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Icon D2 km

DWD Icon D 2

DMI HARMONIE 2

UKMO UK 2

KNMI EU 5.5

DWD ICON EU 7

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

MF Arpege EU 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 D2 km run: 17/06 22:08																									Icon EU 7 km run: 17/06 22:08																																																				Icon Global 11 km run: 17/06 22:08																																												GFS 13 km run: 17/06 22:08
Date Optimal	Ma 17 18h	Ma 17 19h	Ma 17 20h	Ma 17 21h	Ma 17 22h	Me 18 5h	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	Me 18 19h	Me 18 20h	Me 18 21h	Me 18 22h	Je 19 5h	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	Je 19 19h	Je 19 20h	Je 19 21h	Je 19 22h	Ve 20 5h	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	Ve 20 19h	Ve 20 20h	Ve 20 21h	Ve 20 22h	Sa 21 5h	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	Sa 21 19h	Sa 21 20h	Sa 21 21h	Sa 21 22h	Di 22 5h	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	Di 22 19h	Di 22 20h	Di 22 21h	Di 22 22h	Lu 23 5h	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	Lu 23 19h	Lu 23 20h	Lu 23 21h	Lu 23 22h	Ma 24 5h	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	Ma 24 19h	Ma 24 20h	Ma 24 21h	Ma 24 22h	Me 25 5h	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	Me 25 19h	Me 25 20h	Me 25 21h	Me 25 22h	Je 26 5h	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	Je 26 19h	Je 26 20h	Je 26 21h	Je 26 22h	Ve 27 5h	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	Ve 27 19h	Ve 27 20h	Ve 27 21h	Ve 27 22h	Sa 28 5h	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	Sa 28 19h	Sa 28 20h	Sa 28 21h	Sa 28 22h	Di 29 5h	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	Di 29 19h	Di 29 20h	Di 29 21h	Di 29 22h	Lu 30 5h	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	Lu 30 19h	Lu 30 20h	Lu 30 21h	Lu 30 22h	Ma 1 5h	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	Ma 1 19h	Ma 1 20h	Ma 1 21h	Ma 1 22h	Me 2 5h	Me 2 6h	Me 2 7h	Me 2 8h	Me 2 9h	Me 2 10h	Me 2 11h	Me 2 12h	Me 2 13h	Me 2 14h	Me 2 15h	Me 2 16h	Me 2 17h	Me 2 18h	Me 2 19h	Me 2 20h	Me 2 21h	Me 2 22h
Dir. vent
V. moy. (kn)	14	15	14	12	11	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	10	8	6	5	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	4	6	9	9	9	9	9	8	5	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	7	8	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	4	6	8	10	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	0	1	1	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	2	2	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	12	10	8	5	6	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	4	3	2	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	8	4	5	5	5	6	6	8	10	12	14	15	16	15	14	14	16	19	20	12	13	13	14	14	14	16	17	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	20	19	19	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	18	17	14	11	7	2	0	1	3	5	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	6	9	12	11	9	8	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	8	7	5	3	1	1
V. max. (kn)	25	23	26	23	19	14	15	18	19	19	21	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	21	18	15	12	10	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	8	9	14	16	16	16	15	15	12	10	8	3	2	2	2	3	4	8	14	15	15	12	10	8	8	7	6	5	4	7	5	2	4	6	8	11	15	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	13	11	8	3	3	3	5	6	8	10	12	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	10	8	7	11	12	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	25	25	25	25	23	20	18	11	11	12	13	14	15	13	11	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	18	17	16	8	9	11	13	14	16	19	21	23	24	25	25	25	24	24	26	30	32	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	25	25	26	27	29	31	34	35	35	34	33	29	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	25	24	23	21	15	7	2	3	6	8	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	7	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	12	11	9	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	12	14	16	17	17	16	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	3	1
Wave Direction
Ht. vague (m)	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	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	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	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	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
période vague	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Energie (Kj)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Temp. (°C)	19	18	16	15	14	10	11	11	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	10	10	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	15	17	20	22	23	24	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	16	18	20	22	23	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	21	20	19	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	15	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	7	9	10	12	14	15	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	19	18	17	15	11	12	13	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	11	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	16	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	14	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	15	16	17	17	18	17	16	15	14	12	10	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10
Précip. (mm)																																									0.1																																											0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1																						0.7	0.7	0.7	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																																		0.1	0.1	0.1
Nébul. tot. (%)	47	97	92	100	100	100	100	100	90	96	96	96	90	90	99	96	84	77	88	98	89	82	80	86	90	98	95	96	96	100	98	59	18	50	3	27	1	29	100	100	100	100	100	93	57	9	4	25	51	90	100	100	87	77	80	60	73	87	100	69	81	93	71	50	28	38	48	58	72	86	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	92	85	77	85	92	100	100	100	100	96	93	89	80	72	63	69	76	82	27	48	70	51	32	13	42	71	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	92	88	99	100	100	97	93	90	91	91	92	91	89	88	91	94	97	96	96	95	14	17	19	23	27	31	53	76	98	88	79	69	57	45	33	38	42	47	42	30	19	36	52	69	79	90	100	94	88	82	80	77	75	83	91	99	34	63	91	94	97	100	94	87	81	81	80	80	87	93	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100				4	8	12	24	35	47	58	70	81	71	60	50	67	83	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	100	100	100	100	93	87	80	65	51	36	57	79	100	91	82	73	93	97	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Ht. marée	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
Dir. marée
Hr. marée

