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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: 17/05 05:10																																																																GFS 13 km run: 17/05 05:10
Date Optimal	Sa 17 7h	Sa 17 8h	Sa 17 9h	Sa 17 10h	Sa 17 11h	Sa 17 12h	Sa 17 13h	Sa 17 14h	Sa 17 15h	Sa 17 16h	Sa 17 17h	Su 18 7h	Su 18 8h	Su 18 9h	Su 18 10h	Su 18 11h	Su 18 12h	Su 18 13h	Su 18 14h	Su 18 15h	Su 18 16h	Su 18 17h	Mo 19 7h	Mo 19 8h	Mo 19 9h	Mo 19 10h	Mo 19 11h	Mo 19 12h	Mo 19 13h	Mo 19 14h	Mo 19 15h	Mo 19 16h	Mo 19 17h	Tu 20 7h	Tu 20 8h	Tu 20 9h	Tu 20 10h	Tu 20 11h	Tu 20 12h	Tu 20 13h	Tu 20 14h	Tu 20 15h	Tu 20 16h	Tu 20 17h	We 21 7h	We 21 8h	We 21 9h	We 21 10h	We 21 11h	We 21 12h	We 21 13h	We 21 14h	We 21 15h	We 21 16h	We 21 17h	Th 22 7h	Th 22 8h	Th 22 9h	Th 22 10h	Th 22 11h	Th 22 12h	Th 22 13h	Th 22 14h	Th 22 15h	Th 22 16h	Th 22 17h	Fr 23 7h	Fr 23 8h	Fr 23 9h	Fr 23 10h	Fr 23 11h	Fr 23 12h	Fr 23 13h	Fr 23 14h	Fr 23 15h	Fr 23 16h	Fr 23 17h	Sa 24 7h	Sa 24 8h	Sa 24 9h	Sa 24 10h	Sa 24 11h	Sa 24 12h	Sa 24 13h	Sa 24 14h	Sa 24 15h	Sa 24 16h	Sa 24 17h	Su 25 7h	Su 25 8h	Su 25 9h	Su 25 10h	Su 25 11h	Su 25 12h	Su 25 13h	Su 25 14h	Su 25 15h	Su 25 16h	Su 25 17h	Mo 26 7h	Mo 26 8h	Mo 26 9h	Mo 26 10h	Mo 26 11h	Mo 26 12h	Mo 26 13h	Mo 26 14h	Mo 26 15h	Mo 26 16h	Mo 26 17h	Tu 27 7h	Tu 27 8h	Tu 27 9h	Tu 27 10h	Tu 27 11h	Tu 27 12h	Tu 27 13h	Tu 27 14h	Tu 27 15h	Tu 27 16h	Tu 27 17h	We 28 7h	We 28 8h	We 28 9h	We 28 10h	We 28 11h	We 28 12h	We 28 13h	We 28 14h	We 28 15h	We 28 16h	We 28 17h	Th 29 7h	Th 29 8h	Th 29 9h	Th 29 10h	Th 29 11h	Th 29 12h	Th 29 13h	Th 29 14h	Th 29 15h	Th 29 16h	Th 29 17h	Fr 30 7h	Fr 30 8h	Fr 30 9h	Fr 30 10h	Fr 30 11h	Fr 30 12h	Fr 30 13h	Fr 30 14h	Fr 30 15h	Fr 30 16h	Fr 30 17h	Sa 31 7h	Sa 31 8h	Sa 31 9h	Sa 31 10h	Sa 31 11h	Sa 31 12h	Sa 31 13h	Sa 31 14h	Sa 31 15h	Sa 31 16h	Sa 31 17h	Su 1 7h	Su 1 8h	Su 1 9h	Su 1 10h	Su 1 11h	Su 1 12h	Su 1 13h	Su 1 14h	Su 1 15h	Su 1 16h	Su 1 17h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	0	1	3	4	5	5	5	4	3	2	1	0	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	0	2	2	2	3	4	5	7	8	7	6	6	7	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	7	5	3	4	3	3	2	1	3	5	6	6	5	4	3	2	1	3	5	7	8	9	8	7	6	2	2	2	4	6	8	10	12	13	13	12	2	2	0	2	4	6	8	9	10	10	9	5	5	4	3	3	3	5	6	6	4	2	17	15	15	15	14	12	9	8	10	14	17	13	13	15	17	19	20	19	18	17	15	12	3	2	1	3	6	9	11	13	13	12	11	3	2	1	3	5	6	7	7	8	9	8	2	2	2	5	7	9	11	12	14	16	16	2	2	1	3	5	6	8	9	9	9	9
Gusts (kn)	5	5	4	4	5	6	7	6	6	5	3	6	6	4	3	7	10	10	10	11	10	8	4	4	3	4	4	5	7	7	6	5	3	5	5	6	8	9	11	14	16	15	15	14	19	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	16	14	12	7	7	7	6	6	8	10	13	12	12	12	5	5	7	8	10	12	15	17	16	16	15	6	6	7	7	8	10	12	14	16	18	19	2	2	2	1	2	5	10	14	15	15	14	8	7	6	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	2	31	27	25	24	23	21	19	17	19	21	23	25	25	25	25	25	24	23	22	22	21	20	2	2	3	4	6	8	10	13	14	15	16	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	14	15	4	4	6	8	11	12	14	15	18	21	22	3	3	4	4	5	7	8	10	12	14	15
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	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	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.7	2.8	3.1	3.3	3.6	3.6	3.6	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Wave Per.	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Energy (Kj)	151	144	139	135	126	122	117	116	112	107	107	83	83	84	86	85	87	86	88	85	85	85	117	119	120	121	125	126	126	125	127	129	129	118	120	115	113	108	104	101	102	101	103	100	474	462	443	522	603	699	894	1.2k	1.4k	1.5k	1.5k	557	548	548	539	521	512	486	474	453	441	429	411	419	413	407	407	402	402	396	396	396	396
