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Today at Baía dos Coxos: Okay for swimming — 61/100 for expert level. Wind 7 kn SW · Tide -1.2 to 0.3 m. Best window around 11:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Baía dos Coxos: 1.9m waves with moderate cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the late morning, with Surfing also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 62°F.
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Baía dos Coxos faces W, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For swimming 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 7 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for swimming.
Over the published window Baía dos Coxos clears 60/100 for swimming 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, Baía dos Coxos ranks 23rd for swimming. 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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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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Wind at Baía dos Coxos today: 7 kn SW (gusting 23 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects swimming 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: 2.5 m, 12 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.
For beginners, Baía dos Coxos scores 33/100 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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