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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

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Modèle	Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 23:14																																																																GFS 13 km run: 30/04 23:14
Date Optimal	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
Dir. vent
V. moy. (kn)	4	4	6	6	7	7	8	8	6	6	5	2	2	2	1	2	4	6	6	7	7	5	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	1	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	5	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	10	12	14	15	15	14	13	3	3	5	6	7	9	11	11	11	11	1	1	0	1	0	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	4	3	3	6	5	4	2	2	7	12	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
V. max. (kn)	14	12	18	18	21	21	21	21	21	17	14	4	5	6	6	7	11	14	16	16	16	16	8	6	10	10	8	7	8	10	10	8	7	2	3	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	8	4	4	4	4	6	8	10	10	11	11	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	15	14	6	6	6	6	8	10	11	11	11	11	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	13	12	12	3	5	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	9	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	5	3	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	2	8	8	7	6	5	3	3	6	10	15	19	17	15	13	11	9	8	8	9	10
Wave Direction
Ht. vague (m)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
période vague	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energie (Kj)	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	1.2k	934	922	910	906	894	882	867	855	831	812	789	590	580	565	556	541	526	503	485	467	449	432	253	250	246	242	241	240	240	241	241	246	244	296	294	294	298	298	303	303	308	312	314	319	301	291	282	279	270	267	255	253	250	253	251
Temp. (°C)	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	11	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	12	13	15	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	15	12	14	16	18	21	24	25	24	23	21	19	12	14	17	19	20	21	22	21	20	19	18	15	16	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	13	14	16	18	19	20	21	20	20	19	15	16	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	12	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	15	16	18	19	20	20	19	18	17	14	15	17	18	19	20	20	19	18	16	15	16	18	20	22	24	25	25	23	22	15	16	17	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Précip. (mm)		0.1	0.2		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2																																																																														0.1				0.1	0.1	0.1																																												0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Nébul. tot. (%)	88	88	88	89	85	88	87	86	85	76	76	52	40	8	53	39	34	23	82	88	100	100	100	60	16	56	31	48	1	11	42	38	12	10	7	3									69	79	90	100	89	79	68	65	61	58	39	100	100	99	99	82	65	48	33	18	3	27	76	61	47	32	26	21	15	10	5		38	26	13	1	1						100	96	92	88	88	88	88	73	58	43	39	40	40	41	30	18	7	17	28	38	69	79	90	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	69	48	26	5	3	2												5	11	16	100	90	80	70	78	86	94	96	98	100	2	1	1
Ht. marée	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	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	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.5
Dir. marée				low							high					low												low						high							low						high						low						high						low						high											high										high					low						high				low						high					low						high				low						high					low						high				low						high
Hr. marée				11:50							18:00					12:40												13:50						08:50							15:30						10:30						16:50						11:40						17:50						12:30											13:10										13:40					08:10						14:20				08:40						14:50					09:10						15:20				09:30						15:50					10:00						16:20				10:30						16:50

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Excellent waves.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: Quiet, sandy beach. About 800m long and 100m wide.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: None

Weather specificities: Long wetsuits needed all year round - although people were seen in shorties some times. Air around 30C in the summer, down to 15C in the winter. The water is pretty cold, around 10-15C in the summer and 13-17C in the winter. The longer the South Easter (prevailing summer wind) blows, the colder the surface water gets. Doesn't matter much in summer though.

Wind specificities: No info yet.

Access description: by Car - Located on the Cape Peninsula. Drive to Kommetjie and here drive down to the south and get to Witsands. Or drive towards Kommetjie and keep going further south, following signs until you reach Scarborough. Follow the road all the way along the cliffs until you reach Witsands.

Specific rules: None

Accommodations: Parking

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