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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: 02/06 05:01																																																																GFS 13 km run: 02/06 05:01
Date Optimal	Mo 2 8h	Mo 2 9h	Mo 2 10h	Mo 2 11h	Mo 2 12h	Mo 2 13h	Mo 2 14h	Mo 2 15h	Mo 2 16h	Mo 2 17h	Tu 3 8h	Tu 3 9h	Tu 3 10h	Tu 3 11h	Tu 3 12h	Tu 3 13h	Tu 3 14h	Tu 3 15h	Tu 3 16h	Tu 3 17h	We 4 8h	We 4 9h	We 4 10h	We 4 11h	We 4 12h	We 4 13h	We 4 14h	We 4 15h	We 4 16h	We 4 17h	Th 5 8h	Th 5 9h	Th 5 10h	Th 5 11h	Th 5 12h	Th 5 13h	Th 5 14h	Th 5 15h	Th 5 16h	Th 5 17h	Fr 6 8h	Fr 6 9h	Fr 6 10h	Fr 6 11h	Fr 6 12h	Fr 6 13h	Fr 6 14h	Fr 6 15h	Fr 6 16h	Fr 6 17h	Sa 7 8h	Sa 7 9h	Sa 7 10h	Sa 7 11h	Sa 7 12h	Sa 7 13h	Sa 7 14h	Sa 7 15h	Sa 7 16h	Sa 7 17h	Su 8 8h	Su 8 9h	Su 8 10h	Su 8 11h	Su 8 12h	Su 8 13h	Su 8 14h	Su 8 15h	Su 8 16h	Su 8 17h	Mo 9 8h	Mo 9 9h	Mo 9 10h	Mo 9 11h	Mo 9 12h	Mo 9 13h	Mo 9 14h	Mo 9 15h	Mo 9 16h	Mo 9 17h	Tu 10 8h	Tu 10 9h	Tu 10 10h	Tu 10 11h	Tu 10 12h	Tu 10 13h	Tu 10 14h	Tu 10 15h	Tu 10 16h	Tu 10 17h	We 11 8h	We 11 9h	We 11 10h	We 11 11h	We 11 12h	We 11 13h	We 11 14h	We 11 15h	We 11 16h	We 11 17h	Th 12 8h	Th 12 9h	Th 12 10h	Th 12 11h	Th 12 12h	Th 12 13h	Th 12 14h	Th 12 15h	Th 12 16h	Th 12 17h	Fr 13 8h	Fr 13 9h	Fr 13 10h	Fr 13 11h	Fr 13 12h	Fr 13 13h	Fr 13 14h	Fr 13 15h	Fr 13 16h	Fr 13 17h	Sa 14 8h	Sa 14 9h	Sa 14 10h	Sa 14 11h	Sa 14 12h	Sa 14 13h	Sa 14 14h	Sa 14 15h	Sa 14 16h	Sa 14 17h	Su 15 8h	Su 15 9h	Su 15 10h	Su 15 11h	Su 15 12h	Su 15 13h	Su 15 14h	Su 15 15h	Su 15 16h	Su 15 17h	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	2	3	3	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	2	1	2	3	4	4	6	7	6	4	15	16	17	20	19	19	21	17	19	18	1	1	1	2	2	4	5	6	5	4	9	9	9	11	13	14	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	3	4	6	8	10	10	10	9	8	7	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	9	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	7	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	11	12	13	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	3	4	5	5	6	7	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	10	3	3	3	3	4	5	7	8	7	5	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	5	4	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11
Gusts (kn)	4	5	6	12	14	15	15	15	15	14	3	3	4	6	7	8	10	12	12	10	25	27	29	33	35	32	37	35	34	36	5	2	4	5	6	7	9	10	9	8	15	15	17	20	22	24	26	29	28	27	29	31	30	29	27	25	22	20	19	18	7	7	12	16	21	21	22	22	19	15	9	9	10	10	10	12	14	15	17	19	22	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	10	8	3	3	4	4	5	4	2	2	2	2	19	20	22	24	26	26	26	25	25	25	11	15	15	13	12	14	16	19	20	20	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	5	7	9	11	13	15	16	16	15	11	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	6	5	4	14	17	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	21
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Wave Per.	2	2	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Energy (Kj)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	4	33	33	28	23	18	14	10	7	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Temp. (°C)	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	7	8	9	11	12	13	13	13	12	11	8	9	10	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	15	14	13	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	13
Rain (mm)																						0.6	1.4	1.0	1.8	1.9	3.3	2.0	3.5	3.1									0.4	0.4						0.2	0.2	0.2															0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1																																			0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1			0.1	0.1	0.1				0.1	0.1									0.2	0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)	51	58	51	54	62	60	75	81	74	63				12	64	72	68	52	45	68	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	56	57	65	73	81	87	94	100	100	100	69	53	64	75	86	81	75	70	65	60	96	94	96	98	100	94	89	83	66	50	51	70	70	71	71	76	81	86	91	95	62	52	53	54	55	79	86	92	65	37	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	76	64	64	63	63	43	23	3	25	46	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	91	87	91	96	100	100	100	100	75	50	43	30	26	22	18	14	10	6	12	18	42	53	69	84	100	100	100	100	100	100	3	1	1			4	9	13	9	6	68	99	99	100	100	92	83	75	72	69
Tide Ht.	-0.5	-0.0	0.4	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.0	-0.4	-0.8	-0.8	-0.4	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.4	-0.0	-0.4	-0.9	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.4	-0.0	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	-0.6	-0.8	-0.8	-0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.6	-0.4	-0.7	-0.9	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.7	-0.0	-0.4	-0.8	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.8	-0.9	-0.8	-0.4	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	-0.4	-0.8	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	-0.2	0.3	0.8	0.7	0.3	-0.1	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.5	-0.0	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-1.0	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.1	-0.4	-0.8	-1.0	-1.0	-0.7	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.4	-0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.1	-0.9	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-1.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-1.0
Tide Dir.					high											high											high				low						high					low						high					low						high					low						high				low											low											low											low				high						low					high						low				high							low				high						low					high						low
Tide Time					12:00											13:00											14:00				08:40						14:50					09:30						15:40					10:20						16:40					11:10						17:30				11:50											12:30											13:10											14:00				08:30						14:40					09:00						15:20				09:40							16:00				10:30						16:50					11:10						17:30

