Overview

Carcavelos is a popular beach on the Cascais railway line, 20 min from Lisbon. Wide sandy beach facing south, which means the NW Nortada comes more side-offshore. Good for windsurf and kite when conditions align, but less reliable than Guincho. Busy urban beach in summer. Sandy bottom, small waves. Easy access by train from Lisbon. All amenities — restaurants, bars, surf schools.

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Spot forecast for carcavelos

Sunrise 07:51 · Sunset 18:52

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

Next tides

Low tide Tue 20 · 17:32 · 1.2 m
High tide Tue 20 · 23:48 · 2.2 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 05:40 · 1.2 m
High tide Wed 21 · 12:01 · 2.5 m

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carcavelos: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

281h

in August · 26.5 rideable days

The season runs from May to September, peaking in August: 23 rideable days a month and 281 hours of usable wind, at 24 °C. The low point is January, at 6.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 83%13-20 knots · 16%21-30 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 83% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is December, at 15 °C. The wettest month is March, with 192 mm.

Monthly averages: carcavelos

Monthly averages — carcavelos — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	6.5	53 h	16 °C	151 mm
February	9.5	82 h	16 °C	82 mm
March	12.0	91 h	16 °C	192 mm
April	13.5	125 h	19 °C	72 mm
May	23.0	242 h	21 °C	25 mm
June	21.5	236 h	23 °C	9 mm
July	23.5	250 h	25 °C	1 mm
August	26.5	281 h	26 °C	0 mm
September	22.0	200 h	24 °C	3 mm
October	9.5	68 h	21 °C	67 mm
November	8.0	44 h	18 °C	166 mm
December	10.5	65 h	15 °C	76 mm

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Technical details of carcavelos spot

The spot works with winds from N, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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CASCAIS TG6.2 kmsource madis - NOAA

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Aero Club de Portugal5.4 km

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FW5968 Cascais PT8.3 km

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