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Today at Praia das Furnas: Good for canoeing — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 7 kn NW · Tide -0.9 to 0.2 m. Best window around 00:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Praia das Furnas: 1.0m waves with light onshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with Surfing also worth considering. Water temperature is 18°C / 64°F.
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Praia das Furnas faces NW, 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 onshore at 7 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for canoeing.
Over the published window Praia das Furnas clears 60/100 for canoeing at Advanced, Expert levels — 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 das Furnas ranks 16th 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.
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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.
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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 river-mouth beach in a protected natural park with two sides: a north-facing Atlantic shore with a shifting sandy beach break for surfing and bodyboarding, and a sheltered estuary side with calm, flat water for paddleboarding, kayaking, canoeing, and windsurfing. Development is minimal. Lifeguards cover summer. River currents intensify on outgoing tides, generating rip currents toward the estuary side, and low tide can expose rocks at the eastern end.
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Wind at Praia das Furnas today: 7 kn NW (gusting 20 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 das Furnas today: 1.2 m, 14 s period from NW, crumbling 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 canoeing at Praia das Furnas today is around 00:00 UTC, when conditions score 41/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Praia das Furnas scores 75/100 today for surfing — Good. 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 das Furnas 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 das Furnas is a coastal location near Vila Nova de Milfontes 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 das Furnas, 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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