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knmi_harmonie

MF Arome 1.3

UKMO UK 2

DMI HARMONIE 2

KNMI 2

DWD Icon D 2

MF Arome 2.5

KNMI EU 5.5

DWD ICON EU 7

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

MF Arpege EU 11

GFS global 13

GFS GRAPES 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	knmi_harmonie_arome_netherlands run: 10/05 13:21																																											IFS HD 2.5 km run: 10/05 13:21																																																																GFS 13 km run: 10/05 13:21
Date Optimal	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	Sa 10 18h	Sa 10 19h	Sa 10 20h	Sa 10 21h	Su 11 7h	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 7h	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 6h	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	Tu 13 21h	We 14 6h	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	We 14 21h	Th 15 6h	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	Th 15 21h	Fr 16 6h	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	Fr 16 21h	Sa 17 6h	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	Sa 17 21h	Su 18 6h	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	Su 18 21h	Mo 19 6h	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	Mo 19 21h	Tu 20 6h	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	Tu 20 21h	We 21 6h	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	We 21 21h	Th 22 6h	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	Th 22 21h	Fr 23 6h	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	Fr 23 21h	Sa 24 6h	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	Sa 24 21h	Su 25 6h	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	Su 25 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	6	6	7	7	8	8	6	6	8	8	6	5	5	7	8	8	7	8	8	9	10	10	12	10	9	8	8	6	7	9	9	8	6	6	7	9	8	11	9	6	6	5	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	12	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	6	7	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	4	5	5	5	3	3	2	3	4	3	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	5	5	5	6	8	10	12	12	12	11	9
Gusts (kn)	11	11	14	16	17	17	17	15	16	16	14	11	9	15	14	15	14	15	17	19	21	20	21	21	19	18	16	14	12	16	17	17	15	14	15	19	19	23	19	16	13	11	9	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	16	11	12	13	13	14	15	18	21	23	24	25	26	26	25	24	23	18	18	18	20	21	21	22	23	24	25	26	28	27	26	25	24	14	14	15	16	17	18	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	18	18	12	13	13	15	16	18	19	20	21	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	18	21	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	17	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	1	0	0	1	2	3	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	9	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	6	7	8	9	9	7	5	3	3	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	3	3	2	2	3	5	6	7	8	9	11	14	16	18	20	21	21
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Wave Per.	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Energy (Kj)	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	7	9	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	9	9	12	14	17	18	18	19	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	7	9	10	12	13	15	15	16	16	14	15	18	20	23	25	28	30	32	34	36	37	39	40	41	42	32	30	29	27	26	25	23	22	21	20	19	18	16	15	15	14
Temp. (°C)	13	16	18	19	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	11	12	15	17	19	21	23	24	23	23	24	24	23	23	21	13	14	16	18	19	21	23	23	24	17	15	15	15	15	13	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	12	12	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	10	11	13	14	15	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	12	12	13	13	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	14	14	14	16	17	19	20	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	15	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14
Rain (mm)																																								0.4	0.4																																																																																																																																																																																		0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)		10	97	94	80	24	6	21	54	94	78	29	100	89	98	49	100	95	6	20	100	100	100	37	85		2	19		40	100	17	4		28	85	78	100	45	100	31	25	6	32	31	31	33	36	35	27	16	8	6	6	6	4	2			47	38	30	26	23	21	21	22	23	25	27	26	19	8	2	5	63	45	31	30	33	36	35	33	32	33	35	36	35	32	30	30	27	29	30	29	26	23	20	17	15	15	16	17	18	20	21	21	27	29	30	30	28	27	26	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	68	77	83	84	81	77	72	66	60	55	49	44	39	33	28	22	16	21	23	21	17	13	8	3														1	2	5	9	17	27	37	46	54	58	55	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	18	21	25	29	32	34	33	65	72	76	73	65	57	48	39	32	28	26	25	25	26	30	38	73	68	66	68	72	76	81	86	90	94	97	99	100	100	97	89	28	30	35	43	54	64	74	84	90	91	89	85	81	75	69	63	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	98	97	75	52	30	39	48	57	71
Tide Ht.	-1.5	-0.6	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.5	0.5	-0.4	-1.1	-1.4	-1.5	-1.5	-1.5	-1.7	-1.7	-1.3	-0.2	0.9	1.6	1.9	1.9	1.2	0.2	-0.8	-1.3	-1.6	-1.6	-1.3	-1.6	-1.7	-1.5	-0.9	0.2	1.3	1.8	1.9	1.6	0.8	-0.3	-1.1	-1.5	-1.6	-0.0	-0.9	-1.5	-1.7	-1.6	-1.3	-0.5	0.7	1.7	1.9	1.7	1.2	0.3	-0.7	-1.4	-1.6	0.6	-0.4	-1.2	-1.6	-1.6	-1.4	-0.9	0.1	1.2	1.9	1.8	1.4	0.7	-0.2	-1.1	-1.6	1.0	0.2	-0.7	-1.3	-1.6	-1.5	-1.1	-0.5	0.6	1.6	1.9	1.6	1.0	0.3	-0.6	-1.3	1.2	0.6	-0.2	-1.0	-1.4	-1.5	-1.3	-0.8	-0.0	1.0	1.8	1.8	1.2	0.6	-0.1	-0.9	1.5	0.8	0.2	-0.5	-1.1	-1.4	-1.4	-1.0	-0.4	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.6	0.9	0.2	-0.4	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.0	-0.6	-1.2	-1.4	-1.3	-0.8	-0.2	0.6	1.5	1.8	1.3	0.6	0.0	1.7	1.6	1.0	0.4	-0.1	-0.7	-1.2	-1.3	-1.2	-0.7	-0.0	0.7	1.5	1.6	1.1	0.5	1.1	1.7	1.5	0.9	0.5	-0.0	-0.7	-1.2	-1.3	-1.1	-0.6	-0.0	0.7	1.4	1.5	1.0	0.3	1.1	1.6	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.1	-0.6	-1.2	-1.3	-1.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.6	1.3	1.4	-0.6	0.1	1.1	1.6	1.6	1.3	0.9	0.2	-0.6	-1.2	-1.4	-1.2	-0.8	-0.3	0.5	1.3	-1.3	-0.8	0.0	1.1	1.8	1.8	1.6	1.1	0.2	-0.7	-1.3	-1.5	-1.3	-1.0	-0.4	0.5	-1.8	-1.5	-1.0	-0.0	1.2	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.2	0.2	-0.8	-1.4	-1.6	-1.5	-1.2	-0.5	-1.9	-1.9	-1.7	-1.1	0.0	1.3	2.1	2.2	1.9	1.1	0.1	-0.9	-1.5	-1.7	-1.6	-1.3
Tide Dir.					high							low			low						high						low			low						high						low					low						high						low				low						high						low					low					high											low						high											low						high											low					high					high							low					high					high						low						high					high						low						high					high							low					high					high							low										high							low				low						high							low
Tide Time					13:50							20:10			08:20						14:20						20:40			08:50						14:40						20:50					09:10						15:00						21:20				09:40						15:20						21:50					10:10					15:50											10:50						16:30											11:20						17:10											12:10					17:50					06:20							13:00					18:40					07:10						13:50						19:40					08:10						14:50						20:40					09:20							16:00					21:50					10:30							17:00										11:40							18:10				06:30						12:40							19:10

