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knmi_harmonie

MF Arome 1.3

UKMO UK 2

DMI HARMONIE 2

KNMI 2

DWD Icon D 2

MF Arome 2.5

KNMI EU 5.5

DWD ICON EU 7

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

MF Arpege EU 11

GFS global 13

GFS GRAPES 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	knmi_harmonie_arome_netherlands run: 30/04 13:23																																								IFS HD 2.5 km run: 30/04 13:23																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 13:23
Date Optimal	We 30 13h	We 30 14h	We 30 15h	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	We 30 19h	We 30 20h	We 30 21h	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	Th 1 20h	Th 1 21h	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	Fr 2 20h	Fr 2 21h	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	Sa 3 20h	Sa 3 21h	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	Su 4 20h	Su 4 21h	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	Mo 5 20h	Mo 5 21h	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	Tu 6 20h	Tu 6 21h	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	We 7 20h	We 7 21h	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	Th 8 20h	Th 8 21h	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	Fr 9 20h	Fr 9 21h	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	Sa 10 20h	Sa 10 21h	Su 11 6h	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	Su 11 20h	Su 11 21h	Mo 12 6h	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	Mo 12 20h	Mo 12 21h	Tu 13 6h	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	Tu 13 20h	Tu 13 21h	We 14 6h	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	We 14 20h	We 14 21h	Th 15 6h	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	Th 15 20h	Th 15 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	4	6	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	3	1	3	2	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	2	14	2	3	3	2	0	6	4	8	8	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	6	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	9	11	13	13	9	9	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	2	3	3	4	5	7	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	6	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	6	6	5	6	6	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	12	12	12	10	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Gusts (kn)	7	9	12	15	16	15	14	12	10	5	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	29	23	11	8	4	3	11	11	14	14	14	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	14	14	15	17	20	22	22	23	24	23	23	23	22	13	13	15	16	18	20	23	25	26	28	29	29	29	29	26	20	21	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	18	20	22	23	21	20	21	21	21	23	24	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	28	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	21	19	17	15	12	10	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	13	12	11	10	6	5	5	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	10	9	9	11	14	14	13	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	22	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	14	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	15	15
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.2	0.2	0.3	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	0.1	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	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	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	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6
Wave Per.	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Energy (Kj)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	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	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	6	8	12	39	44	48	50	50	51	54	58	61	65	70	74	75	77	76	55	55	52	51	48	47	46	45	44	44	43	43	40	36	33	13	11	11	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Temp. (°C)	20	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	14	10	11	15	20	18	18	21	22	21	21	21	21	18	18	17	13	14	16	18	18	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	15	17	18	19	20	20	20	19	17	14	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	7	8	9	11	13	15	16	17	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	5	6	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	6	6	7	8	9	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	9	10	12	14	15	16	17	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13
