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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: 10/05 15:51																																																																GFS 13 km run: 10/05 15:51
Date Optimal	Sa 10 11h	Sa 10 12h	Sa 10 13h	Sa 10 14h	Sa 10 15h	Sa 10 16h	Sa 10 17h	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	5	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	3	3	3	4	3	2	1	1	3	4	3	6	8	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	10	11	12	11	10	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	3	3	3	4	5	6	7	7	8	8	5	6	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	8	9	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8
Gusts (kn)	9	9	11	11	10	10	9	3	3	4	4	6	8	9	9	8	7	5	2	2	3	3	6	7	7	8	8	7	5	4	4	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	5	6	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	5	4	11	12	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	12	6	7	8	9	7	6	5	6	7	8	7	13	16	18	21	20	19	18	18	18	18	15	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	4	5	5	3	6	10	14	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	3	5	7	8	7	6	5	6	9	10	2	4	8	10	10	9	9	10	12	14	6	10	15	19	18	15	14	14	16	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	10	13	14	4	6	7	8	9	8	9	11	13	13
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	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	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Wave Per.	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Energy (Kj)	49	51	52	54	57	57	60	87	87	90	93	93	97	102	103	109	112	117	139	136	136	136	138	138	138	138	138	138	133	113	108	108	108	104	104	100	99	96	92	92	86	85	84	84	84	84	83	82	81	81	79	70	71	72	72	69	70	71	68	69	69	67	51	48	48	46	47	45	46	47	48	49	52
Temp. (°C)	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	15	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	19	19	18	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	15	16	16	17	18	19	19	20	19	19	18	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	11	13	15	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	14	15	17	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	15	16	18	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Rain (mm)																							0.3	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.2					0.3	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4																0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1												0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																							0.1	0.1	0.1				0.1																									0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2								0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	83	79	61	74	76	71	67	76	72	55	51	62	57	66	77	84	82	74	95	96	95	96	92	89	90	88	92	84	81	85	78	75	81	85	86	88	90	87	90	90	60	59	57	56	67	79	90	66	43	19	13	81	87	94	100	98	97	95	93	91	89	84	61	57	53	49	51	52	54	41	27	14	14	85	87	88	90	93	97	100	97	94	91	83	100	100	100	100	91	83	74	77	80	83	55	4	6	9	11	33	56	78	85	93	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	17	19	20	22	17	11	6	24	42	60	100	97	95	92	95	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	93	90	90	89	89	44	42	39	37	40	43	46	35	24	13	16	14	11	9	8	8	7	11	14	18
Tide Ht.	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.0	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.0	0.3
Tide Dir.		low						high						low					high						low						high						low						high					low						high						low						high					low							high					low							high					low	low						high						low						high					low						high				low							high				low											low											low
Tide Time		12:30						07:10						13:00					07:50						13:30						08:30						14:00						09:10					14:40						09:50						15:10						10:30					15:50							11:20					16:30							12:20					17:30	07:10						13:20						08:00						14:20					09:00						15:20				09:50							16:10				10:30											11:20											12:10

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Flat

Water hazards: Ships

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: Water is crystal clear. Smoother water and no waves. Tides. Small waves on the ocean side.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: Palm Beach is a peninsula about 500m wide bound on the far N side by Barrenjoey headland and lighthouse. The beach has limited room, since it is approximately 10m wide at best at lowest tide.

Weather specificities: In summer water is 20-22C and air 22-28C. In winter water is 17-18C and air 12-18C. 3/2 steamer is necessary in winter and sun protection in summer. Summer season goes from late October to late March. Winter season from June to late September.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: On the bay side kiting is possible in winter when NW-SSW winds prevail. Conditions are rather more extreme here than the ocean side as winds are extremely gusty and can get very strong in the 30-40 knot range. Wind is almost directly onshore. In summer expect 2-5 days of riding and 1-2 days in winter. In summer wind is 11-20 knots in winter 15-40 knots. In summer usual direction is NE followed by S. In winter usual direction is S-NW. Sideshore: NNE and SSW.

Best months: January, February, December

Access description: by Car - Best is by car from the airport, head to the Northern Beaches of Sydney, get onto Pittwater road and then Barrenjoey road. Take Barrenjoey Road to the very end and then head for the beach below the lighthouse.

Specific rules: Other

Extra: Kite leash is mandatory. Look out for sea planes.

Accommodations: Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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