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 Villarrube at 3AM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (CET) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | 10ft (3.0m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 8ft (2.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 11ft (3.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Villarrube. (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 (?) | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW |
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2805 | 3436 | 4349 | 4771 | 4183 | 3531 | 2515 | 2084 | 2121 | 3957 | 5246 | 4243 | 3898 | 8686 | 11750 | 21888 | 22949 | 22949 | 20125 | 18287 | 16075 | 14043 | 10404 | 8690 | |
Wind (km/h) | WSW | ENE | SE | SSE | S | SSW | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | N | NNE | NNE | NE | NNE | NE | NE | ENE | E | ESE | S | WSW |
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:50PM 2.70 | 9:10AM 2.97 | 9:53PM 2.56 | 10:14AM 2.79 | 11:00PM 2.51 | 11:20AM 2.68 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:33PM 0.57 | 2:43AM 0.81 | 3:35PM 0.74 | 3:47AM 0.97 | 4:39PM 0.86 | 4:56AM 1.05 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:56 | - |
| Sunset | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 |

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