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1:31 pm 12 Feb 2012

Surf Faial, Praia do Norte-Azores

2:40 pm 6 Mar 2009

Praia do Norte-Azores ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.5
Consistency of surf: 4.0
Difficulty level: 5.0
Wind and kite surfing: 5.0
Crowds: 4.5

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Praia do Norte-Azores Surf Forecast / Portugal

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 22 pm Wednesday 15 Feb 2012

Praia do Norte-Azores surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Rating 2
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Wave Energy Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.7
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.3
W
1.0
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.5
W
0.8
WSW
1.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
Period (s) (?) 12 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 11 13 12 11 9 7 11 12
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 819 1275 1012 461 250 191 102 90 64 42 51 33 48 41 40 56 460 1338
Wind
(km/h)
25
E 25
E 20
E 20
ESE 10
ESE 5
ESE 10
SE 15
SSE 15
SSE 25
SSE 25
SSE 30
SSE 40
SSE 45
SSE 30
SSW 20
SW 25
SSW 30
SSW
Wind State (?) cross cross cross cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off off off off off off cross-
off
cross-
off
off off
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Praia do Norte-Azores blow from the S
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Praia do Norte-Azores sea temperature is 16.7 °C (Statistics for 15 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 15.9 max: 17.2 min: 14.8 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Mostly dry Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Wed night) Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Thu morning, light winds from the ESE by Fri afternoon) Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night) Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat night, strong winds from the SSE by Mon morning)
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Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
High °C 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 16 17
Low °C 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Chill °C (?) 14 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 16 16 15 16
Sunrise - 7:45 - - 7:43 - - 7:41 - - 7:41 - - 7:39 - - 7:39 -
Sunset - - 18:32 - - 18:34 - - 18:35 - - 18:36 - - 18:37 - - 18:37
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