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Arpege EU 11

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

MF Arpege EU 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	Arpege EU 11 km run: 03/05 14:02																																																								Icon Global 11 km run: 03/05 14:02																																									GFS 13 km run: 03/05 14:02
Date Optimal	Sa 3 15h	Sa 3 16h	Sa 3 17h	Sa 3 18h	Sa 3 19h	Sa 3 20h	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Fr 16 18h	Fr 16 19h	Fr 16 20h	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	Sa 17 18h	Sa 17 19h	Sa 17 20h	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	Su 18 18h	Su 18 19h	Su 18 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	15	16	16	16	17	17	11	11	12	12	13	12	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	11	12	11	11	12	13	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	9	7	5	7	9	9	10	9	12	14	14	12	13	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	9	10	11	10	9	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	11	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	15	15	16	16	17	18	17	16	15	16	16	17	17	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	9	10	11	12	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14
Gusts (kn)	22	23	23	23	24	24	15	15	17	18	19	19	21	21	22	22	21	21	22	15	16	16	16	18	20	22	23	24	23	23	22	21	13	12	10	11	14	15	15	15	18	21	21	20	18	16	15	16	18	20	20	18	19	20	20	19	19	18	14	15	16	16	16	16	18	20	22	21	20	19	17	4	3	1	2	4	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	11	13	14	13	11	10	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	26	23	22	21	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	22	23	25	21	20	19	18	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	21	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	19	19	21	22	21	20	18	16	16	16	17	18	20	21	22	23	20	18	17	15	14	14	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6
Wave Per.	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8
Wave Energy (Kj)	28	28	27	27	26	27	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	21	16	15	15	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	14	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	17	19	21
Temp. (°C)	23	23	23	22	21	20	17	18	19	21	23	24	24	24	24	24	22	21	20	18	18	20	21	22	23	23	23	23	22	21	21	20	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	22	21	21	21	20	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	23	23	22	21	21	19	19	20	21	23	24	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18
Rain (mm)																																																																	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1		0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.3
Cloud Cov. (%)	4	5	3				89	65	71	100	99	85	63	61	80	98	93	91	84	91	70	70	59	54	61	47	53	87	100	100	100	100	71	87	91	100	100	100	96	100	98	84	80	53	30	88	86	83	57	75	67	63	82	100	87	73	60	72	81	62	43	62	81	100	100	100	100	98	97	95	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	95	92	93	93	94	95	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	90	40	23	7	6	4	3	4	5	6	19	33	46	45	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	74	77	81	87	94	100	100	100	100	96	92	88	62	80	89	97	98	98	99	95	91	87	82	78	73	82	58	79	100	91	81	72	50	28	6	10	13	17	15	1	1					2	5	7	6	6	5	26	67	53	40	29	18	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Tide Ht.	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.2	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.7	-0.5	-0.7	-0.4	-0.0	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	-0.2	-0.5	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8	-0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.0	-0.4	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.3	-0.2	-0.5	-0.7	-0.7	-0.7	-0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.4	-0.0	-0.4	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2
Tide Dir.				high								low						high		high							low					high		high							low							high							low							high						low								high						low							high						low								high						low							high						low								high						low	low						high						low	low							high							low						high							low							high							low							high
Tide Time				18:20								13:10						19:30		08:30							15:00					20:50		09:40							16:10							10:40							17:00							11:20						17:40								12:00						18:10							12:30						18:40								13:10						19:10							13:40						19:40								14:10						20:10	08:10						14:40						20:30	08:40							15:20							09:10						15:50							09:40							16:40							10:30							17:30

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean, Lagoon

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

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: Flat to choppy water. Big shallow lagoon, waist deep. At some parts too shallow for windsurfers on low tide. Dakhla is a kiters paradise with a massive 50km lagoon that's rideable at all tide states. As well as the flat water lagoon, Dakhla boasts some amazing wave spots on the coast, so it really provides something for everyone, no matter what your favourite conditions are. There are private security boats from the local centres.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Sandy beach with lots of space.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Sunny and warm all year. Not wetsuit needed in summer, a shorty or long wetsuit in winter. Sun protection is very important. The temperature in Dakhla between 16C to 30C, but does drop considerably during the night.

Wind type: Trade

Wind specificities: Summer has the strongest and most consistent wind. In winter it has more than 60% over 4 Bft. Any wind direction is possible in the lagoon. Mainly NE trade winds. At this beach the wind gets accelerated and is stronger as on the ocean side. All directions work. The north easterly wind is prevailing and makes for almost constant winds in Dakhla all year round. The wind generally blows from the North/north east. It is very constant, and blows from 15 to 25 knots, all day long. The wind strength increases during the summer months of July and August.

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

Access description: by Car - Fly to Dakhla and get to the north end of the lagoon and onto the peninsula and drive to its end.

Specific rules: None

Nightlife: The city of Dakhla is developing constantly, but still does not offer much in the way of nightlife.

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

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