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Chop, Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Currents, Wave breaker

Water quality: Cloudy

Infos: Choppy waters, medium to strong current. Depending on the wind direction (NW is onshore, SW and NE are sideshore) and strength: big chop or small to medium-sized waves. Wave breakers every 400m, so be careful!

Beach type & size: Sand - Tidal

Infos: The beach is clean, soft and hard sand. No obstacles downwind. If the tide is low you have a quite big beach but when it's high you have about 60m of beach (wide). Length of the kite zone is 350m. Always big enough except when the wind comes from the Northwest (onshore).

Weather specificities: In the winter something around 5C. Wetsuit, hood, gloves and boots required. In the summer the water temp. is 20-22C but you always need a wetsuit. The die-hards kite all year long, but the season is from April until about November. Water: summer (June to September) 17-20C, winter from 6C (January and February) to 17C (all other months). Air: summer 20-30C, winter -5-20C.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Usually the wind comes from the SW or W which is best here. But not always as strong as wanted. February until April to May is windy by might be cold. In the summer you can have no wind all day or maybe a little breeze (10-14knts) from the NE. Fall and spring can give you up to 8-9 Bft, July is calmer with a regular 3-4 Bft, sometimes thermal breeze 5 Bft. August is pretty light most of the time.

Best months: March, April, May, September, October, November

Access description: by Car - E40 Brussels - Ostend. From the Airport follow Gent, then Brugge to Oostende. At the roundabout 3th exit. Drive until you hit the beach, go to the right for approx 1.5-2 miles. The surf-club is located under the boardwalk at the corner of that same boardwalk. Is other side of road of the main entrance to the horse-race track. Parking space is scarcely during summer-time. Other months no problem or you can park your car at the parking of Hotel "Thermae Palace". Drive on for 500m after the entrance of the horse-race track and turn in left onto the parking.

Specific rules: Zones, Time

Extra: Only 2 zones allowed for water sports during July/August. All other months have no restrictions. Watch out for the wave breakers.

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

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