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Icon EU 7 km

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

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon EU 7 km run: 20/05 00:00																																																																Icon Global 11 km run: 20/05 00:00																																		GFS 13 km run: 20/05 00:00																																																																unknown run: 20/05 00:00
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Wind Spd. (kn)	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	9	10	10	11	11	9	5	5	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	6	8	8	9	10	9	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	4	5	7	8	8	8	7	6	6	7	8	10	11	9	1	2	3	3	2	2	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	12	11	11	10	9	4	6	8	9	10	9	10	11	13	14	14	14	13	11	7	8	10	11	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	10	10	8	1	2	2	4	7	11	12	9	7	10	10	8	7	6	3	3	3	4	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	4	5	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	8	8	10	11
Gusts (kn)	6	8	12	12	12	13	12	15	18	19	19	21	21	21	10	11	14	15	16	17	16	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	12	15	15	17	20	20	21	22	22	23	25	24	22	22	8	11	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	19	21	19	3	4	6	8	8	8	9	10	11	13	13	14	15	20	12	14	15	17	18	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	21	14	16	18	19	20	21	22	23	25	27	26	25	25	23	6	8	12	15	15	16	16	17	18	20	21	22	22	19	23	22	20	17	15	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	15	16	12	2	3	4	6	10	15	17	16	12	10	9	9	9	8	6	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	8	2	3	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	14	12	11	12	13	15
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
Wave Per.	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Energy (Kj)	94	100	101	103	103	102	104	108	109	111	111	116	114	117	96	92	90	89	88	86	84	85	84	81	84	84	85	84	93	97	100	101	105	106	106	104	103	102	103	103	103	103	101	102	107	107	105	104	102	101	99	97	96	96	93	90	44	44	43	43	44	43	44	43	43	42	44	44	43	44	48	51	50	52	55	57	58	59	62	63	66	68	69	74
Temp. (°C)	15	16	17	18	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	22	21	20	17	17	18	19	21	22	23	23	23	23	22	21	20	18	15	16	18	19	21	22	23	23	23	23	22	21	20	19	16	17	19	21	22	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	22	16	17	19	21	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	17	18	19	20	22	23	24	25	25	25	24	22	21	20	14	15	17	18	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	19	18	15	17	19	22	24	26	27	28	28	28	27	26	24	22	17	19	22	25	28	30	32	33	34	34	34	34	33	30	20	22	24	27	30	33	35	36	37	37	37	36	35	32	21	22	23	24	27	29	31	30	28	26	24	23	21	20	17	19	21	23	24	25	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	21	16	18	19	21	22	23	24	23	23	22	21	20	20	19	17	18	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	21	21	20	20	18	15	16	18	20	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	20	19	18	15	16	18	19	20	20	21
Rain (mm)																																																																																																																																																																																																																		0.1		0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	70	37	38	41	47	27	35	44	36	6	1				40	39	47	31	22	2									47	39	14	4	6			2			10	66	40																													7	42	61	81	100	100	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	54	47	41	34	32	30	28	52	76	100	100	100	100	76					2	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	45	54	63	72	69	67	64	61	57	54	53	53	52	37															67	78	89	100	89	77	66	44	22					1	34	48	61	75	53	30	8	5	3						77	81	85	89	69	50	30	45	59	74	83	91	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	92	88	62	37	11	33	55	77	72		2	4	6	31	56	81	87	94	100	84	69	53	69	39	51	64	76	84	91	99
Tide Ht.	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.4	0.6	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.0	0.3	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.7	-0.5	-0.1	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.4	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.1	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6	-1.2	-1.0	-0.6	-0.0	0.6	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.1	-1.0	-1.3	-1.3	-1.0	-0.5	0.2	0.8	1.2	1.3	1.1	0.6	-0.0	-0.7	-1.1	-1.3	-1.0	-1.3	-1.3	-1.0	-0.4	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.4	1.1	0.5	-0.2	-0.8	-1.3	-0.6	-1.1	-1.4	-1.2	-0.8	-0.2	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.4	1.1	0.4	-0.3	-1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-1.1	-1.3	-1.1	-0.7	-0.0	0.7	1.2	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.3	-0.4	0.5	-0.2	-0.7	-1.1	-1.2	-1.0	-0.5	0.1	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.8	0.3	-0.2	-0.7	-1.0	-1.0	-0.8	-0.3	0.2	0.8	1.2	1.3	1.1	0.7	0.9	0.6	0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6	-0.2	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.7	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1
Tide Dir.			high						low									high						low									high						low									high						low									high						low		low						high							low		low						high						low			low						high									low						high								low							high								low						high									low						high			high						low						high			high						low						high			high						low									high						low
Tide Time			09:00						15:00									10:20						16:10									11:20						17:20									12:20						18:20									13:10						19:10		07:40						13:50							20:00		08:20						14:40						20:50			09:10						15:30									10:00						16:10								10:50							17:00								11:40						17:50									12:30						18:50			07:30						13:20						19:50			08:30						14:20						20:50			09:30						15:30									10:40						16:40

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Atlantic ocean. During the winter is one of the only places where you can kite/windsurf because the SW `storm` waves are soften by the sea bottom. Waves are perfect specially if the sea is higher than 2m.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Typical west Atlantic coast beach. White sand, clean beach, huge (10km). Enough space for everything. During summer stay off the crowded area. Only one road to the Fonte da Telha village.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: June, July, August

Weather specificities: Water cold, air temp hot during summer 25-35C, cold during winter 10-20C. Summer season is from May to mid-September.

Wind specificities: During the summer, less than at Nova Vaga (to the 5km north) and than Lago Albufeira (7km south). Only go out in sideshore and sideonshore winds. No other wind directions allowed (cliff in the back). North is the best direction.

Access description: by Car - From Lisbon to Costa da Caparica, then to Fonte da Telha. 15km from Lisbon. By car or by beach train during the summer from Costa da Caparica.

Specific rules: Time

Extra: During summer must get a little to the South or North into the uncrowded area to ride.

Accommodations: Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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