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 Flies at 4AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (EST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 8s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Flies. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | WSW | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | S | S | S | S | S | SE | SW | SE | SSE |
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 878 | 569 | 502 | 319 | 243 | 183 | 105 | 149 | 135 | 225 | 181 | 133 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 7 | |
Wind (km/h) | WSW | WSW | W | WNW | WNW | WNW | W | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | W | WNW | W | W | W | W | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW |
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:15AM 0.82 | 12:32PM 0.86 | 1:13AM 0.82 | 1:30PM 0.79 | 2:10AM 0.82 | 2:28PM 0.75 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:44AM 0.13 | 6:28PM 0.06 | 6:54AM 0.16 | 7:20PM 0.09 | 8:10AM 0.18 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:22 | - |
Rain (mm) | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Feels °C (?) | -2 | -1 | -6 | -11 | -13 | -12 | -10 | -11 | -14 | -15 | -14 | -14 | -13 | -11 | -10 | -9 | -9 | -8 | -6 | -6 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 |

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