tide moment:

+/- 2hrs around the high tide

mid tide

+/- 2hrs around the low tide

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