Temp. (°C)	15	18	22	24	25	26	26	27	26	25	23	18	20	23	25	26	26	26	25	24	23	23	16	17	21	24	25	26	26	26	26	25	23	19	20	23	28	31	32	33	33	33	32	31	17	17	18	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	16	17	20	22	24	25	25	24	23	22	21	16	17	19	21	22	23	23	22	22	21	20	14	15	17	19	21	22	23	23	23	22	21	16	17	19	21	22	23	23	23	22	21	20	18	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	19	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	13	14	16	18	19	21	22	22	22	21	19	14	15	17	19	21	23	24	24	24	22	21	14	15	17	19	21	22	22	22	21	20	20
Rain (mm)																																																																																																																	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1									0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)											10	3	9	7	2	5		3	4	35	94	59	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	95	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100																				3	7	10									8	16	24												85	100	79	57	36	26	17	7	11	16	20	99	98	99	99	100	74	48	22	17	11	6	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	21	6	16	25	35	39	42	46	44	42	40	100	100	67	33								36	40	38	36	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	67	79	54	28	3	2	1		2	3	5	3	2	1	1
Tide Ht.	0.5	0.3	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.6	-0.8	-0.7	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.1	-0.4	-0.7	-0.8	-0.7	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.4	-0.2	-0.6	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.8	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.7	-0.8	-0.7	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.6	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1
Tide Dir.						low											low						high						low						high							low						high						low						high						low						high						low						high						low						high						low						high					low						high						low						high						low						high					low												low						high						low
Tide Time						12:00											12:50						07:20						13:40						08:50							15:00						10:30						16:40						11:50						17:50						12:50						07:30						13:40						08:20						14:30						09:00						15:10					09:40						15:50						10:20						16:40						11:00						17:20					11:40												12:30						07:10						13:10

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Medium wave

Water hazards: Swimmers, Rocks

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Rocks in certain areas, easy to spot. Umdloti Beach is one of the most classic spots to kitesurf along the Durban coastline. Umdloti is a great spot for wave riding, 2 point breaks work really well in the desired wind direction.

Beach type & size: Grass, Sand - Medium

Infos: Sandy beach. Rocks in certain areas.

Identified hazards: Rocks

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: The water is extremely warm in summer, no wetsuits required. In winter the water can get a bit colder and a short wetsuit is required. The lagoon can be kited the whole way through the year.

Wind type: Frontal, Trade

Wind specificities: Predominant winds are Northeasterly and Southwesterly. This spot can be used in both directions. Average winds are between 10 kts and 25 kts.

Best months: January, February, August, September, October, November, December

Access description: by Car, Bus - Take M4 or N2 north of Durban and exit to Umdloti.

Specific rules: None

Accommodations: Rooms, Shop, Repair, Rental, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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