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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: 01/05 00:42																																																																GFS 13 km run: 01/05 00:42
Date Optimal	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Ve 16 8h	Ve 16 9h	Ve 16 10h	Ve 16 11h	Ve 16 12h	Ve 16 13h	Ve 16 14h	Ve 16 15h	Ve 16 16h	Ve 16 17h
Dir. vent
V. moy. (kn)	14	15	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	3	3	4	3	1	3	5	7	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	3	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	6	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	5	2	4	4	3	2	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	2	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12
V. max. (kn)	25	26	29	31	31	29	27	28	27	27	26	5	9	7	7	5	6	9	12	14	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	20	5	5	7	8	10	11	12	12	11	10	4	4	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	2	2	3	5	6	7	7	8	7	6	8	10	11	13	15	15	15	15	14	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	22	24	22	17	9	3	1	1	2	1	1	9	11	13	15	17	16	15	13	10	6	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	25	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	20	20	20	20	20	19	17	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	18	19
Wave Direction
Ht. vague (m)	0.4	0.3	0.2	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	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	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	0.2
période vague	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Energie (Kj)	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	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Temp. (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	14	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	12	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	20	21	21	21	21	20	19	17	17	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15
Précip. (mm)					0.2	0.1	0.2						0.2																																																														0.1	0.1	0.1				0.1	0.1													0.2	0.2	0.2	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	0.1	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. (%)	82	94	87	99	100	99	90	90	84	61	52	92	67	65	46	68	69	100	100	100	63	38	72	67	57	40	32	27	44	42	34	34						9	19	28	29	31						24	47	71	67	63			12	23	35	33	30	28	27	27	58	55	54	52	51	56	61	66	61	56	43	14	42	71	99	95	92	88	92	96	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	77	55	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	97	96	97	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	94	87	81	87	94	98	97	98	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	97	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	75	51	33	45	44	42	41
Ht. marée	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.4	-0.2	-0.8	-1.2	-1.4	-1.2	-0.3	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.4	-0.2	-0.8	-1.2	-1.3	-0.2	0.3	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	-0.2	-0.7	-1.1	-0.7	-0.2	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	-0.2	-0.8	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	-0.4	-0.7	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8	-0.4	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.4	-0.0	-0.5	-0.8	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.3	0.9	0.7	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	0.1	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.1	-0.4	-0.8	-1.0	-1.0	-0.7	-0.3	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.4	-0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8
Dir. marée			high							low					high						low					high						low					high											high					low						high					low						high					low						high					low						high				low											low											low										low					high						low				high							low				high						low
Hr. marée			09:30							16:00					10:30						16:50					11:30						17:40					12:30											13:30					08:20						14:30					09:20						15:20					10:10						16:20					11:00						17:10				11:50											12:30											13:10										13:50					08:10						14:30				08:50							15:00				09:30						15:40

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Flat, Chop

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Ranges from perfectly flat to medium chop depending on where you are. The chop is pretty clean too. The flat water area is on the sand spit that connects the nearby Flat Island. Flat Island works at low tide only whilst the bay works at all tides but best at mid. There are no currents there.

Beach type & size: Sand - Small

Infos: A small pretty narrow sandy beach in the bay whilst the flat island area is a vast sandbar that is exposed at low tide. The island is in the middle of the sandbar. Walk over tidal flats to get to spit. Safe launch/land at both sand spit and bay.

Identified hazards: Trees

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: 3/2 Steamer in winter, shorty or no wetsuit in summer. The season here runs all year. Air temp is 15C in winter, 23C in summer.

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: A large range of wind speeds can be kited here. The gap created between the island and the mainland creates a funnel effect giving you very high winds on that part of the spit, and super flat water. Spring is very windy with strong WSW winds most of the time. Winter is mostly SW but with more variety than spring. Summer is mostly moderately strong SW or NE winds or Sea Breezes. Autumn has high number of NE and N days. The season here runs all year but best in the afternoon. Mornings are pretty windless.

Best months: September, October, November

Access description: by Car - Head to Howick, then Whitford, then past Formose Golf course. At Beachlands (next exit) turn left. Go straight, veer around corner, head through township, at last turnoff is Sunkist Bay.

Specific rules: None

Extra: No rules here, just common sense applies. Watch launch at high tide. Be careful at flat island as strong offshore winds can blow you out to sea if not careful. Flat Island not for beginners.

Nightlife: No nightlife. Good nightlife in Auckland, 50km away.

Accommodations: Shower, Toilet, Food, 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:

mid tide

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