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Icon EU 7 km

DWD ICON EU 7

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	Icon EU 7 km run: 30/04 10:05																																																																Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 10:05																																		GFS 13 km run: 30/04 10:05
Date Optimal	We 30 12h	We 30 13h	We 30 14h	We 30 15h	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	We 30 19h	We 30 20h	Th 1 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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 7h	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)	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	5	3	3	7	9	7	7	6	5	4	3	4	6	6	3	9	9	13	12	11	10	10	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	6	8	10	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	11	9	4	3	3	3	5	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	5	0	0	2	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	5	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	7	2	2	4	5	6	7	7	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	1	1	0	1	2	4	5	6	7	7	7	6	5	3	1	1	0	1	3	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	3	2	1	1	0	2	4	5	6	7	7	6	5	5	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	2	1	1	2	4	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9
Gusts (kn)	17	21	21	20	19	16	15	13	12	6	7	12	15	13	14	13	12	9	7	8	10	11	10	15	15	23	24	20	20	18	20	23	23	22	22	21	19	12	15	19	22	24	26	29	29	29	29	26	24	21	18	8	7	7	6	8	11	14	15	15	16	15	13	12	10	1	4	6	8	10	12	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	9	12	14	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	18	15	4	6	8	10	11	12	14	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	17	17	18	19	19	18	18	19	20	20	19	19	18	17	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	7	4	3	2	1	1	2	3	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	8	11	12	13	5	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	2	2	2	2	4	7	8	9	8	8	9	10	10	11
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Wave Per.	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Energy (Kj)	376	396	412	437	454	472	490	495	500	308	295	277	265	250	239	228	226	218	210	210	205	207	215	334	354	366	384	399	422	425	438	446	438	430	422	411	399	245	228	220	213	200	191	180	172	161	152	144	138	131	129	86	82	81	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	76	61	61	61	59	59	57	57	54	53	51	49	47	46	47	44	46	47	53	62	69	80	94	107	111	118	122	122	121
Temp. (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	11	12	14	15	17	18	18	19	18	19	19	18	17	16	14	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	14	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	11	13	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	11	12	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	11	13	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	15	13	13	14	14	15	17	18	18	19	19	18	17	16	15	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	12	13	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	11	12	14	15	16	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	16
Rain (mm)			0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																						0.2	0.2	0.8							0.1	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.5	0.5	0.5																																																														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	0.1	0.1																																																																															0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	79	60	54	65	67	53	31	29	20	35	55	4	30	28	68	75	100	100	100	100	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	88	89	100	99	93	42	80	45	55	70	56	71	85	100	100	100	100	94	88	82	75	68	61	65	62	70	77	85	87	88	90	74	59	43	61	80	98	99	95	88	80	73	68	63	58	52	45	39	44	49	54	59	61	54	46	39	42	44	47	48	48	49	41	33	25	24	46	64	82	100	100	100	100	7	3		1	2	3	13	100	99	98	97	84	71	58	68	78	88	91	94	97	98	39	57	76	94	96	98	100	69	39	8	27	45	64	52	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	91	90	89	63	37	11	13	15	17	14	11	8	28	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	90	79	69	70	72	73	82	82	83	85	86	80	75	69	50	32	13	20	28	35	31	3	24	45	66	77	89	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	95	38	42	47	51	38	26	13	9	4					30
Tide Ht.	-1.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.6	1.2	1.5	1.4	1.0	0.4	1.0	0.6	-0.0	-0.6	-1.0	-1.1	-1.0	-0.5	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.3	1.2	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.4	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.9	-0.7	-0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.6	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	-0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	-0.8	-0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.5	-0.7	-0.7	-0.5	-0.9	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.8	-0.8	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.4	-0.0	-0.5	-0.8	-0.9	-0.9	-1.0	-1.0	-0.7	-0.2	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	-0.3	-0.7	-1.0	-0.7	-1.0	-1.1	-0.9	-0.5	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.0	-0.5	-0.9	-0.4	-0.9	-1.1	-1.0	-0.7	-0.2	0.4	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.3	-0.3	-0.8	-0.2	-0.7	-1.0	-1.1	-0.9	-0.5	0.1	0.7	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	-0.8	-1.1	-1.0	-0.7	-0.2	0.4	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.2	0.4	-0.1	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.7	0.2
Tide Dir.						high								low							high								low							high		high						low							high			high						low									high						low									high						low									high						low			low						high						low		low							high						low		low						high						low		low							high								low						high								low							high								low						high								low							high
Tide Time						17:20								11:50							18:10								12:50							19:10		07:50						13:50							20:20			09:10						15:10									10:30						16:30									11:40						17:50									12:40						18:40			07:10						13:20						19:20		07:40							14:00						20:00		08:20						14:30						20:30		08:50							15:00								09:20						15:30								09:50							16:00								10:20						16:30								10:50							17:10

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Medium wave, Big wave

Water hazards: Swimmers, Animals, Currents

Water quality: Crystal clear

Infos: Wave size, naturally depends on weather conditions (1-6m, average is 2m). The beach is very long, and there is a section where surfers tend to ride. Watch out for jelly fish episodes (rare), which with the local restaurant where the lifeguard hangs out first, no sharks, etc. otherwise. The only thing to watch out for is the rocks at north end, but if you go that far you've also passed the designated swimming area. Watch out for currents.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Just sand dunes and watch out for the odd beach sign. During low tide you can walk in fairly far.

Identified hazards: Other

Beachgoer: July, August

Wind type: Trade

Wind specificities: Best from May to October. This is a great wind area, it is common to see delta wings flying in the cliff area.

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

Access description: by Car, Bus - Yes, you can see your car parked in the parking lot. Don't leave anything in the car or it will be broken into. Catch highway A8 from Lisboa towards Torres Vedras (exit at Torres Vedras). This is a toll highway. Follow the signs towards Termas do Vimeiro, then Hotel Golf Mar. The beach is south of the hotel, the golf course and the horse riding.

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: Stay out of the designated swimming areas. Respect the locals, it's their beach. Do not litter, use the supplied garbage cans.

Nightlife: Lots of wildlife/nightlife, restaurants, places to stay in Santa Cruz (2 km away). We love to party all night in Santa Cruz. The women are hot!!

Accommodations: Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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