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Icon D2 km

DWD Icon D 2

DMI HARMONIE 2

UKMO UK 2

KNMI EU 5.5

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

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon D2 km run: 17/06 22:08																								Icon EU 7 km run: 17/06 22:08																																																				Icon Global 11 km run: 17/06 22:08																																												GFS 13 km run: 17/06 22:08
Date Optimal	Tu 17 19h	Tu 17 20h	Tu 17 21h	Tu 17 22h	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	We 18 22h	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	Th 19 22h	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	Fr 20 22h	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	Sa 21 22h	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	Su 22 22h	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	Mo 23 22h	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	Tu 24 22h	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	We 25 22h	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	Th 26 22h	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	Fr 27 22h	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	Sa 28 22h	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	Su 29 22h	Mo 30 5h	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	Mo 30 21h	Mo 30 22h	Tu 1 5h	Tu 1 6h	Tu 1 7h	Tu 1 8h	Tu 1 9h	Tu 1 10h	Tu 1 11h	Tu 1 12h	Tu 1 13h	Tu 1 14h	Tu 1 15h	Tu 1 16h	Tu 1 17h	Tu 1 18h	Tu 1 19h	Tu 1 20h	Tu 1 21h	Tu 1 22h	We 2 5h	We 2 6h	We 2 7h	We 2 8h	We 2 9h	We 2 10h	We 2 11h	We 2 12h	We 2 13h	We 2 14h	We 2 15h	We 2 16h	We 2 17h	We 2 18h	We 2 19h	We 2 20h	We 2 21h	We 2 22h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	15	14	12	11	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	10	8	6	5	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	4	6	9	9	9	9	9	8	5	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	7	8	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	4	6	8	10	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	0	1	1	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	2	2	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	12	10	8	5	6	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	4	3	2	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	8	4	5	5	5	6	6	8	10	12	14	15	16	15	14	14	16	19	20	12	13	13	14	14	14	16	17	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	20	19	19	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	18	17	14	11	7	2	0	1	3	5	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	6	9	12	11	9	8	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	8	7	5	3	1	1
Gusts (kn)	23	26	23	19	14	15	18	19	19	21	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	21	18	15	12	10	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	8	9	14	16	16	16	15	15	12	10	8	3	2	2	2	3	4	8	14	15	15	12	10	8	8	7	6	5	4	7	5	2	4	6	8	11	15	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	13	11	8	3	3	3	5	6	8	10	12	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	10	8	7	11	12	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	25	25	25	25	23	20	18	11	11	12	13	14	15	13	11	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	18	17	16	8	9	11	13	14	16	19	21	23	24	25	25	25	24	24	26	30	32	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	25	25	26	27	29	31	34	35	35	34	33	29	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	25	24	23	21	15	7	2	3	6	8	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	7	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	12	11	9	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	12	14	16	17	17	16	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	3	1
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	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	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Wave Per.	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Energy (Kj)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Temp. (°C)	18	16	15	14	10	11	11	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	10	10	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	15	17	20	22	23	24	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	16	18	20	22	23	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	21	20	19	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	15	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	7	9	10	12	14	15	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	19	18	17	15	11	12	13	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	11	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	14	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	15	16	17	17	18	17	16	15	14	12	10	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10
Rain (mm)																																								0.1																																											0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1																						0.7	0.7	0.7	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	0.1	0.1																									0.1	0.1	0.1							0.1	0.1	0.1																																		0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	97	92	100	100	100	100	100	90	96	96	96	90	90	99	96	84	77	88	98	89	82	80	86	90	98	95	96	96	100	98	59	18	50	3	27	1	29	100	100	100	100	100	93	57	9	4	25	51	90	100	100	87	77	80	60	73	87	100	69	81	93	71	50	28	38	48	58	72	86	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	85	77	85	92	100	100	100	100	96	93	89	80	72	63	69	76	82	27	48	70	51	32	13	42	71	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	92	88	99	100	100	97	93	90	91	91	92	91	89	88	91	94	97	96	96	95	14	17	19	23	27	31	53	76	98	88	79	69	57	45	33	38	42	47	42	30	19	36	52	69	79	90	100	94	88	82	80	77	75	83	91	99	34	63	91	94	97	100	94	87	81	81	80	80	87	93	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100				4	8	12	24	35	47	58	70	81	71	60	50	67	83	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	100	100	100	100	93	87	80	65	51	36	57	79	100	91	82	73	93	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
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	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Tide Dir.
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Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave

Water hazards: Currents

Infos: Flat to choppy water. Tidal beach, so water will be shallow depending on tides. Lots of sandbars creating nice flat water. Look out for currents in the bay channel. St Andrews does get waves and swell too. It needs a low pressure off in the East for a while but it does get swell from time to time (3-5 ft). Waves are ok, but never clean enough for proper surfing (head down to the harbor beach for this).

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Long sandy beach all the way along the St. Andrews golf course. Lots of space. Can be dangerously busy in high summer though, so please be careful launching and landing kites. Huge at low tide. Fine, hard packed sand. Few obstacles. Perfect.

Beachgoer: July, August

Weather specificities: Wetsuit all year round, winter is for the brave but is sailed all year. Surprisingly sunny for Scotland.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Best in North winds, but many directions work on the north end of the beach, since it is a tip into the St. Andrews Bay. St Andrews can benefit from an onshore sea breeze effect on warmer summers days as it sticks out into the North Sea with water on three sides. Can be excellent but prevailing winds are often offshore. St Andrews is best in anything from a Northeasterly to a Southeasterly. When it blows onshore, or sideonshore, it blows well and clean. If it is blowing offshore, we all pack up and drive twenty minutes South to Shell Bay, near Elie, where the wind is onshore.

Access description: by Car - From Edinburgh up north on M90, then Northeast on A92 and A91 towards St. Andrews. Follow signs to the golf course and get to the ocean road (West Sands Road) and drive up north to the end. Drive all the way down the beach road and park on the grassy area at the end. No parking charges! There is also a bus station in the town itself.

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: Stay out of the river estuary and lagoon at the North end of the beach even though it looks butter flat and tempting to kitesurfers. Flying here puts you in the landing line for Leuchars Airforce Base and also in the firing line from the Nature Reserve folks (the lagoon area is a bird sanctuary). Don't fly in these areas or we risk loosing the use of the beach for all kite use (and you just may get taken out by a Tornado jet! There is a well established, very large 'Kite Zone' at the far North end of West Sands defined by two flags, outside of which you cannot kitesurf. Overnight parking is no longer allowed but not enforced. Note: overnight parking can be a frustrating experience with boy racers circling your vehicle at 3am.

Accommodations: Parking

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