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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: 08/06 00:50																																																																GFS 13 km run: 08/06 00:50
Date Optimal	Su 8 8h	Su 8 9h	Su 8 10h	Su 8 11h	Su 8 12h	Su 8 13h	Su 8 14h	Su 8 15h	Su 8 16h	Su 8 17h	Mo 9 8h	Mo 9 9h	Mo 9 10h	Mo 9 11h	Mo 9 12h	Mo 9 13h	Mo 9 14h	Mo 9 15h	Mo 9 16h	Mo 9 17h	Tu 10 8h	Tu 10 9h	Tu 10 10h	Tu 10 11h	Tu 10 12h	Tu 10 13h	Tu 10 14h	Tu 10 15h	Tu 10 16h	Tu 10 17h	We 11 8h	We 11 9h	We 11 10h	We 11 11h	We 11 12h	We 11 13h	We 11 14h	We 11 15h	We 11 16h	We 11 17h	Th 12 8h	Th 12 9h	Th 12 10h	Th 12 11h	Th 12 12h	Th 12 13h	Th 12 14h	Th 12 15h	Th 12 16h	Th 12 17h	Fr 13 8h	Fr 13 9h	Fr 13 10h	Fr 13 11h	Fr 13 12h	Fr 13 13h	Fr 13 14h	Fr 13 15h	Fr 13 16h	Fr 13 17h	Sa 14 8h	Sa 14 9h	Sa 14 10h	Sa 14 11h	Sa 14 12h	Sa 14 13h	Sa 14 14h	Sa 14 15h	Sa 14 16h	Sa 14 17h	Su 15 8h	Su 15 9h	Su 15 10h	Su 15 11h	Su 15 12h	Su 15 13h	Su 15 14h	Su 15 15h	Su 15 16h	Su 15 17h	Mo 16 8h	Mo 16 9h	Mo 16 10h	Mo 16 11h	Mo 16 12h	Mo 16 13h	Mo 16 14h	Mo 16 15h	Mo 16 16h	Mo 16 17h	Tu 17 8h	Tu 17 9h	Tu 17 10h	Tu 17 11h	Tu 17 12h	Tu 17 13h	Tu 17 14h	Tu 17 15h	Tu 17 16h	Tu 17 17h	We 18 8h	We 18 9h	We 18 10h	We 18 11h	We 18 12h	We 18 13h	We 18 14h	We 18 15h	We 18 16h	We 18 17h	Th 19 8h	Th 19 9h	Th 19 10h	Th 19 11h	Th 19 12h	Th 19 13h	Th 19 14h	Th 19 15h	Th 19 16h	Th 19 17h	Fr 20 8h	Fr 20 9h	Fr 20 10h	Fr 20 11h	Fr 20 12h	Fr 20 13h	Fr 20 14h	Fr 20 15h	Fr 20 16h	Fr 20 17h	Sa 21 8h	Sa 21 9h	Sa 21 10h	Sa 21 11h	Sa 21 12h	Sa 21 13h	Sa 21 14h	Sa 21 15h	Sa 21 16h	Sa 21 17h	Su 22 8h	Su 22 9h	Su 22 10h	Su 22 11h	Su 22 12h	Su 22 13h	Su 22 14h	Su 22 15h	Su 22 16h	Su 22 17h	Mo 23 8h	Mo 23 9h	Mo 23 10h	Mo 23 11h	Mo 23 12h	Mo 23 13h	Mo 23 14h	Mo 23 15h	Mo 23 16h	Mo 23 17h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	4	5	5	7	8	8	11	11	11	11	7	7	8	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	4	2	2	1	1	3	4	5	6	5	5	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	6	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	8	10	12	14	16	17	19	19	19	19	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	19	17	8	9	10	10	9	9	9
Gusts (kn)	7	8	8	9	11	11	14	15	15	15	9	10	10	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	5	7	8	8	8	8	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	3	3	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	22	20	18	17	16	16	15	13	11	10	15	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	2	4	6	6	6	4	3	3	4	4	25	27	27	27	28	29	31	32	32	34	35	34	34	33	33	33	32	31	29	27	21	21	20	19	18	16	15
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.2	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8
Wave Per.	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Wave Energy (Kj)	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.5k	1.5k	820	759	701	650	598	550	517	478	441	409	158	147	141	133	128	124	117	113	111	105	181	187	192	194	200	200	206	206	206	214	250	250	250	257	259	262	264	267	267	276	317	317	325	325	333	341	338	343	348	361
Temp. (°C)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	13	14	15	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	11	13	14	15	16	16	17	16	16	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	14	14	15	16	16
Rain (mm)	0.3	0.1	0.1																																																																														0.1																				0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2							0.1																														0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	100	57	22	100	93	9	3	3	3					15	6											1											19	39	58	20	16	13	9	39	70	100	100	100	100															1	3	4	3	2	1	95	97	98	100	97	93	90	93	97	100	88	60	33	5	14	23	32	47	61	76	14	11	9	6	12	18	24	18	12	6	100	98	96	94	92	90	88	61	33	6	100	99	98	97	78	60	41	42	44	45	5	31	57	83	64	44	25	17	8						24	47	71	81	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	93	90	97	96	96	95	95	94	94
Tide Ht.	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1
Tide Dir.						high					low						high				low							high				low						high				low							high				low						high					low						high				low											low											low					high						low					high						low					high						low					high						low					high											high
Tide Time						13:50					08:10						14:20				08:50							15:00				09:20						15:30				09:50							16:10				10:30						16:40					11:00						17:20				11:40											12:30											13:20					08:20						14:20					09:30						15:30					10:40						16:40					11:50						17:50					12:50											13:40

