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 Westende at 11PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (CET) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (10 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 5s |
| Evening (10 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Westende. (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 (?) | WSW | W | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | WSW | W | S | S | SSE | SSW | W | N | SW | WSW | W | WNW | WNW | NW | WSW | WSW |
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 77 | 71 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | |
Wind (km/h) | WSW | WSW | SW | WSW | SW | SSW | SSW | S | S | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | W | W | SW | SW | SSW | SSW |
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | 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- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:21PM 4.52 | 5:36AM 4.27 | 6:13PM 4.20 | 6:27AM 4.00 | 7:09PM 3.91 | 7:25AM 3.77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:05AM 1.15 | 12:27PM 0.85 | 1:03AM 1.38 | 1:27PM 1.07 | 2:05AM 1.54 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:44 | - |
| Sunset | 4:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Feels °C (?) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |

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