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Today at Praia da Baleia: Good for canoeing — 75/100 for expert level. Wind 6 kn NW · Tide -1.0 to 0.2 m. Best window around 00:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Praia da Baleia: 1.9m waves with moderate cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the late morning, with Surfing also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 62°F.
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Praia da Baleia faces W, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For canoeing that is the hard direction: expect the surface to be workable only when the forecast genuinely drops, not on an average day.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 6 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for canoeing.
Over the published window Praia da Baleia clears 60/100 for canoeing at Expert level — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Praia da Baleia ranks 22nd for canoeing. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
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 600 m west-facing sandy bay backed by cliffs offering wind shelter, within a protected surfing reserve. Mixed sand-and-rock bottom with a beach break giving multiple left and right peaks, forgiving and suited to intermediates; flatter in summer, best swells in winter. Submerged rocks and rip currents are hazards, so low-to-mid tide suits entry/exit best. Lifeguards patrol in summer. Kitesurfing/windsurfing are discouraged here; a kite beach lies nearby.
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Wind at Praia da Baleia today: 6 kn NW (gusting 21 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects canoeing 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 Baleia today: 2.1 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.
For beginners, Praia da Baleia scores 36/100 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 Baleia 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 Baleia is a coastal location near Ericeira 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 Baleia, 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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