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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

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon EU 7 km run: 11/05 02:50																																																																Icon Global 11 km run: 11/05 02:50																															GFS 13 km run: 11/05 02:50																																																																unknown run: 11/05 02:50
Date Optimal	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	Su 11 20h	Su 11 21h	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	Mo 12 20h	Mo 12 21h	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	Tu 13 20h	Tu 13 21h	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	We 14 20h	We 14 21h	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	Th 15 21h	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	Fr 16 21h	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	Sa 17 21h	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	Su 18 21h	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	Mo 19 21h	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	Tu 20 21h	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	We 21 21h	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	Th 22 21h	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	Fr 23 21h	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	Sa 24 21h	Su 25 8h	Su 25 9h	Su 25 10h	Su 25 11h	Su 25 12h	Su 25 13h	Su 25 14h	Su 25 15h	Su 25 16h	Su 25 17h	Su 25 18h	Su 25 19h	Su 25 20h	Su 25 21h	Mo 26 8h	Mo 26 9h	Mo 26 10h	Mo 26 11h	Mo 26 12h	Mo 26 13h	Mo 26 14h	Mo 26 15h	Mo 26 16h	Mo 26 17h	Mo 26 18h	Mo 26 19h	Mo 26 20h	Mo 26 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	3	3	5	8	9	10	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	7	2	3	4	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	5	1	2	3	5	7	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	10	3	5	7	9	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	4	5	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	2	2	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	5	2	2	3	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	14	15	18	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	21	23	24	24	24	24	22	21	21	21	21	23	19	20	22	24	25	26	26	26	24	23	22	21	21	21	4	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	4	5	6	6	6	5	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	9	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	1	1	1	2	2	3	3
Gusts (kn)	7	8	11	16	18	20	22	22	22	22	22	23	22	19	7	8	9	14	16	18	18	19	20	21	21	20	20	18	4	5	8	11	15	16	17	18	18	19	21	21	20	19	8	11	14	17	19	22	24	24	25	25	24	23	22	20	10	12	14	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	13	4	4	4	4	6	7	9	9	10	11	9	8	7	6	11	13	15	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	14	11	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	14	16	17	25	27	29	31	32	32	32	31	31	31	32	34	36	36	36	34	32	30	30	30	30	31	33	35	36	37	39	39	36	38	40	40	37	32	29	28	28	29	29	31	32	32	1	1	4	6	7	9	9	9	7	6	6	6	7	7	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	11	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	2	2	2	2	3	4	5
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Wave Per.	7	7	6	6	6	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	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	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	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11
Wave Energy (Kj)	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	14	14	13	12	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	11	12	15	17	13	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	21	20	20	19	19	18	17	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	22	24	25	27	28	31	34	38	40	45	48	52	57	62
Temp. (°C)	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	20	20	19	18	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	18	14	15	17	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	19	19	21	22	23	24	25	25	26	26	25	25	24	22	16	17	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	18	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	15	16	18	19	20	21	21
Rain (mm)																																																																																																																																																																									0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	100	79	63	32	32	24	1	1	1					65	66	62	98	100	100	98	30	3			95	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	74	79	72	18	6	1			55	52	50	47	38	28	19	25	30	36	45	54	63	59	62	61	60	59	40	20	1	1							100	100	100	100	71	41	12	41	71	100	100	100	100	78					1	3	4	32	61	89	93	96	100	100	5	3	2		1	1	2	1	1		17	34	51	67	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	89	78	67	47	28	8	11															11	14	17	20	30	41	51	38	24	11	7	4		2	94	90	85	81	65	49	33	40	48	55	58	62	65	70	98	98	99	99	97	95	93	80	66	53	58	64	69	63	100	67	33		9	18	27	22	16	11	8	5	2	2	7	15	24	32	33	35	36	24	12
Tide Ht.	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6
Tide Dir.	low							high						low		low							high					low			low						high								low							high								low						high								low							high								low							high								low						high			high						low							high		high						low										high					low										high					low										high					low									high						low			low						high						low		low							high						low
Tide Time	08:50							15:40						21:10		09:20							16:10					21:40			10:00						16:40								10:30							17:10								11:10						17:40								11:40							18:10								12:30							19:00								13:20						19:50			08:20						14:10							21:00		09:40						15:20										11:00					16:40										12:00					17:50										13:00					18:50									13:50						19:40			08:10						14:40						20:20		08:50							15:20						21:10

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean, Lagoon

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

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: Can be very nice waves up to 2m. During the first Poniente days mainly flat water. With several strong Poniente days and high tide, a lagoon is created, about 1.5 km long and up to 200m wide. Excellent flat water for speed with the offshore Levante.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Big, sandy beach. Lots of space. Be careful in the dunes with thorns.

Identified hazards: Other

Beachgoer: July, August

Weather specificities: Air in winter 20C, in summer between 25 and 35C. Water between 18C in winter and 23C in summer. Winter long wetsuit, summer shorty or shorts, rest of year shorty.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: Levante (Northeast wind) is gusty and strong between 15-30 knots. Normally but some days 40 knots. Poniente (West wind) is perfect for kitesurfing with 8-20 knots.

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October

Access description: by Car - From Tarifa center drive to the end of the village and then turn left into a small dirt road, leading you to a parking lot and a nightclub. Free parking. 15min of walking to Tarifa.

Specific rules: Time

Extra: Kitesurfing and windsurfing banned during summer.

Nightlife: A nightclub directly at the beach. Only opened in the high season. But always nightlife in Tarifa.

Accommodations: Food, Parking

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