Nazare Big Wave Challenge Gets Yellow Alert, Could Run Saturday in Giant Waves
70-foot plus waves predicted for Portuguese big wave tow surfing competition.
Surf Forecasts:
The current surf forecast for Burgerworld at 4PM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (WIB) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (16 Dec) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 17s |
| Evening (16 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Burgerworld. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SSW |
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 255 | 252 | 350 | 390 | 386 | 381 | 437 | 496 | 539 | 612 | 605 | 589 | 631 | 695 | 543 | 536 | 536 | 606 | 521 | 507 | 363 | 347 | 304 | 299 | |
Wind (km/h) | N | NW | WNW | WNW | N | N | N | N | N | NNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | NNW | NNE | N | N | NW | W | NW | NNW | NW | NW | NNW |
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | glass | cross | glass | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:14PM 1.04 | 4:35AM 0.68 | 4:55PM 1.09 | 5:21AM 0.68 | 5:33PM 1.12 | 6:01AM 0.69 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:00PM 0.31 | 9:40AM 0.26 | 11:35PM 0.24 | 10:24AM 0.23 | 12:07AM 0.18 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 |
| Sunset | - | - | 6:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:25 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Temp. °C | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 27 |

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