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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

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	GFS HRRR 3 km run: 15/06 18:11																						GFS 13 km run: 15/06 18:11
Date Optimal	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Mo 30 6h	Mo 30 7h	Mo 30 8h	Mo 30 9h	Mo 30 10h	Mo 30 11h	Mo 30 12h	Mo 30 13h	Mo 30 14h	Mo 30 15h	Mo 30 16h	Mo 30 17h	Mo 30 18h	Mo 30 19h	Mo 30 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	11	11	9	13	13	15	14	8	9	9	9	9	11	10	9	9	10	12	15	11	10	8	7	8	6	8	11	11	8	8	10	11	13	14	16	16	16	20	19	18	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	22	21	20	21	22	19	17	16	16	16	14	15	18	19	21	23	24	23	24	23	17	17	16	14	12	11	9	7	8	9	12	13	12	10	9	12	11	9	7	4	2	1	1	3	5	8	10	11	12	12	2	3	5	6	7	7	7	10	12	11	8	7	7	8	9	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	7	6	5	4	3	3	4	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	8	8	7	6	5	4	5	8	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	16	15	13	12	11	10	10	10	11	13	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	10	9	8	7	7	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15
Gusts (kn)	15	16	16	20	23	27	25	18	19	16	15	15	21	18	14	12	14	18	23	18	20	14	13	11	16	17	19	17	14	10	15	14	17	20	22	23	24	28	27	26	25	24	24	23	25	26	27	29	29	30	31	31	28	27	25	25	24	23	21	22	25	27	29	32	33	35	34	24	22	21	18	15	13	11	9	9	9	11	12	11	9	8	16	13	9	7	4	2	1	2	3	5	7	9	10	11	12	3	3	4	5	6	6	8	10	11	10	8	6	7	8	8	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	9	8	6	4	3	3	4	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	12	9	8	8	7	5	4	6	8	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	15	14	13	11	11	11	13	14	16	17	19	20	22	22	23	22	20	19	17	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	19	18	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	18	19	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	19	19	20	21
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	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	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	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	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Wave Per.	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Energy (Kj)	48	47	47	44	44	46	47	46	45	45	46	44	41	40	39	39	39	39	37	37	35	35	31	30	30	28	28	27	27	26	27	26	26	26	26	28	31	49	50	51	54	52	52	51	51	49	49	51	52	54	55	58	61	61	61	61	60	58	57	57	56	55	57	58	61	63	67	100	97	96	94	91	86	82	76	70	64	60	53	49	47	45	29	29	28	28	26	26	25	25	24	23	22	20	20	20	20
Temp. (°C)	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	24	25	26	26	26	27	28	28	28	28	28	26	25	26	25	24	23	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	26	27	26	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26
Rain (mm)																				0.4		0.4										0.1		0.7	0.3			0.8	1.2	1.1	0.6		0.2																																		0.2	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.7	0.7																																																																																																																																								0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Cloud Cov. (%)	4	2	5	2	1	1		100	100	100	100	100	100	54	100	70	75	84	92	100	100	100	100	100	93	89	85	100	95	100	93	70	77	100	100	22	100	31	42	74	100	100	100	100	79	14	16	11	16			8		7	20	7	13	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	10	7	11	9	5	5	6	6	7	9	10	12	10	9	7	36	65	94	78	55	33	22	11		11	22	33	45	58	70	62	53	45	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	83	82	81	63	45	27	21	15	9	14	18	23	36	50	63	70	62	55	69	83	97	95	92	90	75	61	46	53	59	66	100	100	100	95	90	85	80	74	69	49	28	8	8	8	8	48	28	9	14	20	25	50	75	100	100	100	100	82	64	46	100	100	100	75	50	25	36	47	58	48	37	27	24	22	19	24	38	52	38	24	10	12	14	16	17	18	19	17	15	13	55	70	85	71	56	42	30	19	7	5	4	2	3	5	6	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Tide Ht.	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.7	-0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.4	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2
Tide Dir.			low										high						low				low						high						low				low						high						low				low						high						low			low							high									low							high									low							high									low							high			high						low							high			high						low							high			high						low										high						low										high						low										high						low				low						high						low
Tide Time			16:40										11:40						17:30				06:20						12:30						18:30				07:10						13:30						19:30				08:00						14:30						20:40			08:50							15:30									09:40							16:30									10:40							17:30									11:40							18:30			06:50						12:40							19:30			07:50						13:30							20:20			08:40						14:30										09:40						15:20										10:30						16:20										11:20						17:10				06:10						12:10						18:10

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Chop, Small wave

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Flat, choppy or waves depending on the wind direction. Good waves after strong south winds.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Sandy beach. Lots of space.

Identified hazards: Bystanders, Cars

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Season from March to November. Year-round possible if you ride on the warmer SW winds with warm water currents. Wetsuits needed beginning and end of the year, just shorts from late spring to early fall. Warm gulf-stream ocean currents keep air and water temperatures warm nearly year-round.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: In June and July 90% wind from SW. Starts at 3pm, strongest at 7pm and lasts until sunset. In August and September the wind is not consistent. In October and November 70% wind. In December to February windy almost daily. In March to May frontals and winds from SW, NW and NE. Main directions: NE and SW. Works in: SW, W, WNW, NW.

Best months: January, February, June, July, September, October, November, December

Access description: by Car - Easiest is a rental car. Follow the signs to the Outer Banks from Norfolk (route 168S and then 158S). Then take route 12 south all the way down and get to Buxton. In North Buxton exit highway 12 onto Forest Rd. Follow the road almost to its end and take the last right turn possible. Drive down the street until you get to the South-facing beach and then drive on the beach. 4-wheel drive access only.

Specific rules: None

Accommodations: Camping, Parking

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