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Icon EU 7 km

MF Arome 1.3

DMI HARMONIE 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

GEM Global 15

BOM ACCESS 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon EU 7 km run: 30/04 20:30																																																													Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 20:30																																		GFS 13 km run: 30/04 20:30
Date Optimal	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	We 30 19h	We 30 20h	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	5	6	7	7	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	3	0	2	3	2	1	9	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	7	5	4	3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	5	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	4	6	6	6	7	6	5	4	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	12	14	14	3	2	1	2	5	9	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	4	4	3	3	2	4	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	1	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	12	12	12	7	8	9	9	11	12	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	15	5	4	3	2	4	7	10	13	17	19	20	20	19	17	7	8	9	10	11	13	15	17	18	18	18	18	17	17
Gusts (kn)	13	8	8	9	8	5	5	8	12	15	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	9	10	11	12	15	16	18	18	15	14	17	14	6	20	21	21	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	18	15	12	10	4	6	8	10	12	14	15	16	17	18	18	17	17	13	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	4	4	4	4	7	10	13	15	16	18	16	14	11	8	3	4	6	7	9	11	13	13	13	13	12	11	9	7	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	12	15	16	17	3	3	2	2	4	6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	7	6	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	2	1	1	2	3	5	6	7	9	12	15	17	16	12	12	12	12	13	14	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	19	7	6	5	4	5	7	8	11	15	18	20	22	22	22	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	15	17	18	19	19	19	19
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.1	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	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6
Wave Per.	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Wave Energy (Kj)	204	204	202	194	192	120	118	113	108	107	102	101	98	96	96	92	92	92	91	143	145	151	152	159	159	159	159	159	157	161	158	164	166	154	146	138	129	123	114	105	100	92	85	81	75	71	65	39	39	38	37	37	37	37	35	35	34	34	33	33	31	26	25	25	24	24	22	22	23	23	22	21	21	21	20	29	29	29	27	28	26	25	25	22	21	20	19	19	19
Temp. (°C)	14	14	14	14	13	11	12	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	13	13	15	16	18	19	20	19	19	18	19	18	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	13	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	11	13	15	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	11	13	15	17	18	20	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	11	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	9	11	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	10	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	11	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	12	13	14	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	8	10	12	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	8	10	12	14	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	8	10	13	15	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14
Rain (mm)	3.4	2.6	3.7	0.3																1.6							0.3	0.5	1.6		0.7	0.5		1.5	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.3		0.1	0.4	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.6													0.1					0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																							0.1	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.9	0.9					0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	100	100	100	100	35	38		72	91	87	60	21	6	2	5	41	100	100	92	93	100	62	99	88	100	100	100	100	100	100	60	62	100	96	99	91	99	96	62	80	73	73	90	97	100	100	81	70	60	49	56	64	71	79	86	94	82	69	57	64	100	100	100	100	97	94	91	91	95	100	100	100	100	100	92	92	91	91	84	77	70	68	66	64	75	85	96	97	100	98	96	94	96	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	80	61	41	39	36	34	26	17	9	7	5	3	3	6	7	8	9	7	4	2	6	11	15	32	50	67	58	21	20	19	18	27	37	46	47	47	48	35	21	8	7	23	22	20	19	15	10	6	5	3	2	1	1			78	75	72	69	79	90	100	91	83	74	73	71	70	59	14	13	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	14	9	5												13	9	4
Tide Ht.	1.1	1.5	1.5	1.2	0.6	1.1	0.7	0.1	-0.5	-1.0	-1.2	-1.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.0	-0.4	-0.8	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	-0.0	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.0	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.0	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	-0.6	-0.4	-0.0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.8	-0.7	-0.3	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6	-0.3	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	-0.2	-0.6	-0.8	-0.8	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.5	-0.1	0.4	0.8	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.1	-0.4	-0.8	-0.9	-0.8	-1.0	-1.0	-0.8	-0.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.1	-0.6	-1.0	-0.6	-1.0	-1.1	-1.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.5	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	0.2	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.0	0.5	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.5	-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	-0.2	-0.7	-1.0	-1.0	-0.8	-0.3	0.2	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.0	0.5	-0.0	0.5	0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.3
Tide Dir.		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						high									low						high								low						high									low						high
Tide Time		17:40									12:10						18:30			07:10						13:00						19:20			08:10						14:00						20:30			09:30						15:20									10:50						16:50										12:00						18:00								12:50						18:50			07:20						13:40						19:40			08:00						14:10						20:10		08:30						14:40						20:50			09:00						15:20								09:30						15:50									10:00						16:20								10:30						16:50									11:10						17:20

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Lagoon

Water type: Shallow, Flat

Water hazards: Shells

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Flat water all over the place. Shells and pebbles in the water, but not much.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Nice sand, maybe a bit too thick, good not to get attached to the kite when folding. Very open space to launch and land the kites.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Temperatures from 18-30C from May to September. Wetsuit usually necessary, since the water is a bit cold. Off-season is possible.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: Wind varies from 10-30 knots in the good season. Usually very stable NW wind from 15-20 knots. Good with NW wind, typical summer wind in Portugal, ridable everyday from May to September. Off-season not as consistent.

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

Access description: by Boat - From Porto (Oporto) airport take the free way IC1 by car to Viana do Castelo / spain route. At 30 km will find the exit to Esposende. Drive to the north of the town and get to the north of the Rio Cavado. Launch from the river side. Or get over to the peninsula with a boat.

Specific rules: None

Nightlife: Wild night life in summer and at near places as Povoa de Varzim.

Accommodations: School

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