default:

GFS HRRR 3 km

GEM HRDPS 2.5

GFS HRRR 3

GEM regional 10

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	GFS HRRR 3 km run: 08/06 07:55																													GFS 13 km run: 08/06 07:55
Date Optimal	Su 8 7h	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	Su 8 18h	Su 8 19h	Su 8 20h	Mo 9 6h	Mo 9 7h	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	Mo 9 18h	Mo 9 19h	Mo 9 20h	Tu 10 6h	Tu 10 7h	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	Tu 10 18h	Tu 10 19h	Tu 10 20h	We 11 6h	We 11 7h	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	We 11 18h	We 11 19h	We 11 20h	Th 12 6h	Th 12 7h	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	Th 12 18h	Th 12 19h	Th 12 20h	Fr 13 6h	Fr 13 7h	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	Fr 13 18h	Fr 13 19h	Fr 13 20h	Sa 14 6h	Sa 14 7h	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	Sa 14 18h	Sa 14 19h	Sa 14 20h	Su 15 6h	Su 15 7h	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	Su 15 18h	Su 15 19h	Su 15 20h	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	Mo 16 19h	Mo 16 20h	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	Tu 17 19h	Tu 17 20h	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	We 18 19h	We 18 20h	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	Th 19 19h	Th 19 20h	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	Fr 20 19h	Fr 20 20h	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	Sa 21 19h	Sa 21 20h	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	Su 22 19h	Su 22 20h	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	Mo 23 19h	Mo 23 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	6	7	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	9	12	11	13	11	9	9	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	8	7	5	2	0	3	6	6	5	6	7	4	5	4	3	4	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	11	8	4	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	7	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	9	7	3	3	9	10	11	10	8	7	8	10	11	12	14	15	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	7	8	7	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	5	6	8	10	10	9	8	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	10	11	11	10	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	4	2	1	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	8	6	6	6	6	6
Gusts (kn)	11	12	13	16	16	19	19	20	19	19	17	17	17	15	19	18	20	18	13	13	16	15	14	13	14	14	14	15	11	10	13	9	4	5	4	7	8	9	8	7	7	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	11	12	13	12	13	5	7	6	9	10	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	16	11	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	8	8	18	18	17	16	14	13	16	19	22	22	22	21	21	20	19	20	20	19	18	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	11	11	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	17	16	15	15	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	11	8	6	4	2	1	2	4	6	7	9	10	11	12	12	8	7	6	8	10	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	8	8	6	5	10	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	15	14	13	11	10	8	6
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	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	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	0.9	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	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7
Wave Per.	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5
Wave Energy (Kj)	27	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	33	33	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	42	41	41	40	39	40	39	38	39	38	38	35	35	33	32	23	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	15	15	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Temp. (°C)	18	19	19	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	23	22	22	22	22	21	16	17	19	21	22	24	24	25	26	26	26	26	26	24	23	17	19	21	23	25	26	27	28	29	29	29	29	28	27	25	21	22	23	25	27	28	29	29	29	29	27	26	25	23	22	20	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	13	14	15	17	19	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	22	21	18	19	20	21	23	25	26	28	29	29	30	29	29	28	27	22	23	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	25	24	22	22	24	25	28	29	31	31	32	33	33	32	30	28	26	22	23	24	25	27	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	26	25	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	21	21
Rain (mm)									0.4	0.1	1.6	1.4	0.3						0.4								0.4			0.6	0.7	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.2	1.3	0.8	0.2																																												0.1	0.1	0.1				0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.4																																																																																								0.1	0.1	0.1																																					0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
Cloud Cov. (%)	24	94	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100																6	68	54	6	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	59	100	100	80	89	97	96	96	95	97	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	83	65	48	33	17	2	1	1					17	15	12	10	9	7	11	14	18	15	11	8	8	9	9	98	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	98	81	90	100	94	87	81	79	77	75	66	57	48	58	67	77	42	32	21	45	69	93	95	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	90	80	70	56	42	28	52	76	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	91	83	74	83	91	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Tide Ht.	0.3	0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.8	-0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.3	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.5	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.5	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.7	-0.4	-0.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	-0.0	-0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.8	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.3	-0.0	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.7	-0.8	-0.7	-0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.7	-0.8	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.0	0.9	0.7
Tide Dir.						low						high			high						low							high			high						low						high				high						low						high			high						low										high						low										high						low										high					low											high					low				low							high					low				low						high						low				low						high						low				low						high										low						high										low						high				high						low						high
Tide Time						12:00						18:10			06:40						12:50							19:00			07:20						13:30						19:40				08:00						14:10						20:20			08:50						14:50										09:40						15:30										10:30						16:10										11:20					16:50											12:10					17:50				06:30							13:00					18:50				07:20						13:50						19:50				08:20						14:40						20:50				09:10						15:40										10:10						16:30										11:00						17:30				06:00						12:00						18:20

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean, Lagoon

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop

Water hazards: Currents, Ships, Jetskis

Water quality: Cloudy

Infos: Good shallow flat water condition. Watch for tidal currents in the channel that can separate you from your board forever. Stay away from the boat traffic as well.

Beach type & size: Sand - Tidal

Infos: The beach has an ok size on low tide, but during high tide it can get small. Next to the beach you have rocks, then a road and power lines. So be careful when launching and landing. Beginners should launch and land kites in the water.

Identified hazards: Rocks, Road, Power lines

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Winter is very cold. Wetsuit needed in spring and autumn. Summer can be without. Bayside: winter temperatures usually about 38F, summer 75F. Ocean: winter temperatures usually 38-45F, summer 68-72F.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: Best wind is from the North. Easterly wind is onshore on ocean side and offshore on bay side. Westerly is the opposite. Avoid westerly wind if on bayside because of the turbulence from the cliff on the western side of the bay. Bay is considered very good for beginners with South, North, Northwest wind. Best wind is in spring and fall. SW wind is not good, since it gets blocked by hills. Avoid this beach on West or East winds as these are either directly onshore or offshore. Thermal winds usually in the summer coming from the WNW. Still not too gusty though.

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

Access description: by Car - From New York City, take New Jersey Turnpike south to Garden State Parkway (exit 11). Take GS Parkway south to exit 117. Take Route 36 east for ten miles. Cross bridge and stay on right lane for Sandy Hook. Ferry service from Manhattan to Highlands, NJ, is another option, then take cab to Sandy Hook. Car trip is 1 hr and ten minutes from Holland Tunnel, Jersey side. Summer charge of $10 per vehicle. Park at South Beach Area B and walk to the launch across the street.

Specific rules: Fees

Extra: Usually no restrictions on the bayside. From Memorial Day until Labor Day there is a $15 vehicle parking fee (until 4pm EST). Season pass is $75.

Nightlife: SeaBright, NJ is packed with bars and clubs. Or near by Red Bank, NJ. Approx one hour drive to New York City.

Accommodations: Parking

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