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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 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

Modèle	knmi_harmonie_arome_netherlands run: 30/04 08:55																																												IFS HD 2.5 km run: 30/04 08:55																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 08:55
Date Optimal	Me 30 8h	Me 30 9h	Me 30 10h	Me 30 11h	Me 30 12h	Me 30 13h	Me 30 14h	Me 30 15h	Me 30 16h	Me 30 17h	Me 30 18h	Me 30 19h	Me 30 20h	Me 30 21h	Je 1 7h	Je 1 8h	Je 1 9h	Je 1 10h	Je 1 11h	Je 1 12h	Je 1 13h	Je 1 14h	Je 1 15h	Je 1 16h	Je 1 17h	Je 1 18h	Je 1 19h	Je 1 20h	Je 1 21h	Ve 2 7h	Ve 2 8h	Ve 2 9h	Ve 2 10h	Ve 2 11h	Ve 2 12h	Ve 2 13h	Ve 2 14h	Ve 2 15h	Ve 2 16h	Ve 2 17h	Ve 2 18h	Ve 2 19h	Ve 2 20h	Ve 2 21h	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	Di 4 7h	Di 4 8h	Di 4 9h	Di 4 10h	Di 4 11h	Di 4 12h	Di 4 13h	Di 4 14h	Di 4 15h	Di 4 16h	Di 4 17h	Di 4 18h	Di 4 19h	Di 4 20h	Di 4 21h	Lu 5 7h	Lu 5 8h	Lu 5 9h	Lu 5 10h	Lu 5 11h	Lu 5 12h	Lu 5 13h	Lu 5 14h	Lu 5 15h	Lu 5 16h	Lu 5 17h	Lu 5 18h	Lu 5 19h	Lu 5 20h	Lu 5 21h	Ma 6 7h	Ma 6 8h	Ma 6 9h	Ma 6 10h	Ma 6 11h	Ma 6 12h	Ma 6 13h	Ma 6 14h	Ma 6 15h	Ma 6 16h	Ma 6 17h	Ma 6 18h	Ma 6 19h	Ma 6 20h	Ma 6 21h	Me 7 7h	Me 7 8h	Me 7 9h	Me 7 10h	Me 7 11h	Me 7 12h	Me 7 13h	Me 7 14h	Me 7 15h	Me 7 16h	Me 7 17h	Me 7 18h	Me 7 19h	Me 7 20h	Me 7 21h	Je 8 7h	Je 8 8h	Je 8 9h	Je 8 10h	Je 8 11h	Je 8 12h	Je 8 13h	Je 8 14h	Je 8 15h	Je 8 16h	Je 8 17h	Je 8 18h	Je 8 19h	Je 8 20h	Je 8 21h	Ve 9 7h	Ve 9 8h	Ve 9 9h	Ve 9 10h	Ve 9 11h	Ve 9 12h	Ve 9 13h	Ve 9 14h	Ve 9 15h	Ve 9 16h	Ve 9 17h	Ve 9 18h	Ve 9 19h	Ve 9 20h	Ve 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	Di 11 7h	Di 11 8h	Di 11 9h	Di 11 10h	Di 11 11h	Di 11 12h	Di 11 13h	Di 11 14h	Di 11 15h	Di 11 16h	Di 11 17h	Di 11 18h	Di 11 19h	Di 11 20h	Di 11 21h	Lu 12 6h	Lu 12 7h	Lu 12 8h	Lu 12 9h	Lu 12 10h	Lu 12 11h	Lu 12 12h	Lu 12 13h	Lu 12 14h	Lu 12 15h	Lu 12 16h	Lu 12 17h	Lu 12 18h	Lu 12 19h	Lu 12 20h	Lu 12 21h	Ma 13 6h	Ma 13 7h	Ma 13 8h	Ma 13 9h	Ma 13 10h	Ma 13 11h	Ma 13 12h	Ma 13 13h	Ma 13 14h	Ma 13 15h	Ma 13 16h	Ma 13 17h	Ma 13 18h	Ma 13 19h	Ma 13 20h	Ma 13 21h	Me 14 6h	Me 14 7h	Me 14 8h	Me 14 9h	Me 14 10h	Me 14 11h	Me 14 12h	Me 14 13h	Me 14 14h	Me 14 15h	Me 14 16h	Me 14 17h	Me 14 18h	Me 14 19h	Me 14 20h	Me 14 21h	Je 15 6h	Je 15 7h	Je 15 8h	Je 15 9h	Je 15 10h	Je 15 11h	Je 15 12h	Je 15 13h	Je 15 14h	Je 15 15h	Je 15 16h	Je 15 17h	Je 15 18h	Je 15 19h	Je 15 20h	Je 15 21h
Dir. vent
V. moy. (kn)	4	4	3	2	4	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	5	2	2	2	2	0	1	2	4	6	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	3	4	3	4	7	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	4	7	9	10	11	12	11	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	10	6	6	8	10	12	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	13	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	4	2	2	3	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
V. max. (kn)	7	8	8	7	8	12	13	13	15	15	15	15	13	12	3	2	5	6	6	6	8	10	12	11	10	9	8	7	4	3	7	8	14	8	9	13	14	11	11	12	11	16	17	16	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	25	26	26	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	26	28	30	32	32	31	31	30	18	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	18	17	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	17	15	12	10	8	13	14	16	19	22	23	25	26	26	26	26	26	25	24	22	8	8	8	9	9	10	12	13	13	12	12	11	9	8	6	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	7	9	11	14	16	18	15	15	15	13	11	10	10	11	11	13	14	14	11	7	4	3	12	11	10	8	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	6	9	12	14	20	21	21	19	15	12	10	9	9	11	13	15	16	17	18	20	18	19	19	18	16	15	16	17	18	18	17	17	17	18	18
Wave Direction
Ht. vague (m)	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	0.3	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	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8
