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Today at Baía dos Coxos: Excellent for kite foiling — 89/100 for expert level. Wind 6 kn NW · Waves 1.8 m, 14 s · Tide -1.0 to 0.2 m. Best window around 10:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Baía dos Coxos: 1.8m waves with moderate cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the midday, with Surfing also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 62°F.
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Most apps run a single global model at 9–25 km. We blend regional NWP from national meteorological offices at 1.3–2 km — UK Met Office UKV, Météo-France AROME HD, ItaliaMeteo ICON-2I — with ECMWF IFS for the 8-day horizon. Finer resolution means the sea breeze, cliff funnelling and bay shadowing that changes everything for a session.
A nearshore wave model propagates the spectrum across the bathymetric mesh — modelling refraction, shoaling, dissipation, focusing and breaking as it goes. Most apps stop at swell + wind. We go further.
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An unguarded, expert-level right reef and point break within a World Surfing Reserve, producing long, fast, hollow barrels over a shallow, grooved rock shelf in a small bay. Best on W/NW swell with easterly offshore wind; wave faces can hold up to about 3 m. Submerged reef, exposed rocks, sea urchins, and strong currents make entry and exit tricky, especially at high tide with big swell. No lifeguard post. Not for beginners.
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Baía dos Coxos scores 84/100 today for surfing at intermediate level — Excellent. Wind 6 kn NW · Waves 1.8 m, 14 s · Tide -1.0 to 0.2 m. Best window around 23:00 UTC. Scores are updated hourly by 4Shor ShorSense™.
Wind at Baía dos Coxos today: 6 kn NW (gusting 21 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects surfing conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Baía dos Coxos today: 1.8 m, 14 s period from NW, peeling character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for surfing at Baía dos Coxos today is around 23:00 UTC, when conditions score 84/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Baía dos Coxos scores 31/100 today for surfing — Poor. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Baía dos Coxos is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, E-Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Baía dos Coxos is a coastal location near São Lourenço in Portugal. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Baía dos Coxos, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
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