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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: 01/05 00:49																																																																GFS 13 km run: 01/05 00:49
Date Optimal	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	14	15	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	3	3	4	3	1	3	5	7	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	3	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	6	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	9	5	2	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	4	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	14	14	13	12	13	13	14	14	13	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	10	10	10	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	16
Gusts (kn)	25	26	29	31	31	29	27	28	27	27	26	5	9	7	7	5	6	9	12	14	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	20	5	5	7	8	10	11	12	12	11	10	4	4	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	2	2	3	5	6	7	7	8	7	6	8	10	11	13	15	15	15	15	14	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	22	24	22	17	9	3	1	1	2	1	1	9	11	13	15	17	16	15	13	10	6	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	25	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	20	20	20	20	20	19	17	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	18	19
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.4	0.3	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	0.1	0.1	0.1	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	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	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	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Wave Per.	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Energy (Kj)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Temp. (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	14	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	12	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	21	20	19	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15
Rain (mm)					0.2	0.1	0.2						0.2																																																																																0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1															0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3											0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2											0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)	82	94	87	99	100	99	90	90	84	61	52	92	67	65	46	68	69	100	100	100	63	38	72	67	57	40	32	27	44	42	34	34						9	19	28	29	31						24	47	71	67	63			12	23	35	33	30	28	27	27	58	55	54	52	51	56	61	66	61	56	48	34	56	78	100	95	91	86	86	87	100	100	100	100	100	96	93	89	75	61	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	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	97	96	97	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	68	37	38	54	55	57	58
Tide Ht.	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.4	-0.2	-0.8	-1.2	-1.4	-1.2	-0.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.4	-0.2	-0.8	-1.2	-1.3	-0.2	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	-0.2	-0.7	-1.1	-0.7	-0.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.6	-0.2	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	-0.2	-0.8	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	-0.4	-0.7	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8	-0.4	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.4	-0.0	-0.5	-0.8	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.3	0.9	0.7	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	0.1	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.1	-0.4	-0.8	-1.0	-1.0	-0.7	-0.3	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.4	-0.0	-0.5	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8
Tide Dir.			high							low					high						low					high						low					high											high					low						high					low						high					low						high					low						high				low											low											low										low					high						low				high							low				high						low
Tide Time			09:30							16:00					10:30						16:50					11:30						17:50					12:30											13:30					08:20						14:30					09:20						15:30					10:10						16:20					11:00						17:20				11:50											12:30											13:10										13:50					08:10						14:30				08:50							15:00				09:30						15:40

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop

Water hazards: Currents

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Underfoot conditions aren't that great but water is flat. The north facing beach is excellent for learning. Small chop in channel. North facing spot best at high tide. Channel best when wind opposes tide. Tide current useful for increasing apparent wind.

Beach type & size: Grass, Sand, Pebbles - Small

Infos: Mixture of sand, pebbles and shells. Watch out for broken glass. Nice reserve area for easy landing of the kite. Beach is pretty small.

Identified hazards: Shells, Other

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Air temp in summer is 24C average. Water temp on northern side can exceed 30C so wetsuit definitely not required. In channel the water temp is a comparatively chilly 25C. The best time of year to kite here is summertime, best from December to April.

Wind type: Thermal

Wind specificities: Summer thermals can come here for from 2 directions, N and SW. N thermal usually kicks in just before midday and usually peaks at 15 knots (more on occasions) and consistent for those big kite sessions. The SW thermal usually doesn't arrive until mid afternoon, if at all. Strength of SW thermal `Tamaki Doctor` varies from 10-30 knots but usually 15-25kt. In between period creates a hot windless patch with rapidly forming cloud which may produce rain and even thunder. Best directions here are from NE-N and WSW, SW. Winter and spring don't have suitable directions for this beach and the winds then are usually too strong for this place to handle.

Best months: January, February, March, April, December

Access description: by Car - Once at AK airport, get the map out and head to Pakuranga (eastern Suburbs). Once at Pak, get the map out and head to Farm Cove, then get the map out and look for Pak yacht club, drive down a few roads and your get to the yacht club on the eastern shore of the Tamaki Estuary.

Specific rules: Time, Other

Extra: Leash kite at all times, keep out of channel unless experienced, be courteous to other cars in car park. Pick up your rubbish. This place is closed from 9pm to 7am during summer months. (7pm to 7am during winter).

Accommodations: Parking

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