Carvalhal
Grândola, Alentejo, Portugal38.300, -8.790Beach break · faces W (260°)
Spot guide
Carvalhal is a W-facing beach break in Grândola, Alentejo, Portugal. It picks up swell from S to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 57% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the E: light winds or E breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while W onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- W (260°)
- Best swell
- SW to WNW (220°–289°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NE to SE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- S to WNW (189.5° to 289.5°)
- Offshore wind
- E
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- 1
Cams at Carvalhal
- Carvalhal · watch on MEO BeachCam ↗
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