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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: 14/06 19:29																																						GFS 13 km run: 14/06 19:29
Date Optimal	Sa 14 15h	Sa 14 16h	Sa 14 17h	Sa 14 18h	Sa 14 19h	Sa 14 20h	Sa 14 21h	Su 15 5h	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	Su 15 21h	Mo 16 5h	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	Mo 16 21h	Tu 17 5h	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	Tu 17 21h	We 18 5h	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	We 18 21h	Th 19 5h	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	Th 19 21h	Fr 20 5h	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	Fr 20 21h	Sa 21 5h	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	Sa 21 21h	Su 22 5h	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	Su 22 21h	Mo 23 5h	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	Mo 23 21h	Tu 24 5h	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	Tu 24 19h	Tu 24 20h	Tu 24 21h	We 25 5h	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	We 25 19h	We 25 20h	We 25 21h	Th 26 5h	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	Th 26 19h	Th 26 20h	Th 26 21h	Fr 27 5h	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	Fr 27 19h	Fr 27 20h	Fr 27 21h	Sa 28 5h	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	Sa 28 19h	Sa 28 20h	Sa 28 21h	Su 29 5h	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	Su 29 19h	Su 29 20h	Su 29 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	4	4	4	6	4	20	8	3	3	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	7	10	6	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	3	4	8	8	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	4	5	10	10	11	8	3	3	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	5	5	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	6	4	3	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	4	6	5	4	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	2	4	5	3	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	1	1	5	8	10	7	6	8	7	4	3	3	4	6	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	7	5	4
Gusts (kn)	6	4	5	7	5	26	13	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	6	6	7	7	8	8	5	3	2	10	1	0	1	2	1	5	9	7	8	7	5	8	13	8	8	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	6	7	7	7	6	6	10	6	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	7	8	10	12	13	11	13	12	11	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	6	7	7	5	4	4	5	5	5	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	7	8	9	9	8	7	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	5	6	6	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	6	7	7	5	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	6	10	13	16	18	19	17	13	10	7	5	7	11	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	11
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)
Wave Per.
Wave Energy (Kj)
Temp. (°C)	25	25	26	25	25	19	16	12	13	15	17	18	20	23	25	26	27	28	29	29	28	28	27	24	16	16	19	21	23	25	27	28	30	31	31	30	27	27	25	20	17	10	11	15	18	21	23	25	27	29	30	31	31	30	29	28	23	19	10	12	15	18	21	24	26	28	28	29	30	29	28	26	24	21	17	9	11	14	16	18	21	22	23	24	25	26	28	28	27	25	23	21	11	13	15	17	18	20	21	21	21	20	18	16	14	13	12	11	11	8	8	9	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	13	6	8	10	13	15	18	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	18	16	9	10	13	15	17	19	21	22	23	24	25	25	25	25	23	22	19	12	13	16	18	21	23	25	27	28	29	28	28	27	26	24	22	20	13	15	17	20	22	25	26	27	28	28	28	28	28	26	24	22	20	14	15	17	20	22	24	26	28	31	32	31	29	28	26	25	24	22	14	16	18	21	23	25	27	30	33	34	31	25	21	21	22	22	21	15	16	17	19	21	24	26	29	33	35	36	35	34	32	29	25	22	14	15	16	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	22	21	20	18	16	15
Rain (mm)						0.5	0.9																																	0.1																																																															0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.2																																																																																																																																								0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	2	1	42	49	97	100	100													20	98	100	100	92	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	6			5	51	52	100	84	100	100	100	93	100	100	76	6										5	6	7	100	75			11	100	83	46	70	88	96	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	93	89	93	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	93	90	93	97	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	95	90	86	91	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	25	44	62	75	87	100	71	41	12	28	84	80	76	72	80	87	95	97	98	100	98	96	94	94	95	95	97	70	76	83	89	72	54	37	44	51	58	72	86	100	100	100	100	100	100	80	61	41	31	22	12	28	44	60	63	66	69	79	88	98	67	72	56	39	23	47	71	95	72	48	25	29	34	38	42	45	49	59	14	12	11	9	8	7	6	7	9	10	36	62	88	90	91	93	91	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	75	51	26	19	100	96	91	87	62	38	13	17	21	25	19	13	7	33	58	84	89
Tide Ht.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0
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Tide Time

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Lake

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave

Water hazards: Swimmers, Ships

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Lake conditions, flat and choppy, but good waves do come with strong Westerly winds as the lake is over 5 kilometers long coming into Kelowna for swell to form. Be sure to watch out for swimmers and boats as the popular Gyro Beach is a short tack from the Rotary launch.

Beach type & size: Grass - Small

Infos: Grassy rigging area. One of the sketchiest launches imaginable. Huge tree right in front of a sign that says it is a designated windsurfing beach. In summer the beach gets very crowded with tourists and no-one respects the designated launch. Talk to the locals there on how to avoid the "Tree of Death" on the launch site.

Identified hazards: Trees, Bystanders

Beachgoer: July, August

Weather specificities: Wetsuits are common and then a nice drysuit also helps extend early and late season sessions. Season lasts until around early November before Kelowna is hit with its first snowfall. Head to Big White for some world-class snowboarding when this occurs.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Huge kites are recommended but you can get away with a 12 sqm on lucky days. Typical month will have about 9 days with perfect riding conditions, but in any session expect the winds to be very gusty. Most suitable and sometimes only rideable wind for Rotary is a West wind. Nice windy day will be about 20 mph in Kelowna. During summer normally calm winds but can get very windy. Winds pick up in the evenings. Best time of year for wind is early spring starting around March 10th.

Best months: March, April

Access description: by Car - Coming from Kelowna drive towards the bridge crossing the lake, but before the bridge turn South on to Pandosy Street. Follow Pandosy past the hospital, past Gyro Beach and then next right turn into Rotary Beach parking lot. On a windy day look for kites spread out on grass next to the Rotary washrooms. Approximately 2 km drive south from Harvey (main highway going through Kelowna).

Specific rules: None

Extra: No rules, no fees. Just ride at your own risk and do not jeopardize the legality of the beach by trying something stupid. Have fun and watch out for frequent onlookers on boats and for swimmers trying to get close to see the ripping action.

Nightlife: Local Kelowna bars and restaurants.

Accommodations: Shop, Toilet, Food, Parking

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