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Icon D2 km

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 global 13

GFS GRAPES 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon D2 km run: 05/05 00:53																																							Icon EU 7 km run: 05/05 00:53																																										Icon Global 11 km run: 05/05 00:53																																							GFS 13 km run: 05/05 00:53
Date Optimal	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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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	Sa 17 6h	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	Sa 17 18h	Sa 17 19h	Sa 17 20h	Sa 17 21h	Su 18 6h	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	Su 18 18h	Su 18 19h	Su 18 20h	Su 18 21h	Mo 19 6h	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	Mo 19 18h	Mo 19 19h	Mo 19 20h	Mo 19 21h	Tu 20 6h	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	Tu 20 18h	Tu 20 19h	Tu 20 20h	Tu 20 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	11	10	8	10	8	9	10	12	14	17	17	18	17	16	15	12	11	15	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	11	11	12	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	9	9	9	10	11	13	14	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	12	7	7	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	14	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	13	12	10	7	7	8	10	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	13	15	16	17	17	16	16	14	11	11	12	13	14	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	11	12	14	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	21	21	20	20	19	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	21	21	20	19	18	18	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	8	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	12	12	11
Gusts (kn)	19	17	15	16	15	15	16	19	25	28	30	30	29	27	26	18	22	23	23	23	22	22	24	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	19	20	22	25	25	25	24	26	27	27	26	26	27	26	25	17	16	17	18	20	22	25	27	27	28	28	27	26	25	24	12	13	15	17	20	22	24	26	26	27	27	26	25	23	24	13	13	14	16	17	18	18	18	20	21	22	21	21	20	18	11	11	14	16	18	20	22	24	24	24	25	24	24	24	22	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	15	17	20	24	26	24	21	22	20	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	19	19	19	20	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	21	22	23	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	22	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	27	28	29	21	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	21	21	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	15	14	12	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	9	11	12	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6
Wave Per.	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	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	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	3
Wave Energy (Kj)	29	26	24	24	23	23	34	47	65	74	86	95	93	92	88	28	27	25	24	24	23	24	25	26	29	32	35	35	35	34	19	20	21	21	20	20	22	22	24	27	30	34	34	34	34	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	22	22	21	20	19	20	21	22	15	14	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	18	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Temp. (°C)	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	8	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	9	10	11	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	11	11	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	10	11	12	14	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	13	12	9	10	11	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13
Rain (mm)																																																0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	62	29	39	85	100	100	57	70	95	100	92	12	57	41	42	100	54	83	70	70	51	70	84	65	76	82	77	94	64	75	100	65	82	65	64	85	86	96	100	100	100	96	89	100	100	98	98	99	99	100	81	63	44	63	81	100	92	85	77	84						10	21	31	25	20	14	9	5		38	12															3	5	6	6	7	5	2									63	82	72	62	52	58	63	69	69	70	70	55	41	26	25	35	21	18	14	11	11	10	10	9	8	7	6	4	3	26	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	90	80	70	54	38	22	15	52	73	82	91	100	69	37	6	5	5	4	7	9	12	10	3	2	2	2	2	1	1					1	3	4	3	82	68	54	69	85	100	84	69	53	43	34	24	21	18	15	37	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	80	61	41	30	19	8	10	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	93	90	64	38	12	11	9	8	8	7	7	6	15	25	34	54	75	95
Tide Ht.	6.1	6.1	5.8	5.0	4.0	3.4	2.9	2.5	2.5	3.2	4.4	5.3	5.8	6.0	6.0	5.5	5.9	6.2	5.9	5.1	4.2	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.4	3.0	4.1	5.1	5.7	6.2	4.5	5.4	6.0	6.4	6.1	5.2	4.3	3.6	3.0	2.4	2.2	2.8	4.0	5.0	5.9	3.2	4.5	5.5	6.3	6.7	6.2	5.2	4.2	3.5	2.8	2.1	1.9	2.7	4.0	5.2	2.0	3.3	4.7	5.9	6.7	6.9	6.2	5.0	4.0	3.2	2.4	1.7	1.8	2.8	4.4	1.4	2.1	3.7	5.2	6.4	7.1	7.0	6.0	4.7	3.7	2.9	2.0	1.5	1.8	3.2	1.4	1.4	2.5	4.3	5.8	6.8	7.3	6.8	5.6	4.3	3.3	2.4	1.7	1.4	2.1	1.7	1.2	1.6	3.1	5.0	6.5	7.2	7.2	6.5	5.1	3.8	2.8	2.0	1.5	1.5	2.1	1.5	1.3	2.1	3.9	5.8	6.9	7.2	6.9	5.9	4.5	3.3	2.4	1.8	1.4	2.5	1.8	1.4	1.6	2.9	4.9	6.5	7.2	7.0	6.4	5.3	3.9	2.8	2.1	1.6	3.1	2.2	1.7	1.6	2.2	3.7	5.7	6.9	7.1	6.6	5.8	4.7	3.4	2.5	1.9	3.8	2.7	2.0	1.7	1.9	2.8	4.6	6.3	7.1	6.8	6.1	5.3	4.1	3.0	2.3	5.5	4.5	3.4	2.5	2.0	1.9	2.4	3.5	5.3	6.7	6.9	6.4	5.6	4.8	3.8	2.8	5.8	5.1	4.2	3.2	2.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	4.1	5.7	6.7	6.7	6.0	5.3	4.5	3.6	6.2	5.5	4.9	4.0	3.1	2.4	2.2	2.4	3.1	4.4	5.8	6.6	6.4	5.7	5.2	4.5	6.5	6.0	5.5	4.9	4.0	3.0	2.4	2.3	2.5	3.2	4.4	5.7	6.4	6.2	5.7	5.3
Tide Dir.	high							low						high				high						low						high				high						low										high						low									high							low									high							low			low						high						low				low					high							low			low						high							low			low					high							low			low					high											low					high											low					high												low					high												low					high											low						high
Tide Time	07:50							14:30						20:30				09:10						15:40						21:30				10:10						16:50										11:00						17:40									11:40							18:30									12:30							19:10			07:30						13:00						19:50				08:10					13:40							20:30			08:50						14:00							21:00			09:20					14:20							21:30			09:50					14:40											10:10					15:10											10:40					15:40												11:10					16:20												12:00					17:10											12:50						18:10

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Small wave, Medium wave

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Less than 5 Bft you could do freeride or slalom. More than 5 Bft take your wave board, it is THE waves spot of the North of France. Easily more than 2.5 meters. Really well known spot.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: A very large beach of nice and soft sand at low tide, it could be a bit far away to walk to the sea when it's low tide. At high tide there is only a little part of sand which is enough to put the stuff of everyone. There are no rocks. No problem to launch and land kites.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: It is in the North of France, so the weather and the temperatures are not very amazing, but the wind is really good when it blows. For the most part of the year you need a wetsuit for sure. In winter water is less than 10C.

Wind specificities: You can sail with those directions: S, SE, E and NE. Windy spot. Sideshore NNE and SSW.

Access description: by Car - From Paris take the motorway A26 to Calais and then A16 to Boulogne. Follow the direction Wissant and then the direction "La Plage" (the beach) or Boulvard Alfred Thiriez. Here you can find a big parking lot (only cars with max 2m height). Walk to the right and behind the swimmer's zone (200m).

Specific rules: None

Extra: Stay out of the swimmer's zone. Take care of nature. It's a beautiful landscape. Don't make it a rubbish.

Accommodations: Camping, Shop, Rescue, Food, Parking

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