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Icon EU 7 km

MF Arome 1.3

MF Arome 2.5

DWD ICON EU 7

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	Icon EU 7 km run: 11/05 17:58																																																							Icon Global 11 km run: 11/05 17:58	Icon EU 7 km run: 11/05 17:58																			Icon Global 11 km run: 11/05 17:58																														GFS 13 km run: 11/05 17:58
Date Optimal	Su 11 14h	Su 11 15h	Su 11 16h	Su 11 17h	Su 11 18h	Su 11 19h	Su 11 20h	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	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	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	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	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	Fr 16 18h	Fr 16 19h	Fr 16 20h	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	Sa 17 18h	Sa 17 19h	Sa 17 20h	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	Su 18 18h	Su 18 19h	Su 18 20h	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	Mo 19 18h	Mo 19 19h	Mo 19 20h	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	Tu 20 18h	Tu 20 19h	Tu 20 20h	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	We 21 18h	We 21 19h	We 21 20h	Th 22 7h	Th 22 8h	Th 22 9h	Th 22 10h	Th 22 11h	Th 22 12h	Th 22 13h	Th 22 14h	Th 22 15h	Th 22 16h	Th 22 17h	Th 22 18h	Th 22 19h	Th 22 20h	Fr 23 7h	Fr 23 8h	Fr 23 9h	Fr 23 10h	Fr 23 11h	Fr 23 12h	Fr 23 13h	Fr 23 14h	Fr 23 15h	Fr 23 16h	Fr 23 17h	Fr 23 18h	Fr 23 19h	Fr 23 20h	Sa 24 7h	Sa 24 8h	Sa 24 9h	Sa 24 10h	Sa 24 11h	Sa 24 12h	Sa 24 13h	Sa 24 14h	Sa 24 15h	Sa 24 16h	Sa 24 17h	Sa 24 18h	Sa 24 19h	Sa 24 20h	Su 25 7h	Su 25 8h	Su 25 9h	Su 25 10h	Su 25 11h	Su 25 12h	Su 25 13h	Su 25 14h	Su 25 15h	Su 25 16h	Su 25 17h	Su 25 18h	Su 25 19h	Su 25 20h	Mo 26 7h	Mo 26 8h	Mo 26 9h	Mo 26 10h	Mo 26 11h	Mo 26 12h	Mo 26 13h	Mo 26 14h	Mo 26 15h	Mo 26 16h	Mo 26 17h	Mo 26 18h	Mo 26 19h	Mo 26 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	3	3	5	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	5	4	1	1	1	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	2	2	2	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	3	2	2	2	2	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	5	6	5	5	5	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	6	6	5	4	0	1	2	3	5	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	0	1	3	4	6	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	8	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	14	16	16	15	13	12	14	18	20	21	15	14	14	14	15	17	19	19	20	19	18	17	16	15	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	5	8	10	11	11	11	12	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	7
Gusts (kn)	15	16	17	17	17	16	15	6	8	11	14	16	17	17	17	17	18	15	15	14	13	3	3	4	10	11	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	5	5	6	10	12	14	15	16	18	20	21	21	20	20	7	6	6	6	8	10	13	14	15	17	17	17	17	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	13	16	15	14	14	10	3	4	4	4	6	8	10	12	13	14	12	10	8	7	4	5	6	7	9	11	13	15	16	17	16	15	15	12	1	1	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	9	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	5	6	8	9	10	11	10	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	6	5	7	9	11	11	10	9	10	11	11	12	12	11	9	5	8	12	15	17	18	18	15	12	11	15	22	27	27	11	13	16	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	5	4	4	4	4	5	7	8	9	11	12	13	13	12	3	4	7	8	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	10
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
Wave Per.	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Energy (Kj)	98	106	114	122	133	140	149	199	199	199	197	200	193	188	185	178	170	169	167	163	158	123	122	118	117	117	115	114	112	111	109	103	102	97	96	59	54	53	51	51	48	47	45	42	42	38	38	38	39	36	33	33	33	33	33	35	35	37	40	43	47	50	53	59	63	64	67	71	73	78	78	81	82	83	85	86	88	110	118	125	132	140	148	154	167	174	182	182	188	188	194
Temp. (°C)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	11	12	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	11	12	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	10	11	13	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	14	15	18	20	21	22	23	23	22	21	20	20	20	19	15	16	18	19	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	16	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	15	16	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Rain (mm)														0.4	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.4	1.1	1.3	0.9	0.1	0.1																																																																																																																													0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1										0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	66	53	43	44	44	52	48	74	75	95	84	100	95	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	75	89	84	93	78	80	34	8	49	62	80	63	29	41	43	52	53	51	50	34	25	17	8		13	26	39	28	16	5	3	2							12	25	37	41	34	27	26	24	23	49	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	98	99	99	96	93	90	93	97	100	85	70	55	50	6	6	7	7	11	16	20	23	25	28	39	49	60	70	16	14	11	9	8	8	7	9	10	12	9	7	4	3	37	58	79	100	87	74	61	71	80	90	81	73	64	61	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	81	61	42	48	55	61	41	5	12	18	25	34	42	51	48	45	42	61	79	98	76	66	68	71	73	57	41	25	29	34	38	51	63	76	64	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	95	92	69	46	23	17		2	5	7	5	2					15	29	44	63
Tide Ht.	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.2	-0.4	-0.9	-0.3	-0.8	-1.1	-1.1	-0.8	-0.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.0	0.5	-0.1	-0.7	-0.0	-0.6	-1.0	-1.1	-1.0	-0.6	-0.0	0.5	1.0	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.2	-0.4	0.3	-0.3	-0.8	-1.0	-1.0	-0.8	-0.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.0	0.5	-0.0	0.5	0.0	-0.5	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.5	-0.0	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8	-0.5	-0.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.0	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.7	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.0	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.6	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.8	-0.6	-0.3	-1.1	-0.8	-0.3	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-1.3	-1.2	-0.8	-0.2	0.4	0.9	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.3	-0.3	-0.8	-1.2	-1.2	-1.2	-1.4	-1.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.6	1.1	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.2	-0.5	-1.0	-1.3	-0.9	-1.3	-1.4	-1.2	-0.6	0.1	0.8	1.3	1.5	1.4	0.8	0.1	-0.6	-1.2
Tide Dir.		high								low						high									low						high								low						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
Tide Time		15:10								09:30						15:40									10:00						16:10								10:30						16:50									11:00						17:20								11:40							18:00								12:20						18:40			07:10						13:10						19:30			08:10						14:10						20:30			09:20						15:20									10:40						16:30									11:40						17:40									12:40						18:40			07:10						13:30						19:30			08:00						14:20						20:30		08:50							15:00

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Wave breaker

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Nice waves, specially downwind of the wave breakers, where they can be very nice and clean. Be careful, the breakers can be under the water surface at high tide. Ask the locals.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: The beach is wide and sandy. At some parts it gets narrow, but it is a very long beach.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: June, July, August

Weather specificities: You can kite all year long. The water temp goes from 13C in winter to 19C in summer. Air temp is from 10C in winter to 30C in summer.

Wind type: Thermal

Wind specificities: Usually the wind comes from North (Nortada). South winds work too, but not as often. Light winds.

Access description: by Car - About 15 km south of Oporto (Porto). Drive along the coast until you reach Espinho.

Nightlife: Great in Porto and surroundings.

Accommodations: Rooms, Food, Parking

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