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Chop, Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Rocks

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Good wave spot when the wind gets stronger. Big Bay itself is quite a narrow spot with rocks on the left and right. Windsurfers usually stay there. Waves are incredibly clean just downwind of the rocks that are downwind (called Outers). The waves turn in behind the rocks, makes for a very clean water surface, nice!

Beach type & size: Sand - Tidal

Infos: The beach is sometimes a bit short for the lines, depending on the tide. Quite a bit of kelp often around, but manageable.

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Long wetsuits needed all year round - although people were seen in shorties some times. Air around 30C in the summer, down to 15C in the winter. The water is pretty cold, around 10-15C in the summer and 13-17C in the winter. The longer the South Easter (prevailing summer wind) blows, the colder the surface water gets. Doesn't matter much in summer though.

Wind specificities: The wind tends to be a touch weaker than in kite beach and tends to arrive a bit later (kite beach is upwind in a SE). When the wind gets very strong, it also tends to get gustier. Can be annoying at times. Wind mostly sideshore from the left. Due to slightly strange local effects, the wind is generally sideshore or onshore. In the summer, the wind is mostly S to SE, but of which are pretty exactly sideshore; this is the perfect wind (called Cape Dr.) and can get very strong at times - up to 40 knots. The wind tends to pick up in the mornings and get stronger. So if super strong winds are predicted, get there early! NW is mostly a bad weather or winter wind. Less reliable, but often associated with big waves. Surfing is possible all year round, although the summer months (December to March) have the best winds. In the winter, you will mostly find NW winds (from the right), although these come rarely. Steady winds. Sideshore: NNW and SSE.

Best months: January, February, March, December

Access description: by Car - Take the R27 out of Cape Town (north). When getting into Tableview, turn left at the Dolphin Beach Hotel. Follow the road till you see the green tourist information house or KFC. The parking on your left is the central one. You really need a car, since there are a lot of spots around the area which you can only get to with a car.

Specific rules: Other, None

Extra: No real rules or restrictions. Please watch out in the evenings, the sun sets in your face when sailing out, making it difficult to see other riders. Spot can get crowded, but there are plenty of other parking spots you can go to. Watch out for car thieves. It is best to go to a parking spot where an informal guard will watch over your car.

Nightlife: Good nightlife in Capetown.

Accommodations: Shop, Toilet, Food, Parking

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