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Arpege EU 11

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

MF Arpege EU 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	Arpege EU 11 km run: 30/04 20:16																																																									Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 20:16																																							GFS 13 km run: 30/04 20:16
Date Optimal	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	We 30 19h	We 30 20h	Th 1 8h	Th 1 9h	Th 1 10h	Th 1 11h	Th 1 12h	Th 1 13h	Th 1 14h	Th 1 15h	Th 1 16h	Th 1 17h	Th 1 18h	Th 1 19h	Th 1 20h	Fr 2 8h	Fr 2 9h	Fr 2 10h	Fr 2 11h	Fr 2 12h	Fr 2 13h	Fr 2 14h	Fr 2 15h	Fr 2 16h	Fr 2 17h	Fr 2 18h	Fr 2 19h	Fr 2 20h	Sa 3 8h	Sa 3 9h	Sa 3 10h	Sa 3 11h	Sa 3 12h	Sa 3 13h	Sa 3 14h	Sa 3 15h	Sa 3 16h	Sa 3 17h	Sa 3 18h	Sa 3 19h	Sa 3 20h	Su 4 8h	Su 4 9h	Su 4 10h	Su 4 11h	Su 4 12h	Su 4 13h	Su 4 14h	Su 4 15h	Su 4 16h	Su 4 17h	Su 4 18h	Su 4 19h	Su 4 20h	Mo 5 8h	Mo 5 9h	Mo 5 10h	Mo 5 11h	Mo 5 12h	Mo 5 13h	Mo 5 14h	Mo 5 15h	Mo 5 16h	Mo 5 17h	Mo 5 18h	Mo 5 19h	Mo 5 20h	Tu 6 8h	Tu 6 9h	Tu 6 10h	Tu 6 11h	Tu 6 12h	Tu 6 13h	Tu 6 14h	Tu 6 15h	Tu 6 16h	Tu 6 17h	Tu 6 18h	Tu 6 19h	Tu 6 20h	We 7 8h	We 7 9h	We 7 10h	We 7 11h	We 7 12h	We 7 13h	We 7 14h	We 7 15h	We 7 16h	We 7 17h	We 7 18h	We 7 19h	We 7 20h	Th 8 8h	Th 8 9h	Th 8 10h	Th 8 11h	Th 8 12h	Th 8 13h	Th 8 14h	Th 8 15h	Th 8 16h	Th 8 17h	Th 8 18h	Th 8 19h	Th 8 20h	Fr 9 8h	Fr 9 9h	Fr 9 10h	Fr 9 11h	Fr 9 12h	Fr 9 13h	Fr 9 14h	Fr 9 15h	Fr 9 16h	Fr 9 17h	Fr 9 18h	Fr 9 19h	Fr 9 20h	Sa 10 8h	Sa 10 9h	Sa 10 10h	Sa 10 11h	Sa 10 12h	Sa 10 13h	Sa 10 14h	Sa 10 15h	Sa 10 16h	Sa 10 17h	Sa 10 18h	Sa 10 19h	Sa 10 20h	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	Su 11 18h	Su 11 19h	Su 11 20h	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	Mo 12 18h	Mo 12 19h	Mo 12 20h	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	Tu 13 18h	Tu 13 19h	Tu 13 20h	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	We 14 18h	We 14 19h	We 14 20h	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	Th 15 18h	Th 15 19h	Th 15 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	8	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	12	14	14	15	16	16	15	13	13	7	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	3	4	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	5	6	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	6	5	4	4	2	3	5	6	9	10	11	12	12	11	10	9	8	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	14	13	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	7	7	8	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	15	16	18	19	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Gusts (kn)	16	15	16	16	16	15	18	19	20	22	25	25	27	28	28	26	24	22	11	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	5	7	10	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	11	7	7	8	9	11	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	12	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	7	7	8	11	13	16	17	18	19	18	18	17	15	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	17	15	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	12	12	12	12	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	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	0.6	0.6	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	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0
Wave Per.	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Energy (Kj)	44	44	42	40	40	45	45	47	46	47	45	46	46	46	46	48	46	45	36	36	35	34	33	31	31	29	28	27	26	25	24	24	24	25	23	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	17	17	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	23	24
Temp. (°C)	20	20	19	19	18	16	17	19	20	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	19	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	19	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	19	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18
Rain (mm)
Cloud Cov. (%)	19	13	27	24	17	1	1				86	3		1	3				1	9	1	4	1							2		3	2	22	51	32	1								18	18	14	4								1	96	100	100	100	100	100	100	88	75	63	56	49	42	43	55	45	36	40	45	49	50	52	53	47	42	36	38	62	65	67	68	70	71	60	49	38	43	47	52	54	100	100	100	77	55	32	24	16	8	14	21	27	29	100	100	100	84	69	53	52	51	50	47	44	41	36	100	100	100	79	59	38	59	79	100	100	100	100	100	99	97	96	96	97	97	79	62	44	48	53	57	71	19	11	2	1	1		1	1	2	12	21	31	22	75	73	72	53	34	15	11	7	3	6	9	12	13	25	14	4	20	37	53	68	82	97	98	99	100	86	89	94	100	96	91	87	77	67	57	71	86	100	100
Tide Ht.	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.2	-0.4	-0.1	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8	-0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.7	-0.7	-0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.7	-0.8	-0.6	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.4	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	0.4	0.8	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.5	-0.0	-0.5	-0.8	-0.8	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.2	-0.2	-0.7	-0.6	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.0	-0.4
Tide Dir.	high							low							high							low							high							low							high		high						low						high		high						low								high						low								high						low								high						low							high						low								high						low							high						low		low						high						low	low						high								low						high							low							high
Tide Time	16:20							10:50							17:10							11:40							18:00							12:40							19:10		08:10						14:00						20:30		09:30						15:30								10:40						16:40								11:30						17:30								12:10						18:10							12:50						18:50								13:20						19:20							13:50						19:50		08:10						14:20						20:30	08:40						14:50								09:10						15:20							09:40							16:00