période vague	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Energie (Kj)	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	7	11	16	23	85	92	99	101	103	105	112	117	124	132	143	151	150	155	154	122	122	120	115	113	108	104	100	96	96	92	92	88	80	76	32	28	25	23	22	20	19	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Temp. (°C)	12	14	17	19	20	21	21	19	19	18	17	16	15	14	9	12	16	20	22	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	21	20	12	15	18	17	19	19	18	15	16	17	15	15	15	13	12	10	11	12	14	15	17	18	19	18	17	15	14	13	12	11	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	7	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	7	8	9	11	12	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	8	9	10	12	13	15	17	17	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	11	11	12	14	15	17	18	19	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	13
Précip. (mm)																																																																	0.1	0.1	0.1								0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1																																																																																																																																														0.1
Nébul. tot. (%)	99	95	80	83	100	91	63	29	72	39	27	3										94	100	100	80	81	92	100	100	99	23	14	99	100	100	100	98	3	10	73	79	13	16	24	18	24	20	11	4	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	43	47	43	35	32	40	54	64	66	65	62	59	54	48	38	13	20	31	44	52	50	41	32	20	7		3	13	21	26	60	61	64	69	72	74	76	73	64	51	38	25	13	6	7	89	90	83	72	60	48	36	30	32	40	48	57	67	74	77	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	89	73	58	44	32	26	32	100	100	91	77	64	51	38	29	25	26	27	29	33	36	38	86	90	92	92	92	91	91	90	91	91	92	92	92	90	85	89	90	83	70	57	44	30	21	19	22	25	29	34	38	39	26	23	22	22	22	23	23	24	23	21	18	15	12	9	7	6	9	11	15	22	31	40	49	57	62	62	59	56	52	48	45	45	69	70	68	62	53	44	34	24	19	17	18	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Ht. marée	-0.8	-1.6	-1.8	-1.8	-1.5	-1.0	0.1	1.4	2.2	2.0	1.4	0.5	-0.5	-1.3	1.1	0.1	-0.9	-1.5	-1.7	-1.6	-1.3	-0.7	0.4	1.5	2.0	1.6	1.0	0.2	-0.7	1.6	0.9	-0.0	-0.8	-1.3	-1.5	-1.3	-1.1	-0.5	0.6	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	1.8	1.3	0.8	0.0	-0.7	-1.1	-1.3	-1.1	-0.9	-0.3	0.6	1.4	1.4	1.0	0.6	1.6	1.5	1.2	0.8	0.1	-0.6	-1.0	-1.1	-1.0	-0.8	-0.2	0.6	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.2	0.9	0.3	-0.4	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.8	-0.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.7	1.1	1.3	1.4	1.1	0.3	-0.4	-0.8	-1.0	-0.9	-0.8	-0.4	0.3	0.9	-1.0	-0.2	0.6	1.1	1.4	1.5	1.2	0.4	-0.4	-0.9	-1.0	-1.1	-1.0	-0.5	0.3	-1.4	-1.0	-0.2	0.7	1.2	1.6	1.7	1.2	0.3	-0.5	-1.0	-1.1	-1.2	-1.1	-0.5	-1.5	-1.5	-1.0	-0.1	0.9	1.4	1.8	1.7	1.0	0.0	-0.7	-1.1	-1.3	-1.3	-1.1	-1.5	-1.5	-1.4	-0.8	0.2	1.1	1.6	1.9	1.6	0.8	-0.3	-1.0	-1.3	-1.4	-1.3	-1.4	-1.6	-1.5	-1.3	-0.5	0.6	1.4	1.8	1.8	1.3	0.4	-0.6	-1.2	-1.4	-1.4	-0.4	-1.2	-1.5	-1.5	-1.4	-1.0	-0.1	1.0	1.7	1.8	1.6	0.9	-0.1	-1.0	-1.4	-1.5	0.2	-0.8	-1.4	-1.5	-1.4	-1.2	-0.6	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.7	1.3	0.5	-0.5	-1.2	-1.5	0.8	-0.2	-1.0	-1.4	-1.5	-1.3	-0.9	-0.2	0.9	1.7	1.8	1.4	0.8	-0.0	-0.9	-1.4	1.1	0.3	-0.5	-1.2	-1.4	-1.4	-1.0	-0.6	0.2	1.3	1.8	1.6	1.0	0.4	-0.4	-1.2
Dir. marée			low						high										low						high										low					high										low						high				high						low						high				high							low					high					high						low										high							low									high							low			low						high						low				low						high						low			low						high						low				low						high						low					low						high						low				low						high						low					low						high
Hr. marée			10:20						16:20										11:00						17:00										12:00					17:40										12:50						18:30				07:10						13:50						19:30				08:20							15:00					20:40					10:50						16:10										11:50							18:10									12:40							19:10			07:20						13:30						19:50				08:00						14:10						20:20			08:10						14:40						20:20				08:30						14:50						20:50					09:00						15:10						21:10				09:40						15:40						21:50					10:10						16:10

