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Icon EU 7 km

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

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Icon EU 7 km run: 04/05 01:38																																																																Icon Global 11 km run: 04/05 01:38																																		GFS 13 km run: 04/05 01:38
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Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	6	1	1	4	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	9	9	8	6	2	4	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	7	8	8	8	7	6	5	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	2	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	2	2	2	1	3	6	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	6	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	9	9	9	8	7	4	6	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	8	10	11	10	9	7	6	2	3	5	6	6	7	7	9	10	11	10	10	9	9	4	5	6	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	4	4	6	7	7	7	7
Gusts (kn)	14	18	19	22	24	23	25	25	24	24	24	24	21	19	4	3	11	12	14	14	15	15	17	19	22	22	22	19	6	10	13	13	15	15	16	18	18	19	19	19	18	15	0	2	3	4	8	11	14	16	18	21	19	18	16	14	8	9	11	12	14	15	17	18	19	20	19	18	17	15	1	3	6	8	10	12	15	16	18	20	20	20	20	19	5	8	11	14	14	14	14	15	17	18	18	18	18	16	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	6	7	8	9	11	13	15	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	7	8	11	13	14	14	14	16	18	19	18	17	15	12	3	2	2	2	4	6	8	9	10	11	13	15	16	18	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	4	5	7	8	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	1	3	5	7	8	9	10	10	9	10	11	12	13
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
Wave Per.	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Energy (Kj)	136	128	120	113	107	100	94	89	85	82	78	76	72	69	38	36	34	32	32	29	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	36	37	40	40	43	43	45	45	47	48	47	48	46	46	33	31	31	30	30	28	28	28	27	27	25	25	24	23	17	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	24	26	31	36	42	47	54	58	64	67	72	73	73	72	89	96	100	102	105	109	112	112	116	116	118	118	118	113
Temp. (°C)	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	19	19	18	17	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	12	13	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	14	16	19	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	20	19	18	13	15	17	18	17	16	16	17	19	21	21	20	18	17	13	15	16	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	14	16	17	18	20	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	15	16	16	17	19	21	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	13	15	17	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	19	18	17	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	13	14	17	19	20	21	22
Rain (mm)		0.3	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1		0.1	0.1								0.1																																																																																																															0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5						0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																																																																	0.1	0.1	0.1				0.3	0.3	0.3
Cloud Cov. (%)	85	86	96	85	87	86	68	59	60	63	78	80	85	99	61	55	66	70	81	75	76	85	67	26	25	18	31	29	50	54	51	46	49	39	35	21	20	22	21	21	21	22	93	94	96	97	87	78	68	74	79	85	90	95	100	100	96	94	92	90	75	61	46	37	29	20	32	43	55	5	43	46	49	52	66	81	95	78	61	44	40	37	33	37	14	43	71	100	100	100	100	96	92	88	92	96	100	82	81	76	72	67	47	26	6	5	3	2	1	1			4	4	5	5	3	2								12	31	54	77	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	98	98	98	94	90	86	74	62	50	63	77	90	93	78	85	91	98	74	50	26	18	10	2	1	1		22	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	91	82	73	78	84	89	93	96	73	51	28	23	17	12	9	5	2	1	1			99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	98	94	100	99	97	96	97	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Tide Ht.	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	-0.0	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.6	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	-0.7	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.8	-0.7	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.4	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.9	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.4	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	-0.3	-0.7	-1.0	-0.7	-1.0	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.5	-0.1	-0.6	-0.9	-0.5	-0.9	-1.1	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.4	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.2	-0.3	-0.8	-0.2	-0.7	-1.0	-1.0	-0.8	-0.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.5	-0.0	-0.6	0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.0	-0.9	-0.6	-0.1	0.4	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.3	-0.3	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.1	-0.3	-0.7	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.3	-0.0	-0.4	-0.7	-0.8	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.5	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.8
Tide Dir.			high						low									high						low									high						low									high						low			low						high						low		low						high						low			low						high						low		low						high						low			low						high								low						high									low						high								low							high								low						high								low							high								low							high		high						low							high
Tide Time			09:00						15:00									10:30						16:30									11:30						17:40									12:30						18:30			07:00						13:10						19:10		07:30						13:50						19:50			08:10						14:20						20:20		08:40						14:50						20:50			09:10						15:20								09:40						15:50									10:10						16:20								10:40							17:00								11:10						17:30								11:50							18:20								12:40							19:10		07:50						13:40							20:10

Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Shallow, Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: None

Water quality: Clean

Infos: The waves are not too big when the wind is best, but it can reach up to 3-4 meters in a good swell. It depends on the tide, there is a big amplitude in tide change. It is quite shallow on low tide and the wave break far from shore and the opposite happens with high tide. In winter, big waves. In summer 1-1.5 m sometimes 2m (not often) good swell from West. Surfing off-season at your risk, because there is no rescue and the waves are big.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Awesome beach, soft sand without any kind of rock, shells or pebbles, a lot of space so all the crowd can ride safely. Big sand dunes to get to the sea front and about 50 meters of sand from the dunes to the water front.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: June, July, August

Weather specificities: Summer: air around 28-36C, water around 20C, no wetsuit or shorty. Winter: air from 5-15C, water about 15C, 3mm wetsuit. Summer goes from the beginning of March to the end of September.

Wind type: Thermal

Wind specificities: As any coastline the wind are present almost every day. But the nice North wind that in Portugal, we named 'Nortada', blows mostly in summer from early afternoon to the evening, however we can ride all year with winds from the North to West, and mostly in winter the South wind. Summer NW from 10-25 knots, more often 18-20 knots. The predominant wind in summer comes from N/NW.

Best months: May, June, July, August, September

Access description: by Car, Bus, Train - From the Lisbon airport there are a lot of options: by Bus Express to Costa da Caparica where you'll find a 'minitrain' that go along the coast to 'Fonte da Telha' and has a stop in 'Nova Vaga-Kitebeach'. Look for signs pointing South (Eixo N-S) or the Bridge (Ponte 25 de Abril) cross the bridge over the Tejo river and take the first exit to the right (direction Costa da Caparica) go straight to the end of the highway and turn left at the lights. Go straight ahead along the beaches and get out of town going south. When you see no more houses and the road starts going up the hill turn right into a dirt road that continues along the beach. Praia da Nova Vaga is the second last beach along this road (you'll see the kites).

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: It is the official kitebeach. Don't kitesurf on other beaches! Lifeguards will take you off the water.

Accommodations: School, Shop, Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food, Parking

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