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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

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon Global 11 km run: 15/06 22:50																																																																GFS 13 km run: 15/06 22:50
Date Optimal	Su 15 18h	Mo 16 6h	Mo 16 7h	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	Mo 16 18h	Tu 17 6h	Tu 17 7h	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	Tu 17 18h	We 18 6h	We 18 7h	We 18 8h	We 18 9h	We 18 10h	We 18 11h	We 18 12h	We 18 13h	We 18 14h	We 18 15h	We 18 16h	We 18 17h	We 18 18h	Th 19 6h	Th 19 7h	Th 19 8h	Th 19 9h	Th 19 10h	Th 19 11h	Th 19 12h	Th 19 13h	Th 19 14h	Th 19 15h	Th 19 16h	Th 19 17h	Th 19 18h	Fr 20 6h	Fr 20 7h	Fr 20 8h	Fr 20 9h	Fr 20 10h	Fr 20 11h	Fr 20 12h	Fr 20 13h	Fr 20 14h	Fr 20 15h	Fr 20 16h	Fr 20 17h	Fr 20 18h	Sa 21 6h	Sa 21 7h	Sa 21 8h	Sa 21 9h	Sa 21 10h	Sa 21 11h	Sa 21 12h	Sa 21 13h	Sa 21 14h	Sa 21 15h	Sa 21 16h	Sa 21 17h	Sa 21 18h	Su 22 6h	Su 22 7h	Su 22 8h	Su 22 9h	Su 22 10h	Su 22 11h	Su 22 12h	Su 22 13h	Su 22 14h	Su 22 15h	Su 22 16h	Su 22 17h	Su 22 18h	Mo 23 6h	Mo 23 7h	Mo 23 8h	Mo 23 9h	Mo 23 10h	Mo 23 11h	Mo 23 12h	Mo 23 13h	Mo 23 14h	Mo 23 15h	Mo 23 16h	Mo 23 17h	Mo 23 18h	Tu 24 6h	Tu 24 7h	Tu 24 8h	Tu 24 9h	Tu 24 10h	Tu 24 11h	Tu 24 12h	Tu 24 13h	Tu 24 14h	Tu 24 15h	Tu 24 16h	Tu 24 17h	Tu 24 18h	We 25 6h	We 25 7h	We 25 8h	We 25 9h	We 25 10h	We 25 11h	We 25 12h	We 25 13h	We 25 14h	We 25 15h	We 25 16h	We 25 17h	We 25 18h	Th 26 6h	Th 26 7h	Th 26 8h	Th 26 9h	Th 26 10h	Th 26 11h	Th 26 12h	Th 26 13h	Th 26 14h	Th 26 15h	Th 26 16h	Th 26 17h	Th 26 18h	Fr 27 6h	Fr 27 7h	Fr 27 8h	Fr 27 9h	Fr 27 10h	Fr 27 11h	Fr 27 12h	Fr 27 13h	Fr 27 14h	Fr 27 15h	Fr 27 16h	Fr 27 17h	Fr 27 18h	Sa 28 6h	Sa 28 7h	Sa 28 8h	Sa 28 9h	Sa 28 10h	Sa 28 11h	Sa 28 12h	Sa 28 13h	Sa 28 14h	Sa 28 15h	Sa 28 16h	Sa 28 17h	Sa 28 18h	Su 29 6h	Su 29 7h	Su 29 8h	Su 29 9h	Su 29 10h	Su 29 11h	Su 29 12h	Su 29 13h	Su 29 14h	Su 29 15h	Su 29 16h	Su 29 17h	Su 29 18h	Mo 30 6h	Mo 30 7h	Mo 30 8h	Mo 30 9h	Mo 30 10h	Mo 30 11h	Mo 30 12h	Mo 30 13h	Mo 30 14h	Mo 30 15h	Mo 30 16h	Mo 30 17h	Mo 30 18h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	5	5	7	7	8	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	16	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	12	11	13	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	17	18	18	16	10	14	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	16	12	13	15	16	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	15	9	11	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	17	15	8	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	11
Gusts (kn)	14	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	11	9	8	8	8	7	7	5	4	1	2	2	2	10	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	3	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	10	11	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	21	10	9	9	10	11	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	20	19	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	17	19	19	23	21	20	19	19	19	18	17	16	17	17	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	16	16	16	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	21	22	24	24	20	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	24	25	24	15	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	21	22	21	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	17
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)		0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Wave Per.		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Energy (Kj)		9	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Temp. (°C)	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	27	28	29	31	31	32	33	33	32	31	30	28	26	26	28	29	30	31	32	32	32	31	30	29	28	26	26	27	28	30	31	32	33	33	33	32	30	28	25	27	28	29	31	32	32	33	33	32	31	30	28	25	26	28	29	29	30	31	32	32	31	30	29	28	25	26	27	28	30	31	31	32	32	31	30	29	28	25	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	32	32	31	30	28	25	27	28	29	29	30	31	32	33	32	31	30	28
Rain (mm)
Cloud Cov. (%)	5	6	3	1			2	7	2	21	20	33	24	18	34	19	17	11	6	19	11	9	41	48	47	65	37	36	34	27	9	4	1		2	15	25	60	63	45	64	56	48	37	27	16	44	72	100	100	100	100	100	80	81	82	71	61	50	67	83	100	100	100	100	100	31	48	65	43	22								5	46	47	48	38	27	17	16	14	13	11	10	8	13	51	33	16	17	17	18	45	73	100	82	65	47	37	93	94	96	90	85	79	80	82	83	89	94	100	100	90	79	69	74	80	85	66	47	28	35	42	49	46	93	85	78	54	29	5	9	13	17	15	12	10	39	49	26	4	11	18	25	25	26	26	24	21	19	17	13	19	25	41	58	74	83	91	100	88	77	65	66	24	43	62	55	47	40	47	54	61	51	42	32	23	78	74	70	79	87	96	81	65	50	67	83	100	97
Tide Ht.	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.0
Tide Dir.									low											low														low							high						low									low		high			low						low					high			low						low					high		low						low						high		low						low							high	low						low							high	low						low						high		low					low							high							low							high							low													low
Tide Time									13:30											11:50														12:10							06:50						12:50									08:50		10:00			13:20						06:20					11:20			14:00						07:10					12:30		14:40						07:50						13:50		15:30						08:30							15:10	16:20						09:20							16:00	17:20						10:00						16:50		18:30					10:50							17:40							11:30							18:30							12:10													12:50

