default:

GFS HRRR 3 km

GEM HRDPS 2.5

GFS HRRR 3

GEM regional 10

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	GFS HRRR 3 km run: 09/05 21:00																												GFS 13 km run: 09/05 21:00
Date Optimal	Fr 9 17h	Fr 9 18h	Fr 9 19h	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	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	Mo 12 6h	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	Tu 13 6h	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	We 14 6h	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	Th 15 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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 6h	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	6	5	9	15	16	16	13	12	10	11	11	9	5	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	12	13	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	15	16	18	23	22	23	23	23	22	20	17	16	18	19	19	19	20	13	12	12	14	12	12	10	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	12	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	10	9	8	6	7	7	6	4	3	3	5	6	8	10	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	9	11	13	13	16	18	18	16	14	13	13	11	19	17	15	13	11	10	12	14	15	14	12	10	9	10	11	12	11	11	10	8	7	7	7	8	12	16	18	19	25	29	6	5	4	2	4	7	10	12	13	13	14	15	12	11	14	19	19	19	18	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	16	15	13	12	12	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	7	5	4	5	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	5	6	7	8	9	9	9
Gusts (kn)	9	10	15	15	16	16	14	13	11	11	11	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	10	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	16	17	19	25	25	24	26	25	28	26	24	19	15	16	18	20	20	16	15	15	16	13	11	11	12	13	15	16	18	20	22	13	12	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	10	8	4	1	7	6	6	6	5	5	7	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	9	8	8	9	11	12	13	12	12	13	14	14	13	11	9	22	19	16	14	12	12	13	15	16	16	15	14	11	7	5	15	11	8	7	6	6	6	7	8	9	11	13	16	21	23	2	1	1	3	7	10	12	14	16	15	15	14	16	18	19	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	7	8	10	10	11	11
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)				1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	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	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Wave Per.				5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	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	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Energy (Kj)				35	34	34	33	31	31	30	28	28	28	26	26	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	26	27	26	26	28	29	30	32	35	38	40	42	45	46	48	49	50	114	120	124	129	137	143	151	166	178	194	201	204	208	208	139	129	114	106	99	90	84	79	72	68	63	61	57	54	39	37	35	33	32	30	29	28	29	28	28	27	26	27	27	23	22	22	21	20	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17
Temp. (°C)	23	23	23	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20
Rain (mm)																																								0.2	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.4	4.9	6.4	4.8	2.1	2.8	3.8	1.8	1.2	1.2	1.4	0.9	1.4	0.1				0.6	0.6	0.4	0.3				0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																																																																						0.2	0.2	0.2										0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	85	98	98	96	35	100	100	79	97	100	100	100	48	100	100	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	14	100	100	17	7	100	7	5	4	2	1	1	63	53	42	32	22	12	10	9	7	6	5	4	3	1		2	1		1	3	4	36	68	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	89	78	67	58	48	39	54	70	85	90	95	100	81	61	42	49	59	70	80	90	100	100	100	100	78	57	35	34	33	32	29	23	16	23	30	37	26	15	4	5	6	7	17	27	37	18	18	19	39	59	79	82	84	87	60	32	5	14	24	33	4	6	8	6	4	2	31	59	88	92	96	100	92	83	75	69	66	64	53	41	30	49	67	86	91	95	100	100	100	100	21	14	8	8	8	8	23	37	52	36	19	3	35	68	100	96	91	87	91	94	98	94	89	85	82	80	77	74	70	67
Tide Ht.	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	-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	-0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-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	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3
Tide Dir.		high							low							high	high						low						high			high					low									high						low									high					low									high						low										high						low										high					low					low						high					low					low						high					low				low							high					low				low							high					low				low							high									low							high									low						high
Tide Time		18:50							12:30							19:20	07:20						13:00						19:50			08:00					13:30									08:30						14:00									09:10					14:40									09:50						15:20										10:30						16:00										11:20					16:50					06:30						12:10					17:40					07:10						13:00					18:40				07:50							14:00					19:50				08:40							15:00					20:50				09:20							16:00									10:10							17:00									11:00						17:50

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Nice waves up to 6m high, depending on wind direction and swell.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Big sandy beach with lots of space.

Identified hazards: Cars

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Season from March to November. Year-round possible if you ride on the warmer SW winds with warm water currents. Wetsuits needed beginning and end of the year, just shorts from late spring to early fall. Warm gulf-stream ocean currents keep air and water temperatures warm nearly year-round.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: In June and July 90% wind from SW. Starts at 3pm, strongest at 7pm and lasts until sunset. In August and September the wind is not consistent. In October and November 70% wind. In December to February windy almost daily. In March to May frontals and winds from SW, NW and NE. Main directions: NE and SW. Works in: W, SW, SE, E.

Best months: January, February, June, July, October, November, December

Access description: by Car - Easiest is a rental car. Follow the signs to the Outer Banks from Norfolk (route 168S and then 158S). Then take route 12 south all the way down and get to Hatteras. Get to the ferry docks and access the beach on the ocean-side with 4-wheel drive. Normal cars can park close by.

Specific rules: Other

Extra: Watch out for car traffic on the beach. Do not lay the lines across tire tracks. Great launch for SW downwinders.

Nightlife: No nightlife.

Accommodations: Rooms, Food, Parking

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