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Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra Surf Stats

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(any wind direction)

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(light / offshore wind)

The rose diagram describes the variation of swells directed at Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra through an average March, based on 3460 NWW3 model predictions since 2007 (values every 3 hours). The wave model does not forecast surf and wind right at the coast so we have chosen the optimum grid node based on what we know about Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra. In the case of Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra, the best grid node is 27 km away (17 miles). The rose diagram illustrates the distribution of swell sizes and swell direction, while the graph at the bottom shows the same thing without direction information. Five colours represent increasing wave sizes. Very small swells of less than 0.5m (1.5 feet) high are shown in blue. These happened only 10% of the time. Green and yellow represent increasing swell sizes and red illustrates the highest swells, greater than >3m (>10ft). In both graphs, the area of any colour is proportional to how commonly that size swell was forecast. The diagram implies that the prevailing swell direction, shown by the longest spokes, was WNW, whereas the the dominant wind blows from the NNW. Because the wave model grid is out to sea, sometimes a strong offshore wind blows largest waves away from Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra and offshore. We combine these with the no surf category of the bar chart. To keep it simple we don't show these in the rose plot. Because wind determines whether or not waves are surfable at Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra, you can view an alternative image that shows only the swells that were expected to coincide with glassy or offshore wind conditions. In a typical March, swells large enough to cause good for surfing waves at Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra run for about 90% of the time.

Also see Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra wind stats

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