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean, Island

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop

Water hazards: Ships

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Perfectly flat water, no tide. A great spot to improve and practice. The water is not clear all year in the bay. The first meters along this bay are shallow. It can get crowded with more than 15 kiters at one time.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: Nice white and soft sandy beach with plenty of space, no rocks, few shells, plenty of space to launch and land kites. About 2km long beach. Since it is a bay you still can go a bit downwind and won't need rescue. The best zone of the beach is the Northern zone, because there aren't swimmers or boats. But you can kitesurf in the whole beach as long as you are careful with the rest of the people.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: April

Weather specificities: All year round 28-32C air and 25-28C water temperatures. No wetsuit necessary but due to the reflection of the very white sand good sun protection is highly recommended.

Wind type: Thermal, Trade

Wind specificities: Constant trade winds blowing usually from midday on over flat land, an old salt works, into the 2km long bay. This makes for a unique offshore wind situation. Normally, offshore wind means very smooth water and gusty wind but in this case the wind it is incredibly stable, which makes it one of the best places in the world for kiteboarding. Best time for kiting here: February until the middle of June. Typical kite sizes for 176lbs/80kg: 16m 20%, 14m 30%, 12m 25%, 10m 25%. Windy most of the year.

Best months: February, March, April, May, June

Access description: by Boat - Take a plane to Porlamar Airport in Margarita. Then, take a taxi to El Yaque beach. And finally, take a boat from El Yaque to Coche Island (many in El Yaque organize this boat transfer). Playa La Punta is right next to the two hotels you can stay in Isla de Coche. The boat will leave you in Playa La Punta, so all you have to do is walk with your stuff to the hotel when you get out of the boat. Some hassles involved in getting the ferry from El Yaque (don't forget to book your return ferry as soon as you arrive on El Coche).

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: The beach in front of the all inclusive hotel is reserved for day tourists. Boats and Jet skis around. Make sure you get rescue info before you go on the water, since the wind is offshore. Inofficially the South part is for windsurfers and the North part for kiters.

Nightlife: The guys at the Cafe/Bar do the odd Party night with dancing girls, some wicked tunes and the best rum and cokes on the beach.

Accommodations: Rooms, Camping, School, Shop, Rental, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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