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3:20 pm 2 Jun 2012

Alex Botelho, Ponta Ruiva

3:52 pm 23 Nov 2011


Contendas ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Contendas Surf Forecast / Portugal

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 10 am Monday 04 Jun 2012

Contendas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.1
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Period (s) (?) 11 11 11 12 11 10 9 9 7 7 8 10 10 10 9 9 9 8
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Max-energy 278 278 229 425 875 692 325 246 51 23 31 92 92 103 124 110 64 52
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Contendas blow from the WNW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Contendas sea temperature is 17.6 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 18.7 max: 20.2 min: 17.1 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Tue night, min 17°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SW on Mon morning, strong winds from the W by Wed morning). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 17°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.
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Summary clear clear some clouds clear some clouds clear some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds clear clear some clouds clear some clouds clear clear clear
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High °C 18 18 19 18 17 17 17 17 19 20 19 19 20 20 19 18 17 17
Low °C 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 17 17
Chill °C (?) 17 17 18 17 15 16 16 16 18 20 18 18 19 19 18 17 16 16
Sunrise 5:24 - - 5:22 - - 5:22 - - 5:22 - - 5:22 - - 5:22 - -
Sunset - 20:08 - - 20:09 - - 20:09 - - 20:10 - - 20:12 - - 20:12 -
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