default:

GFS HRRR 3 km

GEM HRDPS 2.5

GFS HRRR 3

GEM regional 10

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	GFS HRRR 3 km run: 12/05 01:57																																			GFS 13 km run: 12/05 01:57
Date Optimal	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	Mo 12 19h	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	Tu 13 19h	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	We 14 19h	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	Th 15 19h	Fr 16 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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	Su 25 6h	Su 25 7h	Su 25 8h	Su 25 9h	Su 25 10h	Su 25 11h	Su 25 12h	Su 25 13h	Su 25 14h	Su 25 15h	Su 25 16h	Su 25 17h	Su 25 18h	Su 25 19h	Su 25 20h	Mo 26 6h	Mo 26 7h	Mo 26 8h	Mo 26 9h	Mo 26 10h	Mo 26 11h	Mo 26 12h	Mo 26 13h	Mo 26 14h	Mo 26 15h	Mo 26 16h	Mo 26 17h	Mo 26 18h	Mo 26 19h	Mo 26 20h	Tu 27 6h	Tu 27 7h	Tu 27 8h	Tu 27 9h	Tu 27 10h	Tu 27 11h	Tu 27 12h	Tu 27 13h	Tu 27 14h	Tu 27 15h	Tu 27 16h	Tu 27 17h	Tu 27 18h	Tu 27 19h	Tu 27 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	13	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	10	11	12	11	11	15	19	20	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	22	13	17	19	11	9	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	9	10	10	11	12	11	10	9	10	11	13	12	12	12	14	15	16	15	13	10	8	17	18	18	18	19	18	17	15	14	16	19	21	21	20	19	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	4	5	6	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	13	13	12	10	6	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	4	7	13	22	27	24	22	21	22	22	22	21	19	17	15	14	13	14	16	17	19	19	19	17	16	14	13	12	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	19	18	17	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	15	16	18	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	20	19	21	21	20	18	17	17	18	20
Gusts (kn)	16	13	13	14	16	17	18	18	16	17	18	17	18	22	27	28	27	27	28	29	28	27	29	28	29	20	27	29	11	13	10	8	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	12	12	16	7	9	10	9	8	8	8	10	11	11	10	11	11	13	13	12	12	9	11	12	11	12	11	10	12	14	15	16	9	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	20	20	17	14	12	13	11	9	8	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	9	11	12	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	11	10	11	12	12	12	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	5	4	3	4	5	6	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	12	13	22	20	18	16	14	13	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	9	11	12	11	9	9	6	5	4	4	5	6	8	9	11	12	13	13	14	13	13	15	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	22	24	26	26	23	20	17	13	10	8	6	6	8	12	15	12	8	5
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	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	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	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	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Wave Per.	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	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	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Energy (Kj)	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	24	24	47	51	56	60	65	72	79	86	92	100	108	114	122	126	111	104	98	92	85	82	75	69	66	60	57	55	52	49	28	27	27	26	24	23	21	21	20	19	18	19	18	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	16	15	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8
Temp. (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	23	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Rain (mm)		0.1																					0.4		4.0	7.6	1.1							0.2	0.5								0.1		0.1											0.1													0.5	0.5	0.5													0.4	0.4	0.4																																																													0.5	0.5	0.5				0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	3.3	3.3	3.3																																														0.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3				0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	87	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	94	100	69	7	12	12	73	81	100	100	100	18	6	12	12	6	11	100	90	53	100	100	60	100	100	100	35	8	10	6		100	94	100	77	15	48	16	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	95	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	22	11		13	25	38	59	79	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	25	13		7	15	22	38	55	71	63	54	46	49	53	56							12	25	37	47	58	68	73	78	83	39	38	37	26	14	3	17	31	45	38	32	25	41	58	74	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	97	95	75	56	36	36	35	35	1	1					12	23	35	35	35	35	55	74	94	90	81	71	76	81	86	91	95	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	3	1		23	46	69	71	73	75	57	40	22	38	53	69	74	87	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	70	41	11	10	10	9	67	71	75	83	92	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Tide Ht.	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.3	0.4
Tide Dir.			high					low									high						low									high					low									high						low									high						low					low					high					low						low					high					low					low						high					low					low						high					low				low							high					low				low							high									low							high									low							high			high					low								high			high					low								high			high					low							high
Tide Time			08:20					13:30									08:50						14:10									09:20					14:40									09:50						15:30									10:30						16:10					06:30					11:20					16:50						07:00					12:10					17:50					07:30						13:10					18:40					08:10						14:10					19:50				08:50							15:10					20:50				09:30							16:10									10:10							17:10									11:00							18:00			06:10					11:50								19:00			07:10					12:40								20:00			08:10					13:40							20:50

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Lagoon

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Flat to small chop. The Pamlico Sound is a huge waist deep water area.

Beach type & size: Sand - Small

Infos: Small sandy beach with some buried debris at the South end. Gets crowded on weekends and holidays. Buildings close to the shore.

Identified hazards: Concrete

Weather specificities: Season from March to November. Year-round possible if you ride on the warmer SW winds with warm water currents. Wetsuits needed beginning and end of the year, just shorts from late spring to early fall. Warm gulf-stream ocean currents keep air and water temperatures warm nearly year-round.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: In June and July 90% wind from SW. Starts at 3pm, strongest at 7pm and lasts until sunset. In August and September the wind is not consistent. In October and November 70% wind. In December to February windy almost daily. In March to May frontals and winds from SW, NW and NE. Main directions: NE and SW. Works in: SW, W, NW, N, NE.

Best months: January, February, June, July, October, November, December

Access description: by Car - Easiest is a rental car. Follow the signs to the Outer Banks from Norfolk (route 168S and then 158S). Then take route 12 south all the way down until you reach Waves. Turn right after Dairy Queen and drive to the sound to Barton's.

Specific rules: None

Extra: Crowded on weekends and holidays with windsurfers and kitesurfers.

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

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