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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: 16/06 04:29																																																																GFS 13 km run: 16/06 04:29
Date Optimal	Mo 16 8h	Mo 16 9h	Mo 16 10h	Mo 16 11h	Mo 16 12h	Mo 16 13h	Mo 16 14h	Mo 16 15h	Mo 16 16h	Mo 16 17h	Tu 17 8h	Tu 17 9h	Tu 17 10h	Tu 17 11h	Tu 17 12h	Tu 17 13h	Tu 17 14h	Tu 17 15h	Tu 17 16h	Tu 17 17h	We 18 8h	We 18 9h	We 18 10h	We 18 11h	We 18 12h	We 18 13h	We 18 14h	We 18 15h	We 18 16h	We 18 17h	Th 19 8h	Th 19 9h	Th 19 10h	Th 19 11h	Th 19 12h	Th 19 13h	Th 19 14h	Th 19 15h	Th 19 16h	Th 19 17h	Fr 20 8h	Fr 20 9h	Fr 20 10h	Fr 20 11h	Fr 20 12h	Fr 20 13h	Fr 20 14h	Fr 20 15h	Fr 20 16h	Fr 20 17h	Sa 21 8h	Sa 21 9h	Sa 21 10h	Sa 21 11h	Sa 21 12h	Sa 21 13h	Sa 21 14h	Sa 21 15h	Sa 21 16h	Sa 21 17h	Su 22 8h	Su 22 9h	Su 22 10h	Su 22 11h	Su 22 12h	Su 22 13h	Su 22 14h	Su 22 15h	Su 22 16h	Su 22 17h	Mo 23 8h	Mo 23 9h	Mo 23 10h	Mo 23 11h	Mo 23 12h	Mo 23 13h	Mo 23 14h	Mo 23 15h	Mo 23 16h	Mo 23 17h	Tu 24 8h	Tu 24 9h	Tu 24 10h	Tu 24 11h	Tu 24 12h	Tu 24 13h	Tu 24 14h	Tu 24 15h	Tu 24 16h	Tu 24 17h	We 25 8h	We 25 9h	We 25 10h	We 25 11h	We 25 12h	We 25 13h	We 25 14h	We 25 15h	We 25 16h	We 25 17h	Th 26 8h	Th 26 9h	Th 26 10h	Th 26 11h	Th 26 12h	Th 26 13h	Th 26 14h	Th 26 15h	Th 26 16h	Th 26 17h	Fr 27 8h	Fr 27 9h	Fr 27 10h	Fr 27 11h	Fr 27 12h	Fr 27 13h	Fr 27 14h	Fr 27 15h	Fr 27 16h	Fr 27 17h	Sa 28 8h	Sa 28 9h	Sa 28 10h	Sa 28 11h	Sa 28 12h	Sa 28 13h	Sa 28 14h	Sa 28 15h	Sa 28 16h	Sa 28 17h	Su 29 8h	Su 29 9h	Su 29 10h	Su 29 11h	Su 29 12h	Su 29 13h	Su 29 14h	Su 29 15h	Su 29 16h	Su 29 17h	Mo 30 8h	Mo 30 9h	Mo 30 10h	Mo 30 11h	Mo 30 12h	Mo 30 13h	Mo 30 14h	Mo 30 15h	Mo 30 16h	Mo 30 17h	Tu 1 8h	Tu 1 9h	Tu 1 10h	Tu 1 11h	Tu 1 12h	Tu 1 13h	Tu 1 14h	Tu 1 15h	Tu 1 16h	Tu 1 17h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	2	3	4	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	5	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	3	1	1	3	4	5	5	6	6	5	7	8	9	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	8	7	7	9	10	12	13	14	16	15	12	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	7	6	5	8	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	6	7	8	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	5	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	10	12	13	15	16	17	17	17	16	15	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	7	5	4	3	3	2	2	4	5	7
Gusts (kn)	7	10	10	10	18	18	14	14	13	13	12	12	16	22	23	24	25	25	26	25	15	12	11	7	10	12	14	15	15	15	20	21	21	22	24	25	27	30	34	38	26	23	20	17	17	17	17	15	14	12	17	18	19	21	22	24	25	24	22	21	27	29	32	34	37	39	42	36	29	23	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	6	7	8	8	9	8	8	7	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	13	15	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	4
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6
Wave Per.	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Wave Energy (Kj)	1.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.5k	1.5k	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	1.0k	1.8k	1.8k	1.8k	1.8k	1.8k	1.8k	1.7k	1.7k	1.8k	1.8k	1.8k	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	1.0k	1.1k	1.1k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	1.0k	966	908	838	400	400	420	431	456	495	545	594	646	701
Temp. (°C)	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	16	17	18	18	18	17	16	15	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	11	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	11	11	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	15	15
Rain (mm)	0.3	0.1									0.1										0.3	0.1									0.1				0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																					0.4	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.8	2.8																																																																							0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	95	96	96	100	100	94	98	100	93	89	74	49	25	82	87	81	93	68	99	68	81	87	83	68	76	68	75	57	64	68	65	74	83	92	88	84	80	81	81	82	80	78	77	75	74	72	71	66	62	57	57	51	45	39	33	26	20	13	7		78	85	92	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	89	76	64	51	63	74	86	66	47	27	100	68	36	4	3	3	2	4	5	7	7	6	4	3	6	8	11	38	65	92	24	46	67	89	93	96	100	100	100	100											99	97	96	94	91	89	86	91	95	100	9	17	25	33	55	76	98	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	78	55	33	22	11
Tide Ht.	0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.7	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.2	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.6	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.5	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.0	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1
Tide Dir.					low											low					high						low					high						low					high						low					high						low					high											high					low						high					low						high					low						high				low							high				low						high					low										low											low
Tide Time					12:30											13:20					08:20						14:20					09:30						15:30					10:40						16:40					11:50						17:50					12:50											13:40					08:20						14:30					09:10						15:20					10:00						16:10				10:40							17:00				11:20						17:40					12:00										12:40											13:20

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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