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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: 06/05 06:47																																																																GFS 13 km run: 06/05 06:47
Date Optimal	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Mo 19 17h	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	Tu 20 17h	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	We 21 17h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	3	2	4	5	7	7	8	10	11	12	12	13	15	15	16	15	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	5	6	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	14	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	13	8	9	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	16	17	17	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Gusts (kn)	5	5	8	10	13	14	16	18	20	22	22	23	27	29	29	28	27	25	22	21	18	16	12	16	19	20	21	20	20	20	19	18	17	11	13	15	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	16	16	21	25	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	26	25	28	31	34	34	33	33	32	31	30	27	14	17	20	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	19	11	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	19	19	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.8	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	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1
Wave Per.	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Wave Energy (Kj)	59	64	70	72	73	75	75	76	75	74	76	60	59	57	54	54	52	50	50	48	47	46	35	33	33	33	31	32	31	31	30	30	29	39	40	42	44	46	48	50	52	54	55	57	78	83	84	85	89	91	96	98	104	107	111	140	142	143	141	143	141	141	139	138	136	138	109	106	105	100	97	94	92	90	89	87	85
Temp. (°C)	21	25	27	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	26	25	26	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	26	24	26	27	28	28	28	28	29	28	27	27	25	26	27	29	29	30	30	30	29	28	27	25	26	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	24	26	27	29	29	30	30	29	29	28	27	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	23	24	25	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	26	26	26	25
Rain (mm)								0.1									0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																																																														0.1	0.1	0.1												0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	32	9	49	57	81	79	81	78	79	54	52	28	30	53	56	69	81	95	100	73	67	47	48	55	60	64	66	59	57	82	89	88	84	51	55	59	63	57	50	44	50	56	62	56	32	39	45	52	53	55	56	57	57	58	43	25	35	45	55	55	56	56	55	54	53	43	22	31	39	48	45	43	40	44	48	52	47	22	20	19	17	22	28	33	29	25	21	20					1	3	4	14	25	35	23	16	16	15	15	19	22	26	25	23	22	16		19	38	57	38	19						50	39	27	16	29	43	56	43	31	18	20	79	76	73	70	57	45	32	49	66	83	59	28	21	15	8	22	35	49	48	46	45	42	25	20	16	11	7	4		5	9	14	17	28	20	13	5	4	3	2	31	59	88	69
Tide Ht.	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	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	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1
Tide Dir.				high						low					high						low						high						low					high						low						high					low						high											high						low						high					low						high						low						high					low						high						low						high						low						high						low												low						high							low
Tide Time				10:00						16:00					10:40						16:30						11:10						17:00					11:30						17:30						12:00					17:50						12:20											12:50						07:10						13:20					07:40						13:50						08:10						14:20					08:40						14:50						09:20						15:30						10:10						16:30						11:20												12:50						07:20							14:10

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Medium wave, Big wave

Water hazards: Currents, Ships, Reefs, Rocks

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: Flat, smooth water. Choppy water as well as waves that pound on the reef. Be sure to ask the locals about the best areas and test your way out carefully, as there are many coral reefs that surround the coast here. Two or three different wave spots will delight those that are that way inclined, but beware of the tidal levels, most reefs are not passable at low or medium tides.

Beach type & size: Grass, Sand - Small

Infos: Small protected cove with white sand. The public beach at Cap Malheureux is situated right by the Chapel. This is a touristic landmark, with its view on the northern islands, but does not have a very good entry point for kiters. However you will find, 100 meters to the left when looking out to sea, after the rocky point, a perfect long white sand beach with good wind for launching on East and Northeasterly days. Another good access used by the locals is situated on a private beach. For this launch you will have to speak to the guys from kite school situated right on this spot.

Identified hazards: Trees

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: The best season stretches from May to November with water temperatures between 22C and 26C and air temperatures between 22C and 30C. Short rain showers possible all year round.

Wind type: Trade

Wind specificities: The main wind is a steady SE blowing sideonshore here, about 15 to 25 knots on average during the best months from June to October. From December to April the wind is not so steady nor strong. The Alizee then blows enough for 7 days out of 10. November to May: average wind 3-4 Bft. June to October: average wind 5-6 Bft. Riding conditions here are usually best in Southeast, East and Northeasterly conditions, although very rare Northwesterly winds have been good as well.

Best months: June, July, August, September, October

Access description: by Car - From Port Louis drive all the way to the north Cap, which is Cap Malheureux.

Specific rules: Other

Extra: Ask locals before to avoid getting on private estates. Always be extra careful in lagoons when approaching channels and passes, the current will surprise you very often and you will get sucked out to sea before you know it. Usually sharks also like to hang around there, as they can just sit and gobble up the morsels that come ripping past. Around the island there are a lot of fish, so every boat has its rod or hand line for fishing which is constantly in use, so do not pass to near boats as you might get caught up like a fish. Behind moving boats there are often trawling lines, these are a great trap.

Nightlife: Go to Grand Bay.

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

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