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Icon Global 1

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	Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 16:00																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 16:00
Date Optimal	We 30 12h	We 30 13h	We 30 14h	We 30 15h	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	10	9	9	9	8	6	5	4	3	4	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	3	2	2	1	1	4	7	7	8	8	8	7	1	1	0	1	3	3	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	0	1	1	2	3	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	4	6	6	6	6	1	2	3	4	4	5	5	8	8	8	0	1	1	2	1	4	6	7	7	7	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	7	8	7	7	7	6	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	2	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Gusts (kn)	24	24	22	22	20	18	15	12	12	16	19	20	21	21	21	18	16	15	5	5	5	4	12	16	18	18	19	19	18	4	3	3	5	8	8	12	11	10	10	8	6	5	3	2	3	5	6	7	8	9	7	2	2	4	5	7	9	11	12	12	13	9	6	6	6	6	9	12	15	15	16	17	3	5	7	9	11	13	14	9	10	11	1	1	2	4	6	8	10	11	12	12	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	14	15	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	14	15	15	15	13	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	5	7
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Wave Per.	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Energy (Kj)	708	697	687	676	676	660	653	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	843	831	820	804	793	781	759	748	725	714	693	481	463	455	442	433	412	404	384	373	354	343	218	214	212	208	206	210	216	220	224	222	226	287	287	292	292	297	294	299	296	298	303	305	304	294	282	276	264	259	253	251	248	254
Temp. (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	6	9	12	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	7	9	13	16	17	18	19	19	18	18	16	7	10	15	19	21	23	24	24	22	21	19	12	14	16	17	18	20	20	20	19	18	17	10	13	16	19	20	21	21	20	19	18	14	16	18	20	21	22	23	21	20	19	15	16	18	19	20	21	21	21	20	19	15	16	17	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	14	16	18	20	22	24	25	25	25	25	21	24	28	30	31	32	32	31	29	28	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	19	18	14	15	17	18	20	21	22	22	22	21
Rain (mm)								0.3	0.3	0.2	0.7	0.5	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.7	0.1	0.1																																																																																																																				0.1	0.1	0.1							0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	47	67	68	34			24	88	81	80	84	92	90	90	88	83	82	44	48	41	37	94	100	96	92	100	100	100	100	100	100	77	16			10	29	49	68	61	4	3	1									95	61	45	29	19	10						100	87	75	62	75	87	100	100	99	99								95	98	100	100	72	45	17	11	6		13	26	39	65	64	64	63	46	28	11	7	4		7	7	6	6	5	3	2	1	1												88	79	70	61	67	73	79	84	89	94	76	84	92	100	100	100	100	81	61	42	27	51	76	100	80	60	40	47	54	61	13	11	10	8	5	3
Tide Ht.	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5
Tide Dir.						high					low							high					low													low						high						low						high						low						high						low					high											high										high					low						high				low						high					low						high				low						high					low						high				low						high
Tide Time						17:10					11:50							18:00					12:40													14:00						09:00						15:30						10:30						16:50						11:40						17:50					12:30											13:10										13:50					08:10						14:20				08:40						14:50					09:10						15:20				09:30						15:50					10:00						16:20				10:30						16:50

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Medium wave, Big wave

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: One of the great wave spots. Waves can are between 1-4m faces normally, but can get huge at times. Beyond the breaker zone, there is a fairly easy going swell. Shore break varies, but usually isn't gruesome. Bigger waves in the winter. Water ranges from being really flat, to really choppy.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: The beach is very long (several kilometers). To the south is Dolphin Beach. The beach is wide enough to lay out plenty of lines and launch. Nice, sandy beach. There is a tap where you can rinse yourself and your board. Plenty of grass to rig on if you choose not to rig on the beach.

Weather specificities: Long wetsuits needed all year round - although people were seen in shorties some times. Air around 30C in the summer, down to 15C in the winter. The water is pretty cold, around 10-15C in the summer and 13-17C in the winter. The longer the South Easter (prevailing summer wind) blows, the colder the surface water gets. Doesn't matter much in summer though.

Wind type: Thermal

Wind specificities: Wind mostly sideshore from the left. Due to slightly strange local effects, the wind is generally sideshore or onshore. In the summer, the wind is mostly S to SE, but of which are pretty exactly sideshore; this is the perfect wind (called Cape Dr.) and can get very strong at times - up to 40 knots. The wind tends to pick up in the mornings and get stronger. So if super strong winds are predicted, get there early! NW is mostly a bad weather or winter wind. Less reliable, but often associated with big waves. SW is onshore and doesn't usually get strong at kite beach. Go to Sunset Beach, Melkbos or Big Bay. Surfing is possible all year round, although the summer months (December to March) have the best winds. In the winter, you will mostly find NW winds (from the right), although these come rarely. Steady winds.

Best months: January, February, March, December

Access description: by Car - Follow the R27 (North) out of Cape Town. Turn left at the Dolphin Beach Hotel at the entrance to Tabe View. Follow the beach road, then you will get to Kite Beach.

Specific rules: None

Nightlife: Good nightlife in Capetown.

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