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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 11:33																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 11:33
Date Optimal	We 30 7h	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 6h	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)	12	13	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	15	14	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	13	11	13	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	23	22	18	19	20	23	23	23	22	23	21	21	20	20	21	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	27	26	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	23	23	23	22	21	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	17	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	8	8	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	12	12	13	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	13	13	12	11	10	9	7	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	11	12	12	13	16	20	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	18
Gusts (kn)	22	22	24	24	22	19	17	19	19	21	21	23	24	22	21	20	19	20	21	22	23	25	25	25	25	24	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	27	25	25	24	24	25	26	27	26	26	26	27	30	29	19	19	19	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	25	24	23	23	23	22	21	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	12	12	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	19	22	24	25	25	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	18	18	19	22	23	25	26	17	15	14	13	11	10	8	7	5	4	4	3	3	3	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	27	28	29	30	13	15	16	18	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	19
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.0	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	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	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	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5
Wave Per.	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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)	26	27	27	27	28	28	29	28	29	29	31	32	33	29	28	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	23	22	23	23	27	28	30	30	31	31	31	33	33	33	32	32	33	36	37	35	34	34	33	32	31	30	31	31	32	37	67	63	62	60	57	55	54	53	53	58	66	73	74	59	59	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	64	64	66	69	132	137	140	137	135	130	124	114	109	104	97	93	88
Temp. (°C)	19	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	20	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	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	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
Cloud Cov. (%)		35	27	81	63	75	1	1	1	22	100	100	95	98	27	21	7	88	28	3	68	95	100	100	100	100	100	87	100	100	100	100	52	100	100	68	64	100	100	34	6	11	87	92	100	82	13	100	7	12	100	58	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	89	79	68	46	24	2	2	3	3	5	4	3	2	4	6	8	7	7	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	5	4	5	5	3	2	1	1										54	70	86	59	31	4	3	3	2	1	1		3	5	9	8	6	5	4	3	9	16	22	17	11	6	5	4	18	23	29	49	69	89	93	96	100	100	100	100	94	88	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	93	89	93	96	100	100	100	45	23		19	38	57	64	70	77	65	53	41	30	19
Tide Ht.	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.1
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		high						low									high						low									high					low									high						low
Tide Time				10:10					15:50									11:00					16:50									12:10					17:50			07:20						13:20						19:00		08:20						14:30								09:20						15:30								10:10						16:30							10:50							17:10							11:30						17:50								12:10						18:30							12:40							19:00		07:20						13:00						19:40		07:50						13:30									08:30						14:10									09:00					14:40									09:40						15:20

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Currents

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. Look out for cars and anglers.

Identified hazards: Cars, Other

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: S, SE, NE, N.

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 Buxton. In North Buxton exit highway 12 onto Forest Rd. Follow the road to its end. There is a parking lot at the end of the park service road past the lighthouse. Easy 2-wheel drive access to the ocean.

Specific rules: Zones, Time

Extra: Do not enter the bird use areas which are well marked.

Nightlife: No nightlife.

Accommodations: Parking

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