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Icon EU 7 km

MF Arome 1.3

DMI HARMONIE 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

GEM Global 15

BOM ACCESS 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Modèle	Icon EU 7 km run: 14/05 01:08																																																																Icon Global 11 km run: 14/05 01:08																																		GFS 13 km run: 14/05 01:08
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Dir. vent
V. moy. (kn)	2	2	0	2	4	5	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	2	2	1	3	3	4	6	8	9	10	10	9	7	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	5	6	6	7	7	5	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	2	2	5	5	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	5	4	3	3	3	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	4	6	7	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	8	2	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	3	2	0	1	3	5	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	7	4	4	6	8	10	13	15	17	18	19	18	17	15	15	6	6	7	9	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	1	1	0	1	3	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	4	3	4	5	7	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	2	3	4	6	9	13	15	17	17	18	17	16	15	13	1
V. max. (kn)	6	5	6	7	10	13	16	18	19	21	22	22	22	21	5	5	6	8	9	11	15	20	22	24	24	23	22	17	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	7	13	15	16	18	17	17	8	9	11	12	14	15	16	14	13	11	11	10	9	8	11	11	11	10	12	15	16	15	14	13	14	14	15	8	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	15	14	13	12	10	9	7	3	7	11	14	15	17	18	16	15	13	12	11	10	10	5	7	8	9	11	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	8	10	13	15	17	18	17	5	6	8	9	11	12	14	15	16	17	17	16	15	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	7	6	6	6	7	9	11	13	15	17	19	20	20	19	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	7	9	10	12	14	15	15	2	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	10	8	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	11	11	11	10	8	5	6	7	8	10	11	13
Wave Direction
Ht. vague (m)	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	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	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9
période vague	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Energie (Kj)	59	59	56	53	52	47	46	41	39	37	36	35	33	34	25	24	23	24	23	24	26	29	31	32	33	34	36	38	46	48	52	55	61	62	65	69	69	73	72	76	75	79	97	98	104	109	109	114	120	120	125	123	124	122	120	119	92	93	90	88	85	81	80	75	73	70	68	64	61	57	35	33	31	30	30	31	31	30	32	33	32	33	34	34	41	41	40	40	39	38	37	38	37	38	37	38	39	42
Temp. (°C)	6	10	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	9	11	14	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	10	14	17	20	21	23	24	23	22	21	21	21	20	19	14	16	19	22	23	25	26	26	26	25	24	24	23	21	18	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	19	18	23	14	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	12	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	14	15	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	14	15	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	14	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	16	17	19	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	17
Précip. (mm)																																																																											1.3	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.1									0.4	0.4	0.4																		0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Nébul. tot. (%)	46	17		55	59	91	72	70	62	51	51	38	35	36	31	4		19	59	54	53	1		4				5	6					28	44	34	40	22					100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	93	89	78	67	56	38	25	40	55	70	63	55	48	49	51	52	68	84	100	93	100	100	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	88	100	99	97	96	97	99	100	100	100	100	99	98	97	81	80	87	93	100	91	82	73	82	91	100	93	87	80	87	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	96	94	90	85	81	76	79	55	31	7	9	10	12	9	7	4	5	6	7	28	100	100	100	100	86	73	59	46	33	20	45	69	94	86	61	52	44	35	31	27	23	18	14	9	7	4	2	35	38	59	79	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	85	19	14	9	4	11	17	24	19	15	10	17	24	31	36	98	72	45	19	19	18	18	23	27	32	32	32	32	33	97
Ht. marée	0.3	-0.2	-0.7	-1.0	-1.0	-0.8	-0.3	0.2	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.0	0.5	-0.0	0.5	0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.5	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.7	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.8	-0.8	-0.5	-0.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.0	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.7	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.7	-0.8	-0.6	-0.3	-1.1	-0.8	-0.3	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.4	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-1.3	-1.2	-0.8	-0.3	0.4	0.9	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.3	-0.3	-0.8	-1.1	-1.2	-1.2	-1.4	-1.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.6	1.1	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.3	-0.4	-1.0	-1.3	-0.9	-1.3	-1.4	-1.2	-0.7	0.1	0.8	1.3	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.1	-0.6	-1.2	-0.3	-1.0	-1.4	-1.4	-1.1	-0.5	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.6	1.3	0.8	-0.0	-0.8	0.3	-0.5	-1.1	-1.4	-1.3	-0.9	-0.3	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.6	1.2	0.6	-0.1	0.8	0.1	-0.5	-1.0	-1.3	-1.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.6	1.1	1.5	1.4	1.1	0.5	-0.2
Dir. marée				low						high									low						high								low							high								low						high			high						low						high			high						low						high			high						low									high						low									high						low									high						low			low						high						low			low						high						low		low							high								low						high									low						high									low						high
Hr. marée				10:30						16:50									11:10						17:20								11:40							18:00								12:20						18:40			07:10						13:10						19:30			08:10						14:10						20:30			09:20						15:20									10:40						16:40									11:40						17:40									12:40						18:40			07:10						13:30						19:40			08:00						14:20						20:30		08:50							15:00								09:40						15:50									10:20						16:40									11:10						17:30

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Lagoon

Water type: Shallow, Flat

Water hazards: Shells

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Flat water all over the place. Shells and pebbles in the water, but not much.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Nice sand, maybe a bit too thick, good not to get attached to the kite when folding. Very open space to launch and land the kites.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Temperatures from 18-30C from May to September. Wetsuit usually necessary, since the water is a bit cold. Off-season is possible.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: Wind varies from 10-30 knots in the good season. Usually very stable NW wind from 15-20 knots. Good with NW wind, typical summer wind in Portugal, ridable everyday from May to September. Off-season not as consistent.

Best months: May, June, July, August, September

Access description: by Boat - From Porto (Oporto) airport take the free way IC1 by car to Viana do Castelo / spain route. At 30 km will find the exit to Esposende. Drive to the north of the town and get to the north of the Rio Cavado. Launch from the river side. Or get over to the peninsula with a boat.

Specific rules: None

Nightlife: Wild night life in summer and at near places as Povoa de Varzim.

Accommodations: School

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