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Cloudy

Infos: A large bay 5km wide and 5km long. Water is very shallow for most of it. Most of the bay works best at high tide. No waves, just chop when really windy. Riding area just south of Marina.

Beach type & size: Sand - Small

Infos: Beach with sand and shells. Not crowded here at all, even in 30C summer days.

Identified hazards: Stones, Shells

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Water temp is warm during summer, about 30C. In winter about 10-15C. Air temp ranges from 14-20C in winter to 21-32C in summer. Wetsuit definitely not required in summer but sun is fierce so rash shirt required. Season here runs all year.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: Wind is best here in the afternoon. Best season here is spring with heaps of 20+ knot days from the West or SW (almost every day). Summer thermal breezes can occasionally reach this far east and are usually 10-20 knots. Afternoon winter winds are also quite good here from the WSW after the squalls has eased a bit. Even during autumn sessions here are frequent, despite May being the most fluky season in Auckland. Best direction here is NW but as NW winds are rare, WSW is the most often ridden direction here. Spring is nearly always onshore here but very windy.

Best months: September, October, November

Access description: by Car - Go to Pakuranga, then to Howick and then to Whitford, carry on through Whitford, at Formosa golf course turn left and go down the road to the marina, bridge is on the left and Pine Harbour Beach. Further North you will find Pine Harbour Point.

Specific rules: None

Extra: In some directions you can get away with no kite leash so long as it's under 20 knots. It's a very safe beach, no restrictions but common sense always applies as with all spots. A low tide spot with better wind than the beach.

Nightlife: The marina is very close, there is a bar/cafe there. However in general it's a very quiet area and a 50km drive to Auckland city.

Accommodations: Toilet, Food, Parking

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