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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: 30/04 11:46																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 11:46
Date Optimal	We 30 13h	We 30 14h	We 30 15h	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	We 30 19h	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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 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 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 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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	4	2	2	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	7	6	5	3	4	6	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	3	4	5	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	6	3	4	5	6	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	8	7	3	2	0	2	5	6	8	8	8	7	6	5	3	2	2	1	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	2	1	0	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	1	3	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	2	2	0	3	5	6	8	8	8	7	5	5	4	3	2	2	3	4	6	7	7	5	3	4	4	5	3	3	3	4	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	3	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	4	4	5	6	7	9	10	11	10	9	8	7	7	5	4	4	5	7	9	11	12	12	11	10	9	8
Gusts (kn)	10	12	13	13	12	12	11	6	7	8	9	11	11	12	14	15	15	15	13	12	5	5	11	14	16	16	15	16	17	18	17	14	12	7	9	12	15	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	15	7	8	11	14	16	17	19	20	20	21	22	18	15	8	9	11	13	15	16	18	19	19	19	19	17	15	6	7	8	9	10	13	15	17	16	16	15	12	9	5	6	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	7	2	2	3	4	5	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	8	8	7	9	11	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	12	13	14	14	15	6	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	14	14	14	13	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	9	9	9	9	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	15	15
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	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	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	0.9
Wave Per.	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	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	7
Wave Energy (Kj)	78	80	86	92	95	102	105	121	121	121	118	119	116	116	113	113	113	111	111	111	98	98	95	95	92	92	90	88	84	83	80	79	76	58	56	57	57	58	58	58	58	57	56	57	55	54	45	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	46	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	47	44	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	44	42	42	41	41
Temp. (°C)	26	26	26	26	25	24	24	22	23	24	24	25	25	26	25	26	25	25	24	24	22	24	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	24	23	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	26	25	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	25	25	23	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	23	25	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	27	26	25	25	23	24	26	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	25	23	24	25	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	25	23	24	25	26	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	24	23	24	25	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	25	24	23	24	25	27	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	25	24	23	24	25	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	25	24	24	25	26	27	27	27	27	26	25	24	24	24	22	23	25	26	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	24	23	24	25	27	28	29	29	28	28	27	26	25	25
Rain (mm)	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5			0.5	0.5	0.2						0.2	0.4	0.2											0.2	0.2	0.2														0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2																									0.2	0.2						0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																						0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3									0.2	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.7						0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3									0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2									0.4	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1									0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1									0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	75	78	65	80	84	87	94	88	81	84	83	89	84	79	69	48	81	100	81	55	67	51	70	82	91	78	77	60	55	60	48	36	36	60	86	85	84	83	84	85	86	83	81	78	85	93	54	45	49	54	58	72	86	100	100	100	100	100	100	74	72	76	81	85	73	61	49	54	59	64	69	75	45	35	46	58	69	69	70	70	72	73	75	77	79	63	59	27	46	65	77	88	100	81	61	42	31	19	14	7	7	8	8	34	61	87	85	83	81	81	82	50	71	79	87	95	97	98	100	97	95	92	83	74	61	77	67	57	47	61	76	90	93	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	93	85	78	79	79	80	87	93	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	100	99	99	98	94	89	85	65	44	24	25	25	48	59	41	24	6	27	49	70	56	43	29	31	34
Tide Ht.	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1
Tide Dir.				low								high						low			low					high						low			low					high						low			low					high									low					high								low							high							low						high								low						high							low							high	high						low							high						low								high						low								high					low								high						low								high						low
Tide Time				16:30								11:30						17:20			07:10					12:30						18:20			08:10					13:40						19:20			09:10					14:40									10:00					15:50								10:50							17:00							11:30						17:50								12:00						18:40							12:30							19:20	07:10						13:10							07:50						13:40								08:30						14:10								09:00					14:50								09:40						15:20								10:20						16:00

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Chop, Small wave

Water hazards: Swimmers

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Choppy water inside the bay, reef waves outside (1-3 m). Special areas: the kiting area is just downwind of the Estrella and special windsurfing area. Watch out for the swimmers and their zones. Can have a strong shore break. Further in to the bay less shore break.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: Long bay with a nice beach and soft sand. Very secure: beach downwind. The beach width is less during winter, and bigger during summer. Always people walking along the beach and kite lessons, so be careful when launching and landing.

Identified hazards: Trees, Bystanders

Beachgoer: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Weather specificities: Water temperature about 28C, air temperature about 30-38C. No wetsuit necessary. Sun protection is recommended. Rainy season: September to December.

Wind type: Thermal, Trade

Wind specificities: Best (wind-) season June to August. Less wind more waves during winter times. Less wind in the morning (<15 knots), good wind in the afternoon (15-30 Knots) from 12:30 until 17:30. The further you get into Cabarete Bay, the less constant wind you will get. Cleanest wind out on the reef. In later afternoon the wind switches more to NE, then in the center of the bay gets very gusty. Will be harder to get back to shore, but downwind no problem.

Best months: June, July, August

Access description: by Car, Bus - From the airport of Puerto Plata by bus or taxi to Cabarete, about 20 km. Share a taxi ride, just talk to someone with a surf bag. Or fly to Santiago, the taxi ride takes one hour, but compare flight and baggage prices and you might save some money.

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: No kiting inside the bay from Villa Taina onward (to the east), for windsurfers only (wind is gusty here anyway). No water sports at Easter holidays (3-4 days). But you can kite on Kitebeach.

Nightlife: Fun nightlife in Cabarete or Sosua (short taxi ride).

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

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