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Today at Praia da Poça: Excellent for kite foiling — 89/100 for expert level. Wind 6 kn NW · Waves 1.7 m, 14 s · Tide -0.9 to 0.2 m. Best window around 15:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Praia da Poça: 1.6m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the afternoon, with Surfing also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 63°F.
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Satellite-derived bathymetry with 10 m pixels and 10 cm vertical resolution out to ~40 m depth. The shape of the seabed is what determines where and how waves break.
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.
10 sport models × 4 ability levels weight wave height, period, wind, tide and breaking conditions differently — calibrated against ridden sessions so the scores mean what they say.
A compact Atlantic beach tucked between headlands within a protected natural park, with a tide-sensitive mixed sand-and-reef bottom. At higher tides it breaks over a rocky ledge into powerful lefts and rights with barrel sections; at lower tides it becomes more of a sandy beach-break. Submerged rocks are hazardous at low tide, especially at the west end. Summer is generally calm, suited to family bathing. Lifeguards on duty 1 June-30 September.
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Praia da Poça scores 95/100 today for surfing at intermediate level — Epic!. Wind 6 kn NW · Waves 1.7 m, 14 s · Tide -0.9 to 0.2 m. Best window around 01:00 UTC. Scores are updated hourly by 4Shor ShorSense™.
Wind at Praia da Poça today: 6 kn NW (gusting 20 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 Praia da Poça today: 1.7 m, 14 s period from NW, hollow 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 Praia da Poça today is around 01:00 UTC, when conditions score 95/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Praia da Poça scores 38/100 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.
Praia da Poça 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.
Praia da Poça is a coastal location near Estoril 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 Praia da Poça, 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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