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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: 30/04 17:06																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 17:06
Date Optimal	We 30 13h	We 30 14h	We 30 15h	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	6	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	13	12	11	11	13	14	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	21	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	25	25	25	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21
Gusts (kn)	20	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	14	15	18	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	16	16	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	16	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	14	12	10	10	7	6	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	6	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	5	5	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	16	17	18	19	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	18	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	26	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	32	33	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	29	29	30	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	24	24	25	26	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	24
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	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	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7
Wave Per.	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Energy (Kj)	19	19	19	19	19	19	22	23	23	24	24	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	19	20	19	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Temp. (°C)	30	30	30	29	28	28	26	27	27	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	29	29	29	26	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	29	28	28	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Rain (mm)							1.6																0.1	0.1	0.4											0.1							0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7							0.1									0.1	0.1	0.1		0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2								0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1										0.3	0.3	0.3																				0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	96	97	97	81	80	84	100	100	100	100	94	100	100	100	100	100	82	96	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	83	66	49	65	82	98	99	58	54	59	64	69	69	68	68	64	61	57	53	79	86	82	78	74	70	66	62	59	55	52	51	93	89	81	72	64	76	88	100	83	66	49	66	86	83	80	76	73	82	91	100	92	84	76	68	40	25	43	60	78	67	56	45	35	26	16	32	94	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	100	100	100	100	100	95	90	85	90	95	100	100	11	11	10	8	7	7	7	7	5	4	2	2	97	100	92	85	77	80	82	85	59	34	8	17	11	5	7	9	11	26	42	57	71	86	100	100	8	7	5	2					2	3	5	6
Tide Ht.	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Tide Dir.												low												low													low													low												low					high								low					high							low						high						low				low			high				low						low			high		low							low													low													low													low												low
Tide Time												12:10												12:50													13:40													14:10												14:50					07:50								15:10					08:40							15:30						09:30						15:00				07:00			10:30				14:00						08:00			11:30		13:40							08:50													09:30													10:20													11:10												11:50

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Chop, Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Reefs, Corals, Rocks

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: The water is great. Some small waves coming in the bay, which is protected by a reef, on which waves are breaking. Not great waves, but good to go riding. Strong swimming skills are a must. Look out for the reefs in the water. Be aware of their position and keep distance, since they can get shallow and you can hit them.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: The beach is fine. Big enough to launch your kite. Unfortunately there some garbage, trash etc. on the beach from tourist. That's a shame, but it's soft sand. When you get there, go to the left side of the bay. There you can launch and land your kite.

Identified hazards: Bystanders, Other

Weather specificities: The weather is perfect. Sun is always shining. You can easily wear only shorts and lycra shirt, but you can get burned very easily. Aruba is warm all year, 28-32C. At night it doesn't cool down at all, it's only the sun missing, but the wind stays, so it can get a little chilly. You can count on some hotter days during the summer month (July-September). Aruba is mostly dry, even in the rainy season, the rain doesn't really last longer than 10 min. The water temperature is around 27C, so forget your wetsuit.

Wind type: Trade

Wind specificities: The wind is always warm, blowing onshore. Morning the wind is about 3 Bft. Later the wind will get stronger, to 4-5 Bft. It's blowing here in Aruba Northeast all year long, maybe some lighter days in the month of September to November and in the beginning of December. But that only means it won't blow every day over 15 knots. The chance you can kiteboard are always 90%. Don't forget your small kite sizes! Days of 25 knots are quite normal. Save on this spot are sweet steady onshore wind!

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, November, December

Access description: by Car - Just get to the airport, and go only straight on. Then you'll get there very simple. You have to go there with a car. Remember, take a 4x4, or else you will get stuck in the sand. Only in the high season (November until Easter) will you need to reserve a rental car. Drive all the way south and before the south tip drive eastwards.

Accommodations: None

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