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Santa Catarina, Terceira, Azores, Portugal

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Faja dos Cubres ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Faja dos Cubres Surf Forecast / Portugal

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

Faja dos Cubres 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
WNW
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Period (s) (?) 11 11 10 11 11 10 9 9 8 10 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 9
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Max-energy 260 256 206 606 575 250 216 101 50 167 95 162 247 214 257 143 111 80
Wind
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cross glass
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Faja dos Cubres blow from the SW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Faja dos Cubres sea temperature is 17.8 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 18.8 max: 20.3 min: 17.2 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Tue night, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Mon morning, strong winds from the WSW by Tue night). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Sat morning, min 17°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Sat morning).
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Summary clear clear some clouds some clouds 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 18 19 19 19 19 20 19 19 18 18 18
Low °C 17 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 17
Chill °C (?) 17 17 18 17 16 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 19 18 18 18 18 18
Sunrise 5:26 - - 5:26 - - 5:26 - - 5:26 - - 5:26 - - 5:26 - -
Sunset - 20:13 - - 20:13 - - 20:14 - - 20:14 - - 20:15 - - 20:15 -
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