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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

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon Global 11 km run: 15/05 12:03																	IFS HD 2.5 km run: 15/05 12:03	Icon Global 11 km run: 15/05 12:03																																																												GFS 13 km run: 15/05 12:03
Date Optimal	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	We 28 7h	We 28 8h	We 28 9h	We 28 10h	We 28 11h	We 28 12h	We 28 13h	We 28 14h	We 28 15h	We 28 16h	Th 29 7h	Th 29 8h	Th 29 9h	Th 29 10h	Th 29 11h	Th 29 12h	Th 29 13h	Th 29 14h	Th 29 15h	Th 29 16h	Fr 30 7h	Fr 30 8h	Fr 30 9h	Fr 30 10h	Fr 30 11h	Fr 30 12h	Fr 30 13h	Fr 30 14h	Fr 30 15h	Fr 30 16h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	7	6	7	7	6	6	5	4	3	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	1	4	4	4	4	6	8	7	7	6	5	3	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	4	3	3	4	19	18	18	18	18	18	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	5	5	5	7	9	11	12	13	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	2	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	11
Gusts (kn)	14	13	14	15	15	12	12	12	10	11	10	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	9	7	7	8	9	9	13	16	16	15	14	11	10	19	20	21	22	23	25	26	27	28	29	28	23	23	23	23	25	26	27	28	29	29	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	20	19	18	20	21	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	11	10	10	9	31	32	32	32	31	30	24	24	23	22	22	21	20	19	19	18	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	4	2	1	19	17	15	13	13	14	15	16	18	19	18	17	15	14	13	11	10	9	9	8	16	15	15	15	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	15	14	13	12	11	11	12	13	15	15	14	13	14	15	17	17	17	16
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.4	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	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.4	5.2	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.3	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6
Wave Per.	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Energy (Kj)	167	164	165	163	162	166	166	166	165	165	165	165	163	163	160	158	153	151	150	143	241	250	257	261	265	265	268	264	260	251	246	215	215	215	209	210	207	213	218	224	279	341	2.3k	2.5k	2.7k	2.6k	2.6k	2.5k	2.5k	2.4k	2.4k	2.3k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	930	859	809	498	498	491	477	469	461	467	465	471	477
Temp. (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	15	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	19	11	13	15	17	18	18	18	17	16	15	8	9	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	6	8	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	9	11	12	13	12	12	13	14	14	9	11	13	14	15	15	16	15	15	14
Rain (mm)	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.4																							0.4	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.6	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.2				0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2							0.5	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.4	1.4	2.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1																																					0.3	0.3	0.3															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	98	98	97	100	91	77	72	84	100	97	94	98	88	81	100	46	58	58	57	68	63	49	39	33	23	22	87	88	92	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	59	66	73	80	87	93	100	95	91	86	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	84	68	53	100	100	100	97	94	91	98	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	37	25	12		1	2	3	12	22	31	70	70	69	69	70	71	72	50	28	6	2	3	3	4	28	51	75	82	89	96	10	12	13	15	42	68	95	96	96	97	30	31	32	33	38	44	49	44	40	35
Tide Ht.	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.0	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.7	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4
Tide Dir.	high						low						high					low							high					low							high					low	low						high					low						high					low						high				low							high				low											low											low					high						low					high					low						high					low						high					low					high						low
Tide Time	09:50						15:10						10:30					15:50							11:20					16:30							12:10					17:20	07:10						13:20					08:00						14:20					09:00						15:20				09:50							16:10				10:30											11:20											12:10					07:10						13:00					08:10					13:40						09:00					14:30						10:00					15:20					10:50						16:10

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Flat, Chop, Small wave

Water hazards: Mole

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: With the tide going out, the Swansea channel right next to the beach provides great sailing in smooth water with a tide of a couple of knots running out, with small waves.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Good launching area, just keep away from the swimming and flagged areas.

Identified hazards: None

Weather specificities: Summer from late September through to February.

Wind type: Frontal, Trade

Wind specificities: Good in South frontal winds. Good in NE trade winds from late September through to February.

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

Access description: by Car - Pacific highway at Blacksmiths, southern end of the beach adjacent to the Swansea channel.

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: Respect the lifeguards and children who train for the surf lifesaving carnivals. One of the best spots in Newcastle when it is going. Just keep away from the swimming and flagged areas.

Accommodations: Shower, Toilet, Parking

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