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Icon EU 7 km

MF Arome 1.3

DMI HARMONIE 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

GEM Global 15

BOM ACCESS 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon EU 7 km run: 18/05 18:22																																																													Icon Global 11 km run: 18/05 18:22																														GFS 13 km run: 18/05 18:22																																																																unknown run: 18/05 18:22
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Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	7	8	8	7	7	9	6	4	4	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	8	9	8	8	1	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	6	5	4	3	4	6	5	6	8	10	12	13	14	14	14	15	14	13	6	7	9	11	12	12	13	14	16	16	16	15	14	12	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	11	12	12	12	10	2	1	2	3	5	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	6	7	9	10	12	14	16	18	19	19	19	19	18	16	4	3	3	4	6	9	12	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	5	5	7	8	10	12	14	16	17	18	18	18	17	15	5	6	8	10	12	14	15	17	19	19	19	18	16	14	12	4	4	4	6	9	12	14	15	16	15	15	13	12	11	9	4	3	2	3	4	7	8	9	10	10	9	9	7	6	4	13	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	3	2	0	1	3	7	9	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	8
Gusts (kn)	16	23	23	16	15	18	18	8	8	12	13	13	15	16	17	18	19	19	18	18	17	3	2	3	8	8	12	13	14	16	16	16	14	11	10	11	12	13	14	17	22	26	28	29	31	31	31	31	28	12	16	19	23	24	26	28	30	33	36	34	33	32	29	10	11	12	13	15	15	17	17	20	23	24	25	26	22	4	5	6	8	11	14	17	18	19	21	20	19	18	15	10	11	12	13	15	16	18	19	20	22	21	21	20	17	8	9	11	12	13	14	16	17	19	21	23	26	27	25	4	4	3	3	5	7	9	12	15	18	20	22	23	21	8	8	8	9	10	11	13	16	19	21	23	24	24	22	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15	18	20	22	23	23	21	17	5	5	5	6	7	9	11	13	15	17	18	17	16	14	11	4	3	1	1	3	6	8	10	12	13	13	12	10	8	5	20	20	17	15	15	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	16	15	15	3	2	2	2	3	5	7	9	10	11	12	13	14	13	12
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	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	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Wave Per.	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6
Wave Energy (Kj)	88	86	84	83	82	81	78	72	70	70	70	67	67	67	66	65	66	65	66	68	67	88	90	92	94	92	93	94	98	98	96	97	94	94	91	77	74	73	72	70	67	67	66	66	66	67	69	74	78	58	55	53	54	59	60	65	70	76	79	87	93	90	87	45	41	38	36	33	30	29	27	27	31	37	42	44	48	31	31	30	31	31	31	31	32	31	31	32	32	32	33
Temp. (°C)	18	18	17	17	17	16	15	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	14	15	17	18	19	20	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	13	14	16	18	20	21	22	23	23	23	22	22	21	20	10	12	15	18	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	15	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	17	16	14	15	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	14	15	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	15	16	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	15	16	18	20	21	22	22	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	15	16	18	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	18	17	15	17	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	13	14	16	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16
Rain (mm)			0.7					0.3	0.2																																																																																																																																																																																								0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1							0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	97	100	100	82	65	100	100	95	84	76	67	59	62	63	40	57	52	41	64	61	60	97	94	88	89	88	92	98	86	91	98	96	95	99	82	23	22	40	86	33	25	14	9	4	6	8	3	5	6	2	11	21	30	20	11	1	20	39	58	70	82	94	63					6	12	18	17	9					3	75	70	65	60	63	66	69	79	90	100	88	77	65	74	52	68	83	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	83	65	48	32	42	28	14		12	24	36	48	59	71	49	26	4	4	14	13	11	10	10	11	11	13	14	16	23	31	38	47	38	30	21	13	10	6	3	3	2	2	1	1				1	2	3	4	4	5	4	3	2	4	6	8	8	7	25	26	28	29	45	61	77	85	92	100	89	78	67	48	28	100	100	99	99	99	100	100	93	87	80	87	93	100	100	100	100	97	93	90	87	85	82	88	94	100	83	65	48	43	39	29	44	59	74	73	72	71	55	38	22	16	9	3	12	20
Tide Ht.	-0.7	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.7	-0.8	-0.6	-0.3	-1.1	-0.8	-0.3	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.4	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-1.3	-1.2	-0.8	-0.3	0.4	0.9	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.3	-0.3	-0.8	-1.1	-1.2	-1.2	-1.4	-1.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.6	1.1	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.3	-0.4	-1.0	-1.3	-0.9	-1.3	-1.4	-1.2	-0.7	0.1	0.8	1.3	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.1	-0.6	-1.2	-0.3	-1.0	-1.4	-1.4	-1.1	-0.5	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.6	1.3	0.8	-0.0	-0.8	0.3	-0.5	-1.1	-1.4	-1.3	-0.9	-0.3	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.6	1.2	0.6	-0.1	0.8	0.1	-0.5	-1.0	-1.3	-1.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.6	1.1	1.5	1.4	1.1	0.5	-0.2	1.0	0.6	-0.0	-0.6	-1.0	-1.1	-1.0	-0.6	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.0	0.8	0.4	-0.1	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.5	-0.3	0.1	0.5	0.8	0.9
Tide Dir.						high			high						low						high			high						low									high						low									high						low									high						low			low						high						low			low						high						low		low							high								low						high									low						high									low						high										low						high									low							high			high						low							high			high						low							high
Tide Time						19:30			08:10						14:10						20:30			09:20						15:20									10:40						16:40									11:40						17:40									12:40						18:40			07:10						13:30						19:40			08:00						14:20						20:30		08:50							15:00								09:40						15:50									10:20						16:40									11:10						17:30										12:00						18:20									12:50							19:10			07:50						13:40							20:10			08:50						14:50							21:10

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean, River Mouth

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

Water hazards: Wave breaker

Water quality: Clean

Infos: 1/2m difference to high tide, perfectly flat or waves. Medium size waves with a lot of good beach break points. 1-2m waves with NW winds. Small wave breakers to the South. Best waves during full moon.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: Open beach with small dunes. No rocks. Very safe beach. Triangular beach.

Weather specificities: Season from March to September, 15-26C air temps. Off-season possible. 12-20C water, (winter 5/4mm, summer 3/2mm ).

Wind type: Thermal, Frontal

Wind specificities: Due to the shape of the tip, almost all directions work. Best direction: North.

Best months: May, June, July, August

Access description: by Car - From Porto (Oporto) airport take the free way by car to Viana do Castelo / spain route. At 30 km will find the exit to Esposende. Drive to the north of the town and get to the water north of the Rio Cavado.

Specific rules: None

Nightlife: Wild night life in summer and at near places as Povoa de Varzim.

Accommodations: Rooms, Camping, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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