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Porto da Praia ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 4.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Porto da Praia Surf Forecast / Portugal

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 22 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012

Porto da Praia 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 (?) 2.5
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Max-energy 1323 1980 1373 660 226 135 157 169 426 466 830 947 761 660 539 234 192 160
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Porto da Praia blow from the S
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Porto da Praia sea temperature is 17.3 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 18.6 max: 20.0 min: 17.0 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Tue night, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Tue night, light winds from the W by Thu morning). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Sat morning, min 17°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Sat night, light winds from the N by Sun night).
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High °C 19 17 17 17 16 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 19 17 17 18 19
Low °C 18 17 17 16 16 17 18 19 19 19 19 20 19 18 17 17 18 19
Chill °C (?) 18 15 16 16 15 17 18 18 18 18 19 19 20 18 16 17 18 19
Sunrise - 5:26 - - 5:26 - - 5:24 - - 5:24 - - 5:24 - - 5:24 -
Sunset - - 20:15 - - 20:15 - - 20:15 - - 20:16 - - 20:16 - - 20:17
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Global Wavefinder Mullaway Dinner-plates Mullaway East-pier Fish-boma J-bay Uatotoka Uatotoka Cloudbreak Brak-river Arrawarra Arrawarra Arrawarra Canal_1 Bobs-beach Asu Asu West-pier
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