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Chop, Small wave

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: Works only in high tides.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: Sandy beach.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: The Canary Islands are famed for their pleasant sub-tropical climate. La Graciosa the most northerly island has an arid desert like climate that averages 14-22C in winter and 22-28C in summer. There is hardly any rainfall, relatively low humidity and cooling sea breezes, these factors combine to make it "the island of eternal spring". The waters around the islands are not as warm as they might be at this latitude, due to the cool Canaries current that flows through the islands from the North. However, kiteboarders from northern Europe will find them relatively balmy, averaging 18C in winter (January to March) and 24C in summer (July to October). In terms of what to wear in the water, wintertime visitors from northern Europe will be comfortable with a very light full suit or shorty, whilst summertime is board shorts weather.

Wind type: Trade

Wind specificities: Sideshore winds with predominant wind direction. The Canary Islands located close to the North African coast (approx. 100 kms) and the Sahara desert, are on the fringe of the trade winds and in the middle of a major ocean current - the Canary current. The predominant winds are the NE trade winds that blow throughout the year. In the summer they become more consistent and stronger and the sea breezes create a pleasant climate both on the water and on shore. The trade winds "Los Alisios" can kick in as early as March and as late as May and contrary to popular belief they are not strong winds only about 3 Bft on the open sea. The best time to visit the islands is between May and August. The position of the islands creates acceleration zones where the wind is funneled between the "Los Riscos" mountain range of Lanzarote and the island of La Graciosa. Theses winds can sometimes increase to as much as 8-9 Bft and are normally sideshore or sideonshore. The Canary Islands occasionally get hit by the hot dry "Sirocco" winds that blow straight off the Sahara desert. They normally last between from 2-10 days and provide variable conditions (light-strong).

Best months: May, June, July, August, September

Access description: by Car - La Graciosa is a 25 minute ferry trip away from Lanzarote. Get to La Graciosa and ask for directions to Salao. The beach is near the village.

Specific rules: None

Nightlife: No nightlife.

Accommodations: Parking

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