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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: 30/04 12:18																															GFS 13 km run: 30/04 12:18
Date Optimal	We 30 8h	We 30 9h	We 30 10h	We 30 11h	We 30 12h	We 30 13h	We 30 14h	We 30 15h	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	We 30 19h	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	15	16	17	14	13	15	17	17	17	18	19	20	17	16	16	15	16	18	19	19	20	20	19	18	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	21	20	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	21	23	22	17	20	21	23	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	18	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	9	11	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	17	16	15	14	13	14	15	16	18	19	19	19	19	12	12	11	11	9	8	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	10	11	11	11	10	10	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	12	13	13	13	17	21	23	22	22	21	20	19	18	18
Gusts (kn)	22	23	25	21	16	19	21	22	23	25	26	26	24	22	22	20	20	23	24	26	28	29	28	27	25	23	24	21	21	20	19	19	19	20	23	26	27	28	24	23	22	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	27	30	25	17	17	17	16	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	17	18	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	15	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	9	9	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	15	16	17	18	18	17	15	14	13	12	12	14	17	19	21	23	23	22	19	16	14	12	11	11	12	15	16	17	17	13	12	10	8	6	4	4	4	5	6	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	19	20	25	25	24	23	21	20	19	18	18	18	19	20	22	26	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	14
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	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	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5
Wave Per.	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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
Wave Energy (Kj)	24	24	23	23	22	23	24	24	26	27	29	29	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	19	20	20	23	25	25	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	30	32	32	32	31	29	28	27	26	26	27	27	28	32	60	57	55	53	53	50	49	48	48	51	57	61	62	53	54	54	54	53	53	54	54	56	58	58	59	63	119	121	123	123	119	117	112	105	100	95	87	82	78
Temp. (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Rain (mm)																																																					0.1	0.1	0.1																																																																																																																																	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1							0.2	0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)	37	27	63	86	56			2	55	93	100	92	98	45	3	7	100	27	5	83	100	100	100	96	100	100	96	100	100	100	100	86	71	60	22	100	100	100	7	27	52	36	85	100	100	100	23	66	40	71	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	100	100	83	65	48	33	17	2	4	7	4	5	4	3	2	4	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	31	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	15	25	2					1	1	2	1	1				58	68	47	26	5	3	2					9	19	29	20	12	9	6	3	6	10	13	11	8	6	5	3	19	25	31	52	74	95	97	98	100	100	100	100	91	82	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	93	89	93	96	100	100	100	45	22		22	44	66	63	60	57	49	42	34	25	16
Tide Ht.	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
Tide Dir.			high					low									high					low									high					low			low						high						low		low							high							low							high							low							high							low						high							low							high							low							high						low							high	high					low										high					low									high						low									high					low										high					low
Tide Time			10:10					15:40									11:10					16:30									12:20					17:40			07:50						13:50						19:10		08:50							15:10							09:40							16:10							10:20							17:00							11:00						17:50							11:30							18:30							12:00							19:10						12:20							19:40	07:30					12:50										08:10					13:30									08:50						14:10									09:30					14:50										10:10					15:30

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean, Lagoon

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

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Flat to small chop. The Pamlico Sound is a huge waist deep water area. On the ocean side nice waves up to 6m high, depending on wind direction and swell.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: Good launch. Beware of power lines on the soundside when launching and landing. Big sandy beach on the ocean side.

Identified hazards: Power lines

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. The soundside works in: W, NW, N, NE, E. The ocean-side 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 pass Frisco. Located between Frisco and Hatteras. This dirt turnout is right off the highway, soundside. Also park here if you want to access the oceanside.

Specific rules: Zones, Time

Extra: Stay out of the bird closure area. The areas are well marked with signs and further rules. Beware of power lines. Good launch or landing from Frisco/Hatteras downwinders.

Nightlife: No nightlife.

Accommodations: Parking

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