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Chop, Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Swimmers, Currents, Jetskis, Fishernets, Wave breaker

Water quality: Cloudy

Infos: North Sea choppy conditions, sometimes real waves (mostly wind waves). With Northwest storms we have the biggest waves, lot of current with high tide, no rocks in the sea. With changing tides some flat water to get speed, then jumping like hell on the waves. Long pier to the west side.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Big, sandy beach, nice soft Sahara sand, not to much shells, no rocks, grass, concrete. In spring, fall and winter enough space to launch and land a kite everywhere on the beach but in summertime when hot you have to do this at the sail club because of too many people on the beach.

Identified hazards: Bystanders

Beachgoer: July, August

Weather specificities: Fun in fall and spring with 5/3 wetsuit, in summer you can wear shorty. Surfing the whole year possible, but temps can get below zero. Water temp. 2C in cold wintertime and 22C in hot summertime.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Depression winds, in summer we can have a sea breeze when hot. In fall and spring we have an average of 10 good days a month with good wind direction and speed). When the direction is offshore we go to France or the Netherlands (1 hour driving). Best wind conditions in spring and fall. In summer you can ride bigger gear.

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

Access description: by Car, Bus, Train - From Brussels: E40 direction Oostende, take Jabbeke, Dehaan.

Specific rules: Zones, Time

Extra: Forbidden to kite with 8 Bft or more.

Accommodations: Rescue, Shower, Food, Parking

Modifier

Optimal Wind Direction

Optimal Speed (kn)

Optimal Wave Conditions

Any Direction

Optimal height (m)

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Period (sec)

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