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 Comfort Inn/Jeckyll Island at 2AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 10). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | 1ft (0.3m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 9s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Comfort Inn/Jeckyll Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | E | E | E | ENE | ENE | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | ESE | E | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | E | E | SE | SE | SE |
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 78 | 54 | 52 | 33 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Wind (km/h) | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WNW | NW | NW | NW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | W | W | WSW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | W | W | SW |
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:12PM 2.18 | 1:43AM 1.95 | 2:03PM 2.04 | 2:39AM 1.94 | 2:55PM 1.93 | 3:36AM 1.95 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:54PM 0.18 | 8:14AM 0.27 | 8:49PM 0.21 | 9:16AM 0.34 | 9:40PM 0.22 | 10:15AM 0.36 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - |
| Sunset | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 17 |

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