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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

Modèle	Icon Global 11 km run: 08/06 00:50																																																																GFS 13 km run: 08/06 00:50
Date Optimal	Di 8 8h	Di 8 9h	Di 8 10h	Di 8 11h	Di 8 12h	Di 8 13h	Di 8 14h	Di 8 15h	Di 8 16h	Di 8 17h	Lu 9 8h	Lu 9 9h	Lu 9 10h	Lu 9 11h	Lu 9 12h	Lu 9 13h	Lu 9 14h	Lu 9 15h	Lu 9 16h	Lu 9 17h	Ma 10 8h	Ma 10 9h	Ma 10 10h	Ma 10 11h	Ma 10 12h	Ma 10 13h	Ma 10 14h	Ma 10 15h	Ma 10 16h	Ma 10 17h	Me 11 8h	Me 11 9h	Me 11 10h	Me 11 11h	Me 11 12h	Me 11 13h	Me 11 14h	Me 11 15h	Me 11 16h	Me 11 17h	Je 12 8h	Je 12 9h	Je 12 10h	Je 12 11h	Je 12 12h	Je 12 13h	Je 12 14h	Je 12 15h	Je 12 16h	Je 12 17h	Ve 13 8h	Ve 13 9h	Ve 13 10h	Ve 13 11h	Ve 13 12h	Ve 13 13h	Ve 13 14h	Ve 13 15h	Ve 13 16h	Ve 13 17h	Sa 14 8h	Sa 14 9h	Sa 14 10h	Sa 14 11h	Sa 14 12h	Sa 14 13h	Sa 14 14h	Sa 14 15h	Sa 14 16h	Sa 14 17h	Di 15 8h	Di 15 9h	Di 15 10h	Di 15 11h	Di 15 12h	Di 15 13h	Di 15 14h	Di 15 15h	Di 15 16h	Di 15 17h	Lu 16 8h	Lu 16 9h	Lu 16 10h	Lu 16 11h	Lu 16 12h	Lu 16 13h	Lu 16 14h	Lu 16 15h	Lu 16 16h	Lu 16 17h	Ma 17 8h	Ma 17 9h	Ma 17 10h	Ma 17 11h	Ma 17 12h	Ma 17 13h	Ma 17 14h	Ma 17 15h	Ma 17 16h	Ma 17 17h	Me 18 8h	Me 18 9h	Me 18 10h	Me 18 11h	Me 18 12h	Me 18 13h	Me 18 14h	Me 18 15h	Me 18 16h	Me 18 17h	Je 19 8h	Je 19 9h	Je 19 10h	Je 19 11h	Je 19 12h	Je 19 13h	Je 19 14h	Je 19 15h	Je 19 16h	Je 19 17h	Ve 20 8h	Ve 20 9h	Ve 20 10h	Ve 20 11h	Ve 20 12h	Ve 20 13h	Ve 20 14h	Ve 20 15h	Ve 20 16h	Ve 20 17h	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	Di 22 8h	Di 22 9h	Di 22 10h	Di 22 11h	Di 22 12h	Di 22 13h	Di 22 14h	Di 22 15h	Di 22 16h	Di 22 17h	Lu 23 8h	Lu 23 9h	Lu 23 10h	Lu 23 11h	Lu 23 12h	Lu 23 13h	Lu 23 14h	Lu 23 15h	Lu 23 16h	Lu 23 17h
Dir. vent
V. moy. (kn)	4	5	5	7	8	8	11	11	11	11	7	7	8	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	4	2	2	1	1	3	4	5	6	5	5	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	6	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	8	10	12	14	16	17	19	19	19	19	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	19	17	8	9	10	10	9	9	9
V. max. (kn)	7	8	8	9	11	11	14	15	15	15	9	10	10	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	5	7	8	8	8	8	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	3	3	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	22	20	18	17	16	16	15	13	11	10	15	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	2	4	6	6	6	4	3	3	4	4	25	27	27	27	28	29	31	32	32	34	35	34	34	33	33	33	32	31	29	27	21	21	20	19	18	16	15
Wave Direction
Ht. vague (m)	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.2	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	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	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8
période vague	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energie (Kj)	1.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.4k	1.4k	1.5k	1.5k	820	759	701	650	598	550	517	478	441	409	158	147	141	133	128	124	117	113	111	105	181	187	192	194	200	200	206	206	206	214	250	250	250	257	259	262	264	267	267	276	317	317	325	325	333	341	338	343	348	361
Temp. (°C)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	13	14	15	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	11	13	14	15	16	16	17	16	16	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	14	14	15	16	16
Précip. (mm)	0.3	0.1	0.1																																																																														0.1																				0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2							0.1																														0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Nébul. tot. (%)	100	100	57	22	100	93	9	3	3	3					15	6											1											19	39	58	20	16	13	9	39	70	100	100	100	100															1	3	4	3	2	1	95	97	98	100	97	93	90	93	97	100	88	60	33	5	14	23	32	47	61	76	14	11	9	6	12	18	24	18	12	6	100	98	96	94	92	90	88	61	33	6	100	99	98	97	78	60	41	42	44	45	5	31	57	83	64	44	25	17	8						24	47	71	81	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	93	90	97	96	96	95	95	94	94
Ht. marée	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	-0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1
Dir. marée						high					low						high				low							high				low						high				low							high				low						high					low						high				low											low											low					high						low					high						low					high						low					high						low					high											high
Hr. marée						13:50					08:10						14:20				08:50							15:00				09:20						15:30				09:50							16:10				10:30						16:40					11:00						17:20				11:40											12:30											13:20					08:20						14:20					09:30						15:30					10:40						16:40					11:50						17:50					12:50											13:40

