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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 08:36																																												IFS HD 2.5 km run: 30/04 08:36																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 08:36
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 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	3	3	1	3	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	7	5	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	4	6	5	5	4	2	3	8	3	2	2	5	7	5	7	5	4	5	6	7	6	5	5	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	11	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	17	16	16	15	14	13	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	6	5	4	3	3	3	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	1	1	0	1	2	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	7	8	10	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	13	13	12	11	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	12	13	12	12	12
V. max. (kn)	7	7	7	6	6	11	12	13	15	15	16	17	15	12	4	3	7	7	6	4	4	8	11	10	9	8	8	4	22	8	5	6	9	13	13	14	13	10	10	12	17	17	17	16	12	13	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	20	19	18	17	19	20	22	23	24	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	26	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	23	22	22	22	22	23	24	25	27	29	30	32	31	31	30	29	18	18	19	21	22	22	23	23	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	19	17	17	17	17	18	20	20	18	15	13	11	10	9	8	14	16	18	20	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	27	27	26	24	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	11	10	10	10	10	9	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	5	7	10	12	15	17	19	17	16	14	12	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	10	7	5	3	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	8	10	12	14	16	20	22	22	20	16	14	12	11	11	14	17	21	22	21	21	21	18	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17
Wave Direction
Ht. vague (m)	0.2	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	0.2	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	0.1	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	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
période vague	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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
Energie (Kj)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	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	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	5	6	10	14	20	74	80	86	88	93	95	99	106	113	122	130	140	145	153	155	115	111	109	107	108	106	102	99	95	93	92	89	85	82	78	33	30	27	24	22	20	19	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	13
Temp. (°C)	11	14	17	19	20	19	19	20	19	18	17	17	16	15	9	11	16	19	21	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	19	13	14	16	16	17	17	15	14	15	16	14	17	16	14	13	10	11	12	14	16	17	18	18	18	17	15	14	13	12	11	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	6	6	7	9	10	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	9	9	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	8	8	9	11	12	13	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	8	8	10	11	13	15	16	17	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	11	11	12	14	15	16	18	18	18	18	17	16	15	14	14	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	16	15	14	13
Précip. (mm)																													1.2																																	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	0.1	0.1																																																																																																																																	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5
Nébul. tot. (%)	79	88	92	76	68	68	51	4	44	77	16											61	100	100	98	98	100	100	100	100	99	4	42	95	100	94	100		80	63	8	13	18	24	34	45	38	21	8	3	2	1				6	14	18	14	32	27	27	30	35	45	57	64	63	57	51	48	44	40	33	14	17	19	21	20	14	6							4	16	72	72	76	81	85	88	91	88	77	61	46	31	16	7	6	88	90	84	73	61	49	37	30	31	38	45	53	61	68	72	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	90	76	62	49	37	30	32	82	80	75	68	61	54	48	44	44	48	51	55	58	60	58	83	90	93	94	94	94	92	90	86	82	77	72	68	66	69	52	44	38	34	30	27	24	22	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	28	27	24	20	16	12	8	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	8	15	28	46	62	78	92	100	96	85	74	62	49	42	43	74	71	68	64	59	54	48	43	40	39	39	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Ht. marée	-1.1	-1.7	-2.1	-2.1	-1.7	-0.8	0.7	1.9	2.4	2.0	1.3	0.3	-0.7	-1.5	0.9	-0.2	-1.1	-1.7	-1.9	-1.8	-1.4	-0.4	0.9	1.9	2.1	1.6	0.9	-0.0	-0.9	1.5	0.7	-0.3	-1.0	-1.5	-1.7	-1.5	-1.1	-0.1	1.0	1.8	1.7	1.3	0.6	-0.2	1.7	1.3	0.6	-0.2	-0.9	-1.3	-1.4	-1.3	-0.8	0.0	1.0	1.6	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.7	1.5	1.2	0.7	-0.1	-0.8	-1.1	-1.2	-1.1	-0.7	0.0	0.9	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.3	0.8	0.0	-0.6	-1.0	-1.1	-1.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.7	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.9	1.2	1.4	1.4	0.9	0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.1	-1.1	-0.8	-0.2	0.6	1.0	-0.8	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.6	1.5	1.0	0.1	-0.6	-1.0	-1.2	-1.2	-1.0	-0.3	0.5	-1.5	-0.9	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.8	1.6	0.9	0.0	-0.7	-1.1	-1.3	-1.4	-1.1	-0.3	-1.7	-1.5	-0.8	0.2	1.1	1.7	1.9	1.6	0.8	-0.2	-0.9	-1.3	-1.5	-1.5	-1.0	-1.7	-1.7	-1.4	-0.6	0.6	1.4	1.9	2.0	1.5	0.5	-0.5	-1.1	-1.4	-1.6	-1.5	-1.6	-1.7	-1.7	-1.2	-0.2	1.0	1.7	2.0	1.9	1.1	0.1	-0.8	-1.3	-1.6	-1.6	-1.3	-1.7	-1.7	-1.5	-0.9	0.3	1.4	1.9	1.9	1.6	0.7	-0.3	-1.1	-1.6	-1.7	-0.1	-1.0	-1.5	-1.7	-1.6	-1.3	-0.4	0.8	1.7	1.9	1.7	1.2	0.2	-0.8	-1.4	-1.7	0.5	-0.5	-1.2	-1.6	-1.7	-1.4	-0.9	0.1	1.3	1.9	1.8	1.4	0.7	-0.3	-1.1	-1.6	1.0	0.1	-0.8	-1.4	-1.6	-1.5	-1.1	-0.4	0.7	1.6	1.9	1.5	1.0	0.2	-0.7	-1.3
Dir. marée			low						high										low					high											low					high											low					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			10:30						16:00										11:20					16:40											12:00					17:20											13:00					18:10										13:50						19:10				08:30							15:00					20:50					10:30						16:20										11:30						17:50										12:20						18:50				07:00						13:00						19:40			07:50						13:40							20:10			08:20						14:20						20:30			08:50						14:40						20:50					09:10					14:50							21:20				09:40						15:20						21:50					10:10					15:50

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Swimmers, Buoys, Wave breaker

Water quality: Cloudy

Infos: Medium waves, flat to choppy at low tide, shallow areas. Wave breakers every 300m. Big waves can occur during storm.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: Long sandy beach. Probably one of the cleanest of the Belgian Coast, almost no dirt laying around. Very good sand quality, hard sand and not too muddy.

Identified hazards: Shells

Beachgoer: April, July, August

Weather specificities: Fun in fall and spring with 5/3 wetsuit, in summer you can wear shorty, summer wetsuit etc. 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 (wind direction, wind speed ok). Best wind conditions in spring and fall. In summer you can ride big gear.

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

Access description: by Car, Train - Along the coast on N34 west of Oostende until you reach Middelkerke. Take the train to Ostend and take the Tram to Middelkerke.

Specific rules: Zones, Time

Extra: Look out for the wave breakers every 300m. Powerkiting is allowed the whole year through, although coast guards might ask you to go to unsurveillanced parts of the beach during the summer if you fly without respecting the beach crowd and if you fly big stuff. Mountainboarding and Landbuggying is permitted before 10 in the morning and after 6 in the evening during the summer. Surfkiting is only permitted in the unsurveillanced zones during the summer. If you go during the summer, please respect the beach crowd and listen to the coastguards, if you're friendly with them, they will tolerate more.

Nightlife: Carre Casino (club, or something like that), Baranquilla (bar), Minim (cocktail bar). Most things open late are around the casino.

Accommodations: Rooms, Camping, Shop, Repair, Rental, Food, Parking

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