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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 06:02																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 06:02
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Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	5	7	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	5	4	3	5	6	7	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	7	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	5	7	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Gusts (kn)	10	12	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	12	15	18	19	19	19	18	18	19	18	17	16	15	11	13	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	15	14	13	12	11	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	14	13	11	12	12	14	15	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	10	12	14	15	16	16	17	15	14	12	12	11	10	9	12	13	14	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	5	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Wave Per.	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Energy (Kj)	69	69	68	67	66	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	68	68	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	71	71	71	69	70	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	71	72	65	65	65	64	63	62	61	60	60	60	60	58	59	54	54	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	50	50	48	48	46	46	44	44	42	42	42	40	40	32	32	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	26	26	26	26
Temp. (°C)	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	26	27	28	28	29	30	29	30	30	29	29	28	28	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	26	26	27	28	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	25	25	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	27	28	28	29	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	28	28	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	26	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28
Rain (mm)																																																																					0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2																																											0.1																																																																																											0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	43	84	95	100	100	100	100	75	59	57	56	49	38	100	95	100	93	64	100	92	49	52	100	100	57	99	89	100	84	78	84	72	71	91	99	100	100	66	81	63	53	57	71	86	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	97	96	95	93	92	95	97	100	100	96	96	97	98	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	97	99	100	87	73	60	70	81	91	84	77	70	70	99	97	96	95	95	94	96	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	89	80	70	63	55	48	65	83	100	100	90	79	69	54	38	23	37	52	66	58	49	41	44	89	95	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	96	92	89	93	89	79	68	55	43	30	35	41	46	54	63	71	75	41	39	38	32	26	20	16	11	7	6	6	5	5	32	22	13	12	10	9	12	14	17	16	14	13	12	12	16	21	19	16	14	9	5					3
Tide Ht.	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1
Tide Dir.						low							high							low							high							low							high							low							high								low							high							low							high							low	low						high						low		low						high								low						high							low							high							low						high							low							high							low						high							low							high							low							high
Tide Time						11:40							18:20							12:40							06:20							13:40							07:20							14:50							08:40								16:10							10:20							17:10							11:50							18:10	06:50						12:50						18:50		07:30						13:40								08:10						14:20							08:40							15:00							09:10						15:40							09:40							16:10							10:10						16:50							10:40							17:20							11:20							18:00

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

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

Water hazards: Reefs

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: Flat water inside the reef, waves breaking on the outside reef for the more experienced.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: Fine sandy beach.

Weather specificities: The weather is warm and sunny year-round with an average daytime high of 75-85F. The nights are usually slightly cooler.

Wind type: Trade

Wind specificities: The best time to spend your surfing vacation in Barbados is the period of time when the cooling trade winds blow with high consistency over the island's shores, namely from mid November to the end of June. But that does not mean the rest of the year couldn't be as good or even better. During the hurricane season which starts 1st of June all the way through to November all sorts of conditions are possible. The trades usually blow at a moderate windspeed of 12-25 knots. Switching kites, a tiresome feature of a number of other venues, is not necessary on Barbados, as the wind force hardly changes at all on most days. Normally, the wind blows sideshore from the left, with a slight offshore tendency in winter and a slight onshore tendency in summer.

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, November, December

Access description: by Car - Grantley Adams International Airport. Cars, buses, ZR vans, taxis, and car hires. Barbados has a good network of roads which covers the entire island. Traffic drives on the left. There is a speed limit of 60 km/h (37mph). Frequent, comprehensive bus coverage of the island. There are many licensed "Mini Vans" that run around the island picking up tourist and locals. You will recognize them by their "ZR" license plate. They have few fixed schedules but there are many of them and service is frequent. Anything from a mini-moke to a limousine may be hired by the hour, day or week.

Specific rules: None

Extra: Oistins Bay is the place to go only when the wind is too onshore at the main spot of Silver Rock.

Accommodations: Parking

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