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knmi_harmonie

MF Arome 1.3

UKMO UK 2

DMI HARMONIE 2

KNMI 2

DWD Icon D 2

MF Arome 2.5

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

GEM Global 15

BOM ACCESS 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

MF Arpege 55

JMA gSM 55

Model	knmi_harmonie_arome_netherlands run: 01/05 04:34																																											IFS HD 2.5 km run: 01/05 04:34																																																																GFS 13 km run: 01/05 04:34
Date Optimal	Th 1 6h	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	Th 1 21h	Fr 2 6h	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	Fr 2 21h	Sa 3 6h	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	Sa 3 21h	Su 4 6h	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	Su 4 21h	Mo 5 6h	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	Mo 5 21h	Tu 6 6h	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	Tu 6 21h	We 7 6h	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	We 7 21h	Th 8 6h	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	Th 8 21h	Fr 9 6h	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	Fr 9 21h	Sa 10 6h	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	Sa 10 21h	Su 11 6h	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	Su 11 21h	Mo 12 6h	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	Mo 12 21h	Tu 13 6h	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	Tu 13 21h	We 14 6h	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	We 14 21h	Th 15 6h	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	Th 15 21h	Fr 16 6h	Fr 16 7h	Fr 16 8h	Fr 16 9h	Fr 16 10h	Fr 16 11h	Fr 16 12h	Fr 16 13h	Fr 16 14h	Fr 16 15h	Fr 16 16h	Fr 16 17h	Fr 16 18h	Fr 16 19h	Fr 16 20h	Fr 16 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	5	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	2	2	1	8	5	3	3	3	11	6	7	4	2	9	5	8	10	11	12	13	10	9	9	8	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	5	6	7	8	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	8	6	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	10	9	8	5	5	6	7	9	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	2	2	2	1	0	1	3	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	1	1	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	3	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	15	15	14	13	13	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Gusts (kn)	8	7	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	14	14	8	6	5	18	18	11	12	8	15	14	14	17	19	20	21	21	17	15	14	7	6	8	9	10	11	12	13	19	22	29	30	25	28	29	29	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	28	27	23	22	20	20	21	21	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	23	22	22	22	20	17	15	15	16	17	15	14	12	14	16	17	18	12	10	8	7	7	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	14	14	15	14	7	8	8	7	5	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	17	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	17	18	21	28	28	27	25	22	20	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	18	20	22	25	26	26	24	21	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	18	19	21	22	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	17	18
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	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	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	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	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	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	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Wave Per.	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	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	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Energy (Kj)	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	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	29	32	33	35	36	36	35	33	31	29	27	27	25	25	25	25	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	9	7	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Temp. (°C)	11	11	13	15	16	19	21	23	23	23	23	19	19	19	18	18	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	7	7	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	7	8	9	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	7	7	8	9	10	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	8	9	9	10	11	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	6	6	7	9	11	12	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	11	12	13	14	16	17	19	21	21	22	22	14	14	13	12	12	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	12
Rain (mm)																																																							0.1	0.1	0.1																											0.1	0.1	0.1	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											0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	100	93	37			1	85	100	99	100	78	100	96	100	96	83	100	100	100	99	100	100	100	100	80		22	61	100	96	9		71								22	15	5	3	21	48	63	54	38	55	68	72	71	71	76	81	83	76	64	57	58	62	68	76	69	78	78	57	27	4										1	78	60	50	56	70	80	81	78	76	77	78	78	74	69	63	57	19	23	29	37	47	56	65	73	76	72	64	55	46	36	29	26	23	22	24	31	41	50	59	67	69	62	50	37	24	10			8	12	18	29	43	56	69	81	91	96	99	99	98	96	90	80	47	57	66	75	83	90	96	100	100	93	80	68	55	42	33	31	47	45	45	47	50	52	54	56	56	53	48	43	37	31	25	19	30	38	44	44	42	39	36	33	33	38	45	52	58	64	65	60	4	4	4	3	1					3	7	11	15	19	21	20	4	5	5	5	4	3	2	1								10	96	95	90	79	65	50	33	17	9	6	7	2	2	3	3	6	5	4	2	3	5	6	14	21	29	53	76	100	100	100	100
Tide Ht.	-0.7	-1.2	-1.3	-0.7	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	1.2	0.8	0.3	-0.2	-0.7	-1.2	-1.6	-1.3	-0.3	-0.7	-1.1	-1.1	-0.4	0.4	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-1.2	-1.4	-0.0	-0.4	-0.7	-1.0	-0.9	-0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.1	-0.3	-0.7	-1.1	0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-0.7	-0.9	-0.7	-0.1	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.1	-0.3	-0.6	0.6	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.7	-0.1	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.1	-0.2	0.8	0.6	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.8	-0.7	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-0.8	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.7	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	-0.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.0	-0.1	0.4	0.9	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	-0.3	-0.8	-1.1	-0.9	-0.4	-0.0	0.4	1.0	1.2	-0.4	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	-0.4	-0.9	-1.2	-0.9	-0.3	0.1	0.6	1.1	-0.7	-0.2	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.2	-0.1	-0.6	-1.1	-1.2	-0.8	-0.2	0.2	0.7	-1.0	-0.4	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.8	-1.3	-1.2	-0.6	0.0	0.4	-1.3	-0.8	-0.1	0.3	0.7	1.1	1.2	0.8	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-1.0	-1.3	-1.0	-0.3	0.2	-1.2	-1.1	-0.5	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.1	-0.3	-0.7	-1.2	-1.3	-0.8	-0.0	-0.9	-1.2	-0.9	-0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.2	-1.1	-0.5	-0.7	-1.0	-1.1	-0.6	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.2	-0.3	-0.6	-1.0	-1.2	-0.9
Tide Dir.		low						high							low				low						high						low					low						high						low					low						high											low						high					high						low						high				high							low						high				high							low						high				high							low						high				high							low					high					high						low											high						low										high							low				low						high						low					low						high						low				low						high							low
Tide Time		07:40						13:40							20:00				08:30						14:40						20:50					09:10						15:30						21:50					10:10						16:30											11:10						17:30					06:00						12:10						18:20				06:50							13:10						19:10				07:40							14:10						20:10				08:40							15:10						21:00				09:20							16:00					21:40					10:10						16:40											11:00						17:20										11:40							18:00				06:20						12:20						18:40					07:00						13:10						19:20				07:40						13:50							20:00