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave

Water hazards: Currents

Infos: Flat to choppy water. Tidal beach, so water will be shallow depending on tides. Lots of sandbars creating nice flat water. Look out for currents in the bay channel. St Andrews does get waves and swell too. It needs a low pressure off in the East for a while but it does get swell from time to time (3-5 ft). Waves are ok, but never clean enough for proper surfing (head down to the harbor beach for this).

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Long sandy beach all the way along the St. Andrews golf course. Lots of space. Can be dangerously busy in high summer though, so please be careful launching and landing kites. Huge at low tide. Fine, hard packed sand. Few obstacles. Perfect.

Beachgoer: July, August

Weather specificities: Wetsuit all year round, winter is for the brave but is sailed all year. Surprisingly sunny for Scotland.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Best in North winds, but many directions work on the north end of the beach, since it is a tip into the St. Andrews Bay. St Andrews can benefit from an onshore sea breeze effect on warmer summers days as it sticks out into the North Sea with water on three sides. Can be excellent but prevailing winds are often offshore. St Andrews is best in anything from a Northeasterly to a Southeasterly. When it blows onshore, or sideonshore, it blows well and clean. If it is blowing offshore, we all pack up and drive twenty minutes South to Shell Bay, near Elie, where the wind is onshore.

Access description: by Car - From Edinburgh up north on M90, then Northeast on A92 and A91 towards St. Andrews. Follow signs to the golf course and get to the ocean road (West Sands Road) and drive up north to the end. Drive all the way down the beach road and park on the grassy area at the end. No parking charges! There is also a bus station in the town itself.

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: Stay out of the river estuary and lagoon at the North end of the beach even though it looks butter flat and tempting to kitesurfers. Flying here puts you in the landing line for Leuchars Airforce Base and also in the firing line from the Nature Reserve folks (the lagoon area is a bird sanctuary). Don't fly in these areas or we risk loosing the use of the beach for all kite use (and you just may get taken out by a Tornado jet! There is a well established, very large 'Kite Zone' at the far North end of West Sands defined by two flags, outside of which you cannot kitesurf. Overnight parking is no longer allowed but not enforced. Note: overnight parking can be a frustrating experience with boy racers circling your vehicle at 3am.

Accommodations: Parking

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:

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