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Today at Praia dos Surfistas: Okay for windsurfing — 56/100 for intermediate level. Wind 7 kn NE · Waves 1.0 m, 12 s · Tide -0.8 to 0.4 m. Best window around 10:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Praia dos Surfistas: 1.0m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the morning, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 23°C / 74°F.
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Praia dos Surfistas faces SW, open to the prevailing westerlies, so the wind arrives off the water rather than filtered through the land — the clean, steady flow windsurfing wants, and the reason gusts here are sea breezes rather than land turbulence.
Today's wind is offshore at 7 kn. Offshore is the one to be careful with for windsurfing — a failure blows you away from the beach, so it is a spot for a safety boat or a change of plan rather than a solo session.
Over the published window Praia dos Surfistas clears 60/100 for windsurfing at Advanced level — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 23 scored spots within reach today, Praia dos Surfistas ranks 14th for windsurfing. 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 raw, unguarded reef and point break on Madeira's remote south-west coast, breaking over a flat rocky bottom. The fast, powerful right-hander produces tubular barrels from around 1.5–4 m+, best on south-west to south swells, peaking October–March. Rated advanced to expert only, it has hosted international events. There is no lifeguard cover; entry and exit require scrambling over slippery rocks at mid-to-high tide, with rips and rocks as hazards.
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Wind at Praia dos Surfistas today: 7 kn NE (gusting 24 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects windsurfing 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 dos Surfistas today: 1.0 m, 12 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 windsurfing at Praia dos Surfistas today is around 10:00 UTC, when conditions score 56/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Praia dos Surfistas scores 65/100 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 dos Surfistas 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 dos Surfistas is a coastal location near Paul do Mar 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 dos Surfistas, 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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