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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: 16/06 08:13																																																																GFS 13 km run: 16/06 08:13
Date Optimal	Mo 16 8h	Mo 16 9h	Mo 16 10h	Mo 16 11h	Mo 16 12h	Mo 16 13h	Mo 16 14h	Mo 16 15h	Mo 16 16h	Mo 16 17h	Tu 17 8h	Tu 17 9h	Tu 17 10h	Tu 17 11h	Tu 17 12h	Tu 17 13h	Tu 17 14h	Tu 17 15h	Tu 17 16h	Tu 17 17h	We 18 8h	We 18 9h	We 18 10h	We 18 11h	We 18 12h	We 18 13h	We 18 14h	We 18 15h	We 18 16h	We 18 17h	Th 19 8h	Th 19 9h	Th 19 10h	Th 19 11h	Th 19 12h	Th 19 13h	Th 19 14h	Th 19 15h	Th 19 16h	Th 19 17h	Fr 20 8h	Fr 20 9h	Fr 20 10h	Fr 20 11h	Fr 20 12h	Fr 20 13h	Fr 20 14h	Fr 20 15h	Fr 20 16h	Fr 20 17h	Sa 21 8h	Sa 21 9h	Sa 21 10h	Sa 21 11h	Sa 21 12h	Sa 21 13h	Sa 21 14h	Sa 21 15h	Sa 21 16h	Sa 21 17h	Su 22 8h	Su 22 9h	Su 22 10h	Su 22 11h	Su 22 12h	Su 22 13h	Su 22 14h	Su 22 15h	Su 22 16h	Su 22 17h	Mo 23 8h	Mo 23 9h	Mo 23 10h	Mo 23 11h	Mo 23 12h	Mo 23 13h	Mo 23 14h	Mo 23 15h	Mo 23 16h	Mo 23 17h	Tu 24 8h	Tu 24 9h	Tu 24 10h	Tu 24 11h	Tu 24 12h	Tu 24 13h	Tu 24 14h	Tu 24 15h	Tu 24 16h	Tu 24 17h	We 25 8h	We 25 9h	We 25 10h	We 25 11h	We 25 12h	We 25 13h	We 25 14h	We 25 15h	We 25 16h	We 25 17h	Th 26 8h	Th 26 9h	Th 26 10h	Th 26 11h	Th 26 12h	Th 26 13h	Th 26 14h	Th 26 15h	Th 26 16h	Th 26 17h	Fr 27 8h	Fr 27 9h	Fr 27 10h	Fr 27 11h	Fr 27 12h	Fr 27 13h	Fr 27 14h	Fr 27 15h	Fr 27 16h	Fr 27 17h	Sa 28 8h	Sa 28 9h	Sa 28 10h	Sa 28 11h	Sa 28 12h	Sa 28 13h	Sa 28 14h	Sa 28 15h	Sa 28 16h	Sa 28 17h	Su 29 8h	Su 29 9h	Su 29 10h	Su 29 11h	Su 29 12h	Su 29 13h	Su 29 14h	Su 29 15h	Su 29 16h	Su 29 17h	Mo 30 8h	Mo 30 9h	Mo 30 10h	Mo 30 11h	Mo 30 12h	Mo 30 13h	Mo 30 14h	Mo 30 15h	Mo 30 16h	Mo 30 17h	Tu 1 8h	Tu 1 9h	Tu 1 10h	Tu 1 11h	Tu 1 12h	Tu 1 13h	Tu 1 14h	Tu 1 15h	Tu 1 16h	Tu 1 17h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	12	13	14	15	18	18	20	20	21	22	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	21	19	18	16	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	10	12	13	13	13	12	14	14	16	17	18	19	20	19	19	18	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	6	5	4	9	9	7	6	4	3	1	2	2	3	10	10	10	10	10	11	13	15	17	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	9	8	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	13	13	12	13	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	13	12	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	26	24	21	19	19	20	20	21	21	21
Gusts (kn)	12	13	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	16	17	19	20	24	25	27	28	29	30	16	16	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	21	22	23	25	26	27	29	31	33	35	32	29	26	23	22	21	19	18	17	15	14	13	13	13	14	16	18	18	18	19	18	20	21	22	24	25	26	26	26	26	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	2	3	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	5	7	9	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	17	18	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	23	18	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	7	8	9	9	8	6	5	5	7	8	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	19	22	24	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	25	22	17	15	15	16	17	16	14	13
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.1
Wave Per.	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Wave Energy (Kj)	1.6k	1.7k	1.7k	1.8k	1.8k	1.9k	2.0k	2.0k	2.0k	2.1k	1.7k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	2.6k	2.6k	2.6k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.5k	2.6k	2.6k	2.5k	2.4k	2.3k	2.2k	2.1k	2.0k	1.9k	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	1.9k	1.8k	1.7k	1.7k	1.6k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	546	559	589	627	666	724	792	865	931	987
Temp. (°C)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13
Rain (mm)				0.1	0.3						0.2										0.1										0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2				0.1	0.1	0.1																															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																																									0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	94	98	100	100	92	96	93	96	89	89	96	19	11		61	48	73	100	92	87	65	69	69	69	72	57	48	50	36	33	83	72	60	49	48	48	47	57	67	77	76	60	45	29	44	60	75	79	84	88	21	18	14	11	12	14	15	10	5			4	8	12	11	9	8	19	29	40	72	70	67	65	64	63	62	23	11		48	34	21	7	7	7	7	7	7	7					33	66	99	81	63	45	100	100	100	100	97	93	90	93	97	100	100	100	100	100	82	65	47	60	74	87	6	5	5	4	3	1																			1	1	2	15	28	41	100	100	100	100	98	95	93	95	98	100
Tide Ht.	0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.7	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.2	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.6	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.7	-0.5	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1
Tide Dir.					low											low					high						low					high						low					high						low					high						low					high											high					low						high					low						high					low						high				low						high					low						high					low										low											low
Tide Time					12:20											13:20					08:10						14:20					09:20						15:20					10:40						16:40					11:50						17:50					12:50											13:40					08:20						14:30					09:10						15:20					10:00						16:10				10:40						16:50					11:20						17:40					12:00										12:40											13:20

Level: Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Medium wave, Big wave

Water hazards: Rocks

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Excellent waves, can be up to 6m. Clean waves coming in as sets.

Beach type & size: Sand, Rocks, Stones - Small

Infos: Small beach, with sand, stones and rocks.

Identified hazards: Rocks

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Long wetsuits needed all year round - although people were seen in shorties some times. Air around 30C in the summer, down to 15C in the winter. The water is pretty cold, around 10-15C in the summer and 13-17C in the winter. The longer the South Easter (prevailing summer wind) blows, the colder the surface water gets. Doesn't matter much in summer though.

Wind type: Thermal

Wind specificities: The winds is a bit gustier with SE. In the summer, the wind is mostly S to SE, but of which are pretty exactly sideshore; this is the perfect wind (called Cape Dr.) and can get very strong at times - up to 40 knots. The wind tends to pick up in the mornings and get stronger. So if super strong winds are predicted, get there early! NW is mostly a bad weather or winter wind. Less reliable, but often associated with big waves.

Best months: January, February, March, December

Access description: by Car - From Cape Town drive south towards Simon's Town and keep driving south following signs to Cape Hope. You need to turn right, about 0.2 miles before a round about to get to Cape Point. Follow that road almost to its end and you will pass by the launch, just where the waves are the nicest.

Specific rules: None

Nightlife: In Cape Town.

Accommodations: Parking

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