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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

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 16:47																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 16:47
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	Tu 6 18h	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)	9	9	9	8	7	7	4	5	5	8	8	9	9	8	8	7	5	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	6	6	7	6	5	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	10	10	3	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	11	10	10	9	8	9	11	12	13	13	13	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	4	3	2	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	9
Gusts (kn)	20	21	21	21	19	17	15	16	16	22	22	22	23	23	22	19	17	11	5	6	6	6	8	14	15	15	16	17	16	6	7	8	8	7	8	10	9	9	9	8	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	4	4	5	7	8	10	11	12	12	10	6	6	6	7	8	10	12	13	15	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	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)	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	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	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
Wave Per.	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Energy (Kj)	613	603	597	588	572	572	557	982	995	995	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	1.0k	989	987	974	766	755	744	722	711	701	690	679	658	648	628	458	450	441	429	416	396	385	366	351	347	333	199	196	192	196	194	192	198	198	202	201	205	253	251	251	255	255	260	258	262	267	269	273	255	246	244	233	230	228	218	215	213	214	212
Temp. (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	9	11	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	11	13	15	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	12	13	16	18	20	22	22	22	21	20	18	12	15	16	17	19	20	21	20	19	18	17	13	15	17	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	17	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	18	17	17	15	16	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	17	19	22	24	25	26	26	25	23	22	15	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14
Rain (mm)								0.1		0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1																																																																																																																							0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	71	76	44	9	15	21	55	57	78	86	87	87	90	72	78	78	46	40	62	39	30	100	98	97	87	100	100	100	100	100	100	11	6	2		22	34	47	59	61													73	67	61	74	86	99	69	40	10	7	96	81	65	50	65	81	96	84	71	59	55	30	28	25	23	15	8		72	44	16	68	46	24	2	3	3	4	14	25	35	100	96	93	89	66	43	20	13	7		3	4	4	5	3	2															86	75	65	54	69	85	100	98	96	94	100	100	100	100	94	87	81	73	65	57	61	74	87	100	86	73	59	67	74	82	26	20	14	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	0.3	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	0.0	-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	-0.3	-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	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	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	-0.4	-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	-0.3	-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					08:50							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: Small wave, Medium wave, Big wave

Water hazards: Rocks

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: Beautiful water with a nice wave and flat sections in between. Lots of space. Some rocks to the north. Almost no people cause the water is just so cold. Lots of wonderful coast line for kitesufing.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: This gorgeous 8 km horseshoe curve of fine white sparkling sand is quite unspoilt and deserted. It is the Cape's widest beach with plenty of room. Long wonderful empty beach for land power kiting. Amazing all year round. Sometimes people take their horses or walk their dogs on the beach (and may let them off the leash) but otherwise relatively empty all year round.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

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: In the summer, the wind is mostly S to SE. 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. 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, April, November, December

Access description: by Car - Just south of Cape Town. Drive south towards Hout Bay and then to Noordhoek. Here drive to the beach.

Specific rules: Other

Extra: Do not walk down the beach unless in large groups. Crime is a real hazard! Signs at the car park attest to this. Many people have been robbed and seriously assaulted on this beach.

Nightlife: Good nightlife in Cape Town.

Accommodations: Camping, Toilet, Parking

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