Beach
both
Level 5/10

Carcavelos

Cascais, Portugal
🌀Strong rips👥Crowded
10-Day Forecast
Today
21
23
Poor
0.8m
@7s
6km/h
Mon
22
29
Poor
0.7m
@7s
11km/h
Tue
23
32
Poor
1.0m
@9s
8km/h
Wed
24
24
Poor
0.7m
@9s
9km/h
Thu
25
20
Poor
0.9m
@10s
10km/h
Fri
26
37
Poor
1.4m
@11s
9km/h
Sat
27
66
Good
1.4m
@14s
18km/h
Sun
28
44
Poor
0.9m
@13s
22km/h
Mon
29
59
Fair
2.0m
@13s
30km/h
Tue
30
57
Fair
2.3m
@9s
18km/h

Today's Conditions

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Swell
0.8m
W(280°)
Score: 2/25
Period
7s
Short period / windswell
Score: 2/25
Wind
6km/h
NW(314°)
Score: 21/25
Weather
25°C
0.0mm28%
Windswell Component
0.3mNNW@2s
Secondary Swell
0.3mNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 1 km/h NW|PM: 10 km/h SSE
1 km/h vs 10 km/h afternoon
Tide at 7am (0.4m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:48 am
Low tide - -1.42m
7:57 am
High tide - 0.40m
1:57 pm
Low tide - -1.21m
8:16 pm
High tide - 0.58m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

23
Poor
Components
Swell Direction19/25
Swell Size2/25
Swell Period2/25
Wind21/25
Raw Score44/100
Adjustments
⚠️ Weak Component-10
📉 Undersized Swell-11
🚫 Undersized Capmax 30
Adjusted Score23/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score23
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Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
W (270°)
Direction range
240° - 320°
Size range
1.2m - 3m
Ideal size
2.5m
Height multiplier
1.00×
Ideal period
14s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
N (0°)
Offshore range
330° - 45°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
mid

Water temp

17°C

Wetsuit

3/2mm fullsuit

Bottom

Sand

Difficulty

5/10

Crowd level

7/10

👥 Summer Holidays (Jun 20Sep 13) — expect extra crowds

Best Season

Peak: Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar

Lisbon beachbreak favoring W-WNW winter swells and north offshore winds.

Getting There

Airport
LIS
Drive time
20 min
Data quality
community

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