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Today at Praia de Vigário: Good for paddleboarding — 76/100 for expert level. Wind 16 kn E · Tide -0.8 to 0.4 m. Best window around 00:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Praia de Vigário: 0.9m waves with strong offshore wind. Wing Foiling looks Epic! in the afternoon, with Kite Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 23°C / 74°F.
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Praia de Vigário faces SW, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For paddleboarding 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-offshore at 16 kn. Blowing off the land keeps the surface flatter near the beach for paddleboarding, but it also pushes you out — stay inside where you can comfortably get back.
Over the published window Praia de Vigário clears 60/100 for paddleboarding at Intermediate, 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 29 scored spots within reach today, Praia de Vigário ranks 13th for paddleboarding. 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 roughly 400 m, SW-facing pebble beach in the centre of Camara de Lobos, wedged between fishing-harbour cliffs and the town. It is a calm-water family bathing spot rather than a surf or watersports destination, historically used by local fishermen, and recently renovated. Waters are sometimes rough in high season, and pebble entries can be slippery; calmer conditions are found around low tide.
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Wind at Praia de Vigário today: 16 kn E (gusting 28 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects paddleboarding 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 de Vigário today: 0.9 m, 11 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 paddleboarding at Praia de Vigário today is around 04:00 UTC, when conditions score 62/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Praia de Vigário scores 79/100 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 de Vigário 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 de Vigário is a coastal location near Câmara de Lobos 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 de Vigário, 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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