Rain (mm)																						0.1	0.3																												0.3	0.3	0.3	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																																																							0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	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	0.1																											0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Cloud Cov. (%)	29	49	97	95	23	4	3	38	65							98	100	99	100	99	90	100	96	100	98	83														18	19	12	3	2	22	51	68	58	37	28	48	81	100	94	29	32	45	62	76	85	91	90	76	55	36	19	4		18	21	22	24	27	27	21	13	11	23	42	50	38	16					11	26	41	56	70	77	74	63	52	40	27	18	15	35	36	37	37	37	37	37	39	43	48	52	56	59	60	57	20	20	21	22	24	26	28	30	30	29	29	29	29	30	32	90	90	82	68	54	39	23	11	5	2					7	55	57	64	75	84	92	99	100	91	76	60	44	27	14	7	1																8	10	12	15	17	20	22	24	25	24	23	21	19	17	14	11		1	2	5	9	12	15	19	20	18	15	11	7	3			20	24	29	37	45	53	60	66	67	60	49	37	25	12	3								1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Tide Ht.	-1.1	-0.4	0.8	1.8	2.0	1.6	0.8	-0.2	-1.1	1.3	0.4	-0.6	-1.2	-1.5	-1.4	-1.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.9	1.7	1.7	1.2	0.4	-0.5	1.7	1.1	0.2	-0.6	-1.1	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-0.6	0.1	1.0	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.2	1.8	1.4	0.9	0.2	-0.4	-0.9	-1.1	-1.0	-0.8	-0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.7	1.3	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.4	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.4	0.2	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.5	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.0	0.5	-0.1	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	-0.4	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.3	1.2	0.7	-0.1	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	0.0	0.6	-1.0	-0.5	0.2	0.8	1.2	1.5	1.3	0.7	-0.1	-0.7	-1.0	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6	-0.0	-1.3	-1.1	-0.5	0.3	0.9	1.4	1.6	1.4	0.6	-0.2	-0.8	-1.1	-1.1	-1.0	-0.7	-1.4	-1.3	-1.1	-0.4	0.4	1.1	1.6	1.7	1.3	0.4	-0.5	-1.0	-1.2	-1.2	-1.1	-1.4	-1.4	-1.3	-1.0	-0.2	0.7	1.4	1.7	1.7	1.1	0.1	-0.7	-1.2	-1.3	-1.2	-0.7	-1.3	-1.5	-1.4	-1.2	-0.8	0.1	1.1	1.6	1.8	1.5	0.7	-0.3	-1.0	-1.3	-1.3	-0.1	-0.9	-1.4	-1.5	-1.3	-1.0	-0.4	0.5	1.4	1.7	1.7	1.2	0.3	-0.6	-1.2	-1.4	0.5	-0.4	-1.1	-1.4	-1.4	-1.2	-0.8	-0.0	0.9	1.6	1.7	1.4	0.7	-0.2	-1.0	-1.4	1.0	0.1	-0.7	-1.2	-1.4	-1.2	-0.9	-0.5	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.5	1.0	0.2	-0.6	-1.2	1.2	0.5	-0.2	-0.9	-1.2	-1.3	-1.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.8	1.5	1.6	1.2	0.6	-0.2	-0.9
Tide Dir.				high										low						high										low						high										low						high			high							low						high				high						low						high					high					low											high					low											high					low										high						low			low							high					low					low							high					low				low							high						low				low						high						low				low							high										low						high
Tide Time				16:50										11:10						17:30										12:10						18:10										13:10						19:00			07:40							14:20						20:00				09:20						15:20						21:30					11:10					16:20											12:10					17:20											13:00					18:30										13:50						19:10			07:20							14:30					19:50					08:00							15:00					20:30				08:40							15:20						21:00				09:20						15:40						21:30				09:50							16:10										10:30						16:40

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave

Water hazards: Currents, Wave breaker

Water quality: Cloudy

Infos: Choppy, tides, lots of current, waves depend on the wind direction. Waves are short following depends on tide going in or out. There also is a flat water spot when it's high water (Vloed) inside "Het Zwin". It's really nice in there to practice some new tricks. Keep an eye on the wave breaker to the right.

Beach type & size: Sand - Tidal

Infos: Nice, big space enough with low tide, high tide less space. Sandy beach. Safely launching no problem.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Overall wetsuit: 5/3mm. Summer time (July/August) you can ride in a shorty. Season April to November. Temperatures: water from 8-22C,air from 8-30C degrees. Depends on which month.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Gusty, can be strong. Depends on depressions. Best direction: westerly winds. Sideshore with SW and NE.

Best months: March, April, May, September, October, November

Access description: by Car - Close to the border to Belgium. Park at the parking at the Noorddijk. Then walk for about 5 min to the beach cafe and rig your gear to the left side of it.

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: July and August: only at the left side of the restaurant, in front it's for swimmers only. Talk to the locals they will explain everything.

Nightlife: There is also a disco in the village about 1 km away from the kitebeach, called 'Joy'.

Accommodations: Camping, Shop, Rescue, Toilet, Food, Parking

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