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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: 16/06 07:19																																																																GFS 13 km run: 16/06 07:19
Date Optimal	Lu 16 6h	Lu 16 7h	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	Lu 16 18h	Ma 17 6h	Ma 17 7h	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	Ma 17 18h	Me 18 6h	Me 18 7h	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	Me 18 18h	Je 19 6h	Je 19 7h	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	Je 19 18h	Ve 20 6h	Ve 20 7h	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	Ve 20 18h	Sa 21 6h	Sa 21 7h	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	Sa 21 18h	Di 22 6h	Di 22 7h	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	Di 22 18h	Lu 23 6h	Lu 23 7h	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	Lu 23 18h	Ma 24 6h	Ma 24 7h	Ma 24 8h	Ma 24 9h	Ma 24 10h	Ma 24 11h	Ma 24 12h	Ma 24 13h	Ma 24 14h	Ma 24 15h	Ma 24 16h	Ma 24 17h	Ma 24 18h	Me 25 6h	Me 25 7h	Me 25 8h	Me 25 9h	Me 25 10h	Me 25 11h	Me 25 12h	Me 25 13h	Me 25 14h	Me 25 15h	Me 25 16h	Me 25 17h	Me 25 18h	Je 26 6h	Je 26 7h	Je 26 8h	Je 26 9h	Je 26 10h	Je 26 11h	Je 26 12h	Je 26 13h	Je 26 14h	Je 26 15h	Je 26 16h	Je 26 17h	Je 26 18h	Ve 27 6h	Ve 27 7h	Ve 27 8h	Ve 27 9h	Ve 27 10h	Ve 27 11h	Ve 27 12h	Ve 27 13h	Ve 27 14h	Ve 27 15h	Ve 27 16h	Ve 27 17h	Ve 27 18h	Sa 28 6h	Sa 28 7h	Sa 28 8h	Sa 28 9h	Sa 28 10h	Sa 28 11h	Sa 28 12h	Sa 28 13h	Sa 28 14h	Sa 28 15h	Sa 28 16h	Sa 28 17h	Sa 28 18h	Di 29 6h	Di 29 7h	Di 29 8h	Di 29 9h	Di 29 10h	Di 29 11h	Di 29 12h	Di 29 13h	Di 29 14h	Di 29 15h	Di 29 16h	Di 29 17h	Di 29 18h	Lu 30 6h	Lu 30 7h	Lu 30 8h	Lu 30 9h	Lu 30 10h	Lu 30 11h	Lu 30 12h	Lu 30 13h	Lu 30 14h	Lu 30 15h	Lu 30 16h	Lu 30 17h	Lu 30 18h	Ma 1 6h	Ma 1 7h	Ma 1 8h	Ma 1 9h	Ma 1 10h	Ma 1 11h	Ma 1 12h	Ma 1 13h	Ma 1 14h	Ma 1 15h	Ma 1 16h	Ma 1 17h	Ma 1 18h
Dir. vent
V. moy. (kn)	15	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
V. max. (kn)	26	29	29	24	23	21	20	17	17	16	16	15	15	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	14	20	20	20	20	14	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	20	21	21	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	18	18	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	12	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	17	18	19	18	17	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22
Wave Direction
Ht. vague (m)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9
période vague	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energie (Kj)	238	237	228	227	225	225	224	219	215	210	210	209	209	183	185	182	184	184	181	181	177	171	167	165	162	159	141	143	142	143	146	151	155	158	158	161	164	169	171	206	209	212	215	218	225	228	231	233	236	234	237	235	273	273	271	271	271	273	273	273	268	268	268	259	259	218	215	219	216	218	218	219	219	219	219	219	215	215	203	206	206	208	211	215	218	218	221	221	226	229	233
Temp. (°C)	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27
Précip. (mm)	1.1	1.1	0.5											0.5	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.3	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	0.1	0.1																																																								0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Nébul. tot. (%)	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	100	100	93	79	78	99	100	80	100	100	100	86	97	97	99	77	96	100	100	99	89	78	67	62	57	52	53	55	56	54	53	51	64	99	99	98	94	90	86	91	95	100	100	100	100	100	62	63	64	76	88	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	97	96	95	93	92	77	63	48	65	83	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	95	92	95	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	55	36	16	20	25	29	39	48	58	57	56	55	54	93	90	88	92	95	99	99	100	100	99	99	98	99	98	97	95	89	82	76	84	92	100	100	100	100	100	95	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Ht. marée	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Dir. marée				low							high							low						high								low						high			high						low					high				high						low								high						low								high							low							high							low						high							low							high							low							high							low						high							low							high							low						high								low						high							low						high
Hr. marée				09:40							16:10							10:20						16:40								11:30						17:20			07:20						13:00					18:00				09:00						15:00								10:10						16:50								11:10							18:10							12:00							06:00						12:50							06:50							13:30							07:40							14:10							08:20						14:50							08:50							15:20							09:20						15:50								10:00						16:20							10:30						16:40

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean, Lagoon

Water type: Flat, Small wave, Medium wave

Water quality: Cloudy

Infos: Flat-water lagoon. The water is shallow enough to enable you to stand and touch the bottom if you want to, but deep enough to throw tricks (thigh-deep to chest-deep). There is one butter-flat, deep-water trick spot downwind of the sandspit where most people rig up and launch. Elsewhere in the lagoon small ripples and wavelets can form when the wind is strong. On the ocean, there are small to medium waves. Downwinders can be made from here to the bigger (but gustier) Sethawadi lagoon to the north.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Big sandy beach with lots of space. You can also rig and launch on the east side of the lagoon, which is convenient if you are staying in the Kappalady village.

Identified hazards: Fence

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: 29C in the water all year round. Shorts and t-shirt weather.

Wind type: Trade

Wind specificities: The spot is best from May through September when the strong Southwest monsoon blows. The wind here is a lot smoother than at the bigger Sethawadi lagoon to the north. Sri Lanka has two wind seasons: from May to October and from December to March. During summer the strong Southwest monsoon blows. During winter the winds become lighter, blowing from Northeast, North, Northwest.

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

Access description: by Car - From Puttalam drive towards Kalpitiya. At the Palankuda junction, bear left towards Kappalady. If you need directions, ask for "Kappalady" - all locals know where it is.

Extra: Downwinders are possible from this spot to Donkey Point or even further to the Sethawadi lagoon. "Donkey Point" is the area with waves where the beach veers sharply to the east. You can land either here (still stable wind) or continue further downwind to the Sethawadi lagoon (gusty wind). Another nice option is to start your downwinder further south and finish in Kappalady. There are several areas with decent waves between Norachalai and Kappalady.

Nightlife: No nightlife, just chill and relax and your resort. There is one restaurant in a resort in the village, and another one at a resort upwind of the lagoons.

Accommodations: Rooms, School, Repair, Rental, Shower, Food

Modifier

Optimal Wind Direction

Optimal Speed (kn)

Optimal Wave Conditions

Any Direction

Optimal height (m)

No data

Period (sec)

No data

Optimal Tide Height

Tide moment:

+/- 2hrs around the high tide

mid tide

+/- 2hrs around the low tide

Modifier