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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: 12/05 22:29																																																											Icon Global 11 km run: 12/05 22:29																																		GFS 13 km run: 12/05 22:29
Date Optimal	Mo 12 18h	Mo 12 19h	Mo 12 20h	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	Tu 13 20h	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	We 14 20h	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	Th 15 20h	Fr 16 7h	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	Sa 17 7h	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	Su 18 7h	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	Mo 19 7h	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	Tu 20 7h	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	We 21 7h	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	Th 22 7h	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	Fr 23 7h	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	Sa 24 7h	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	Su 25 7h	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	Mo 26 7h	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	Tu 27 7h	Tu 27 8h	Tu 27 9h	Tu 27 10h	Tu 27 11h	Tu 27 12h	Tu 27 13h	Tu 27 14h	Tu 27 15h	Tu 27 16h	Tu 27 17h	Tu 27 18h	Tu 27 19h	Tu 27 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	8	8	7	0	0	1	2	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	1	1	2	2	3	5	8	7	8	9	9	9	8	7	2	3	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	7	0	1	3	3	2	0	1	4	6	7	7	7	6	4	2	1	1	0	1	2	4	4	6	6	6	7	7	6	3	3	5	6	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	9	8	3	3	3	4	5	7	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	4	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	0	1	3	4	5	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	10	11	10	9	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	3	4	4	5	6	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	2	2	3	3	4	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	2	3	4	5	6	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	9
Gusts (kn)	20	20	19	1	1	5	7	14	14	15	16	17	18	20	20	21	21	3	1	6	7	12	13	19	20	21	22	23	23	22	21	5	7	15	19	19	19	19	20	21	23	23	24	24	20	0	4	7	10	9	9	8	12	15	19	18	18	17	13	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	10	13	16	16	16	17	14	3	7	10	13	14	15	16	15	15	14	12	9	8	7	3	5	7	9	11	12	14	16	18	20	21	22	22	19	2	2	3	4	4	5	6	7	9	10	10	9	10	11	9	10	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	16	2	3	4	5	5	5	6	8	10	11	12	12	12	11	17	19	20	20	19	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	13	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	9	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	12	3	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	13	15	17
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	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	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	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
Wave Per.	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wave Energy (Kj)	90	90	88	79	75	74	74	72	71	69	66	64	62	60	58	57	54	39	38	35	33	33	30	29	28	28	26	27	26	25	25	27	27	26	27	28	29	29	29	31	31	31	32	33	34	49	50	53	56	62	65	68	73	74	75	79	79	80	84	119	129	137	151	159	174	189	203	217	224	231	237	242	240	185	176	169	162	159	152	146	144	137	133	124	119	115	113
Temp. (°C)	18	18	17	14	14	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	13	14	15	16	18	18	19	19	20	19	19	18	17	16	13	14	16	17	19	20	21	21	22	21	21	20	19	18	14	15	17	18	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	16	17	19	20	21	23	23	26	25	24	25	25	25	23	19	20	21	23	24	25	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	23	16	17	18	20	21	23	24	24	24	24	23	22	21	19	14	16	18	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	22	21	20	14	16	18	20	22	24	25	25	25	25	24	23	21	20	13	15	18	20	22	23	24	24	23	23	22	21	19	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	14	15	17	19	20	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	16	15	16	17	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	14	16	18	21	23	25	26	27	28	28	27	25	24	22
Rain (mm)								0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2																																																																																																																																				0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	37	29	19	95	74	99	80	73	65	62	57	57	56	60	19	15	21	82	50	69	64	73	70	70	45	47	54	35	29	19	23	3	3	26	36	52	32	43	40	64	30	16	33	98	90	74	50	26	2	35	67	100	99	99	98	99	99	100	100	27	21	14	8	15	22	29	54	77	100	100	100	100	85	100	70	40	10	7	3		33	67	100	100	100	100	72		18	36	54	39	24	9	6	3						4	13	21	30	30	31	31	22	13	4	3	1										22	45	67	45	22				1	2	3	2	1									100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	91	4	15	27	38	51	65	78	52	26						39	46	52	59	55	50	46	49	53	56	71	85	100	91	83	85	86	88	92	96	100	99	97	96	93	89	86	59	37	25	12					1	1	2	1	1		1
Tide Ht.	0.2	-0.3	-0.8	-0.2	-0.7	-1.0	-1.0	-0.8	-0.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.5	-0.0	-0.6	0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.4	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.3	-0.3	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.3	-0.0	-0.4	-0.7	-0.8	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.5	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.4	0.6	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.0	0.3	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.7	-0.5	-0.1	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.4	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.1	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.6	-1.2	-1.0	-0.6	-0.0	0.6	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.1	-1.0	-1.3	-1.3	-1.0	-0.5	0.2	0.8	1.2	1.3	1.1	0.6	-0.0	-0.7	-1.1	-1.3	-1.0	-1.3	-1.3	-1.0	-0.4	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.4	1.1	0.5	-0.2	-0.8	-1.3	-0.6	-1.1	-1.4	-1.3	-0.8	-0.2	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.4	1.1	0.4	-0.3	-1.0
Tide Dir.						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			low						high
Tide Time						09:40						15:50									10:10						16:20								10:40							17:00								11:10						17:30								11:50							18:20								12:40							19:10		07:50						13:40							20:10			09:00						15:00									10:20						16:10									11:20						17:20									12:20						18:20									13:10						19:10		07:40						13:50							20:00		08:20						14:40						20:50			09:10						15:30

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Clean

Infos: The waves are not too big when the wind is best, but it can reach up to 3-4 meters in a good swell. It depends on the tide, there is a big amplitude in tide change. It is quite shallow on low tide and the wave break far from shore and the opposite happens with high tide. In winter, big waves. In summer 1-1.5 m sometimes 2m (not often) good swell from West. Surfing off-season at your risk, because there is no rescue and the waves are big.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Awesome beach, soft sand without any kind of rock, shells or pebbles, a lot of space so all the crowd can ride safely. Big sand dunes to get to the sea front and about 50 meters of sand from the dunes to the water front.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: June, July, August

Weather specificities: Summer: air around 28-36C, water around 20C, no wetsuit or shorty. Winter: air from 5-15C, water about 15C, 3mm wetsuit. Summer goes from the beginning of March to the end of September.

Wind type: Thermal

Wind specificities: As any coastline the wind are present almost every day. But the nice North wind that in Portugal, we named 'Nortada', blows mostly in summer from early afternoon to the evening, however we can ride all year with winds from the North to West, and mostly in winter the South wind. Summer NW from 10-25 knots, more often 18-20 knots. The predominant wind in summer comes from N/NW.

Best months: May, June, July, August, September

Access description: by Car, Bus, Train - From the Lisbon airport there are a lot of options: by Bus Express to Costa da Caparica where you'll find a 'minitrain' that go along the coast to 'Fonte da Telha' and has a stop in 'Nova Vaga-Kitebeach'. Look for signs pointing South (Eixo N-S) or the Bridge (Ponte 25 de Abril) cross the bridge over the Tejo river and take the first exit to the right (direction Costa da Caparica) go straight to the end of the highway and turn left at the lights. Go straight ahead along the beaches and get out of town going south. When you see no more houses and the road starts going up the hill turn right into a dirt road that continues along the beach. Praia da Nova Vaga is the second last beach along this road (you'll see the kites).

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: It is the official kitebeach. Don't kitesurf on other beaches! Lifeguards will take you off the water.

Accommodations: School, Shop, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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