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 Deepdene at 11PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (AWST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
| Evening (15 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Deepdene. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SSW | SW | S | SW | WSW |
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 376 | 421 | 477 | 441 | 953 | 928 | 940 | 558 | 516 | 905 | 869 | 796 | 711 | 5603 | 4884 | 3445 | 2526 | 1944 | 1516 | 1208 | 424 | 303 | 578 | 247 | |
Wind (km/h) | WNW | W | N | NNW | W | WSW | W | WNW | W | WNW | W | W | WNW | WSW | SW | SSW | S | SSE | SSE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE |
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | glass | cross | on | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:50PM 0.56 | 8:04PM 0.64 | 8:25PM 0.71 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:28AM 0.17 | 4:59AM 0.15 | 5:29AM 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:01 | - | - |
| Sunset | 7:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 |

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