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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: 12/06 13:17																																																																GFS 13 km run: 12/06 13:17
Date Optimal	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	4	6	8	8	9	8	7	6	4	5	6	8	9	11	12	13	13	13	8	4	6	8	10	11	13	14	14	14	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	20	19	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	1	1	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	12	10	5	7	8	9	9	8	7	6	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	5	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	5	6	8	9	10	10	10	8	4	2	20	21	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	3	2	1	1	2	4	6	7	7	7
Gusts (kn)	5	4	4	5	5	4	3	5	5	6	6	6	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	7	7	6	5	4	6	6	6	5	6	7	6	7	10	13	14	14	13	12	11	8	9	11	13	15	17	19	20	20	21	14	9	11	13	15	18	20	21	22	23	34	33	31	30	31	32	34	33	33	32	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	8	9	10	3	4	5	5	7	8	8	6	3	1	36	34	32	30	29	28	26	25	23	21	13	13	12	12	11	10	8	6	3	1	7	7	7	7	5	4	3	4	7	10	28	27	26	24	23	22	21	20	20	20	14	15	16	16	15	15	13	8	3	2	42	41	38	35	33	31	29	29	28	28	9	7	4	2	3	5	7	9	12	14
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4
Wave Per.	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Energy (Kj)	214	209	196	191	184	174	167	163	156	159	161	162	167	169	171	174	178	185	189	218	218	216	210	208	208	200	200	194	192	150	148	146	152	156	160	165	171	180	183	398	430	472	529	575	649	737	818	890	973	1.0k	976	971	927	915	907	903	929	917	927	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.3k
Temp. (°C)	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	15	16	18	19	20	21	21	21	20	19	15	16	19	21	21	22	23	23	22	20	18	19	21	23	24	24	24	24	23	22	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	16	15	14	10	12	14	16	18	19	20	19	17	15	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	17	16	15	10	13	16	19	22	24	25	24	21	19	14	16	18	19	21	22	23	21	18	17	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	14	13	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	18	16	15	13	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12
Rain (mm)																																																																																																																								0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3																								0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	1	1																																						12	40	69	97	98	99	100	98	95	93	81	28	32	36	46	55	65	67	69	71	60	47	34	21	14	7												70	70	69	2	1	1		12	24	36	57	79	100	39	44	48	53	53	54	54	37	19	2	57	71	86	100	67	33		23	46	69	100	100	100	100	78	57	35	23	12		100	100	100	100	70	39	9	12	15	18	52	67	82	97	77	58	38	28	17	7	65	68	70	73	71	69	67	78	89	100	100	95	90	85	89	93	97	76	54	33
Tide Ht.	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.0	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	-0.5	-0.7	-0.7	-0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.5	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.7	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.7	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.5	0.7
Tide Dir.		low						high				low							high				low						high					low										low											low					high						low					high						low						high					low						high											high					low						high				low							high				low						high					low						high					low						high
Tide Time		10:20						16:30				10:50							17:00				11:20						17:40					12:00										12:40											13:30					08:30						14:30					09:40						15:40						11:00					16:50						12:10											13:20					08:00						14:10				08:50							15:00				09:40						15:50					10:20						16:30					11:00						17:20

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Small wave, Medium wave, Big wave

Water hazards: Currents

Water quality: Clean

Infos: The spot works best on a low tide in the summer. The spot is divided into 2 with a sand bar on the left. So you get slightly choppy water on the right and cross off winds on the other side. Making for great wave riding and smooth water. Waves vary from 2-4 ft but it is too wild any bigger than that. Strong rip tides.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: The large, sandy beach is perfect for launching and landing and have good clean sand on them. Just have to climb a dune to get to the spot but the parking lot is right on the other side.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: The air temp in mostly between 20-25C and the water will be around 20C. Best to wear a shorty for comforts sake and to reduce chances of sunburn. Air: summer 20-35C, winter 15-25C. Water: summer 18-23C, winter 10-16C.

Wind type: Thermal

Wind specificities: Blows at least 3-5 times a week and usually between 12-20 knots, with the occasional really strong day. Best wind direction is Southwest and West but it can be surfed on a Southeasterly as well. Best wind is between October to January. It is possible to surf in off-season but the winds will be more frontal and often few and far between.

Best months: January, October, November, December

Access description: by Car - Exit the airport by turning left into 4th avenue and again turn left at the traffic lights into Hugh Road and continue on straight. The name of the road changes to Buffels Fontein but continue straight through till you can see the ocean. On your left will be some plastic green houses, turn left again when you meet the T-junction turn right into Sardinia Bay road. Continue till you see a parking lot and a large dune. Own transport advisable, no public transport. Drive along Marine Drive towards the beacon, and when the road ends, follow signs to Schoenmakerskop. From there you will see directions to Sardinia Bay. Also accessible by coming from Walmer Heights - take signs to Sardinia Bay directly.

Specific rules: Other

Extra: Definitely use a kite leash as people are walking on the beaches. Good beach for beginners. Watch out for petty crime in the top car park! Cars get broken into daily (especially during the week) for items like mobile phones - even if these are hidden in the boot. Park at the bottom car park (more crowded) and walk up the beach instead.

Accommodations: Shower, Toilet, Parking

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