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Island

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Medium wave

Water hazards: Swimmers, Mole

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Flat to choppy water. Shallow area in a channel at high tide. Outside waves.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Big, sandy beach. Can get very packed in summer with tourists closer to the promenade.

Identified hazards: Bystanders

Beachgoer: July, August

Weather specificities: For kitesurfing we recommend a wetsuit with long arms, surfing you can try with shorty on some days in the hottest months of the year. But better to use a steamer. In spring and autumn start well dressed with 5/4 mm wetsuit. All year riding possible, but winter gets very cold. In summer the temperature of the water is 19-20C.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: This save spot will work with every wind direction. Strong winds come from SW or NW with depressions. Best winds from fall to spring, summer lighter. East wind gusty due to buildings.

Best months: March, April, May, September, October, November

Access description: by Car, Boat - From Groningen you go to Emshaven, from Hamburg, Hannover or Bremen you find the way about Emden. From Emshaven or Emden take the ferry to Borkum island. You can leave the car at the continent, take your kite/surf stuff only and your bike. If you come by train you have connection directly to the port, where the ferryboat is leaving. On the island you go further by train or bus. Borkum City, directly in front of the pedestrian zone, but there is also a big parking behind the dunes. You reach the 'Esplanada' after a few steps and you can admire the perfect all round spot.

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: Special areas. Stay away from sunbathers and swimmers. Rescue only during summer. Look out for special time regulations for driving a car on the island.

Nightlife: Inselkeller, Kajuete, Ei, Strandschlucht etc. Before midnight only young people, after midnight older people start to party.

Accommodations: School, Shop, Repair, Rental, Rescue, Toilet, Food, Parking

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Tide moment:

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