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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: 30/04 20:53																																																									Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 20:53																														GFS 13 km run: 30/04 20:53																																																																unknown run: 30/04 20:53
Date Optimal	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)	7	7	5	4	5	8	10	11	10	10	8	6	3	6	6	4	3	3	5	8	11	12	11	9	9	7	4	6	5	6	6	7	7	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	7	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	6	0	1	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	6	6	5	4	0	1	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	4	2	1	1	2	2	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	5	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Gusts (kn)	18	15	14	8	8	14	18	18	18	17	16	14	9	10	11	10	7	6	8	14	18	23	21	18	17	15	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	17	18	19	19	18	20	19	19	19	19	18	15	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	13	3	3	4	4	6	8	9	13	14	16	15	14	13	11	1	4	6	9	10	10	11	12	13	14	13	12	11	9	4	4	5	5	7	9	10	12	14	16	16	16	16	12	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	3	4	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	14	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	21	21	20	19	18	17	15	15	15	15	16	18	21	22	22	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	16	18	20	21	22	24	24	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	20	21	21	22	21	21	22	24	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.4
Wave Per.	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	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	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Energy (Kj)	449	453	453	285	264	253	241	227	220	212	207	200	198	193	193	195	197	322	331	346	366	388	406	409	418	424	409	411	404	398	387	226	218	206	198	186	178	169	159	149	140	137	130	123	119	80	79	78	78	76	76	76	73	73	73	73	73	70	71	57	55	55	55	53	53	51	51	48	46	46	44	42	43	42	46	47	56	63	73	84	94	107	110	110	113	113	108
Temp. (°C)	15	15	14	12	13	14	15	17	18	19	19	20	20	18	18	17	16	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	14	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	13	14	15	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	11	12	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	16	15	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	14	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15
Rain (mm)	0.1	0.1	0.3																				0.2	0.7	1.0	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.1						0.1	0.4	1.5	1.5	1.8	1.2	1.2	1.0	0.4	0.1																0.1																																0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.7	1.7	1.7	0.2					0.1	0.1	0.1																																																									0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	100	96	81	51	85	99	37	30	38	89	84	96	100	100	100	100	100	100	81	62	72	76	100	79	89	79	85	55	74	70	75	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	79	82	77	85	57	51	44	38	56	74	92	86	80	74	77	79	82	88	100	92	83	75	59	43	27	57	78	100	100	100	100	100	50	53	57	60	73	87	100	100	100	100	84	69	53	52	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	95	93	87	80	74	71	100	89	78	67	62	57	52	36	21	5	20	35	50	67	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	90	79	69	49	28	8	7	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	81	63	44	29	15			48	52	57	61	41	20					1	1	2	2	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	93	90	90	89	89	93	100	90	81	71	63	56	48	44	39	35	32	30	27	20		2	4	6	4	2									4	8	13	17	13	8	4	11	18	25	25	24	24	23
Tide Ht.	1.4	1.1	0.4	1.0	0.6	-0.0	-0.6	-1.0	-1.1	-1.0	-0.6	-0.0	0.6	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.4	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.9	-0.7	-0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.3	-0.0	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.6	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	-0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	-0.8	-0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.5	-0.9	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	-0.3	-0.6	-0.8	-0.8	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.0	-0.5	-0.8	-0.9	-0.8	-1.0	-1.0	-0.7	-0.2	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.3	-0.2	-0.7	-1.0	-0.6	-1.0	-1.1	-0.9	-0.5	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.1	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	-1.0	-1.1	-0.9	-0.5	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.1	-0.5	0.2	-0.4	-0.8	-1.0	-1.0	-0.7	-0.2	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.1	0.4	-0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-0.5	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.7	0.2
Tide Dir.									low						high								low							high			high					low							high			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								low							high
Tide Time									12:00						18:20								12:50							19:10			08:00					13:50							20:20			09:10						15:10									10:40						16:40									11:50						17:50									12:40						18:40			07:10						13:20						19:30		07:50							14:00						20:00		08:20						14:30						20:40		08:50							15:00								09:20						15:30								09:50							16:00								10:20						16:40								10:50							17:10

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Swimmers

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Atlantic sea, tidal. Real waves. From perfect sets to choppy disordered. Never flat. 5m to 50cm.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Very nice looking beach. A bay from Peniche to Baleal. Perfect white sand. Rocks on each side of the 2km bay. Lots of space during all the year. Entries at Peniche and at Baleal (most used one). Nice and hard sand for mountainboard, no rocks. Plenty of space to land/launch the kites. Enough room to self lauch even at high tide.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Cold Atlantic water. Wetsuit needed, 3/2 to 4/3 full length. Water from 15-25C. Good in the summer from May to October.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Wind is good from West to Northeast. Best with NW and in the winter. Can be very strong from SW and W during winter and from North during the summer. Normally from 12-25 knots in the good season. It is a bay so it covers almost all winds. Not as windy as the Lisbon area beaches.

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

Access description: by Car, Bus - A1 from Lisbon to Porto. Exit at the Peniche direction. When at Peniche follow in the Baleal direction close to the sea. Everything from Peniche to Baleal on your left side it the riding spot. Quiet a walk from parking if you go to the center of the bay. Closer parking at the West side of the bay.

Specific rules: Zones, Time

Extra: During July and August no kitesurfing in the specific swimming zones.

Nightlife: Good restaurants, bars and clubs nearby in 10 minutes walking distance.

Accommodations: Rooms, Camping, School, Shop, Repair, Rental, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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