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Chop, Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Rocks

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Good wave spot when the wind gets stronger. Big Bay itself is quite a narrow spot with rocks on the left and right. Windsurfers usually stay there. Waves are incredibly clean just downwind of the rocks that are downwind (called Outers). The waves turn in behind the rocks, makes for a very clean water surface, nice!

Beach type & size: Sand - Tidal

Infos: The beach is sometimes a bit short for the lines, depending on the tide. Quite a bit of kelp often around, but manageable.

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Long wetsuits needed all year round - although people were seen in shorties some times. Air around 30C in the summer, down to 15C in the winter. The water is pretty cold, around 10-15C in the summer and 13-17C in the winter. The longer the South Easter (prevailing summer wind) blows, the colder the surface water gets. Doesn't matter much in summer though.

Wind specificities: The wind tends to be a touch weaker than in kite beach and tends to arrive a bit later (kite beach is upwind in a SE). When the wind gets very strong, it also tends to get gustier. Can be annoying at times. Wind mostly sideshore from the left. Due to slightly strange local effects, the wind is generally sideshore or onshore. In the summer, the wind is mostly S to SE, but of which are pretty exactly sideshore; this is the perfect wind (called Cape Dr.) and can get very strong at times - up to 40 knots. The wind tends to pick up in the mornings and get stronger. So if super strong winds are predicted, get there early! NW is mostly a bad weather or winter wind. Less reliable, but often associated with big waves. Surfing is possible all year round, although the summer months (December to March) have the best winds. In the winter, you will mostly find NW winds (from the right), although these come rarely. Steady winds. Sideshore: NNW and SSE.

Best months: January, February, March, December

Access description: by Car - Take the R27 out of Cape Town (north). When getting into Tableview, turn left at the Dolphin Beach Hotel. Follow the road till you see the green tourist information house or KFC. The parking on your left is the central one. You really need a car, since there are a lot of spots around the area which you can only get to with a car.

Specific rules: Other, None

Extra: No real rules or restrictions. Please watch out in the evenings, the sun sets in your face when sailing out, making it difficult to see other riders. Spot can get crowded, but there are plenty of other parking spots you can go to. Watch out for car thieves. It is best to go to a parking spot where an informal guard will watch over your car.

Nightlife: Good nightlife in Capetown.

Accommodations: Shop, Toilet, Food, Parking

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