Falésia
Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal37.085, -8.170Beach break · faces S (190°)
Spot guide
Falésia is an S-facing beach break in Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal. It picks up swell from SSW to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 68% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the N: light winds or N breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while S onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- S (190°)
- Best swell
- SSW to SW (193°–231°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NW to NE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SSW to W (193° to 266°)
- Offshore wind
- N
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- 1
Cams at Falésia
- Falésia · watch on MEO BeachCam ↗
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