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Carvalhal kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Portugal · District de Setúbal

Spot currently openIntermediate levelAltitude 3 m 38.31 | -8.78

Overview

Carvalhal is an Alentejo beach between Comporta and Melides. The beach has been modernized with good infrastructure — large parking, wooden walkways, bar-restaurant. Very popular for surf and kitesurf. NW Nortada conditions similar to Comporta. Long sandy beach, quite exposed. Wide open coastline within the Alentejo countryside — rice fields and cork oak forests behind the dunes.

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Spot forecast for Carvalhal

Sunrise 07:48 · Sunset 18:50

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

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Carvalhal: 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

149h

in May · 16.5 rideable days

The season runs from May to September, peaking in May: 15 rideable days a month and 149 hours of usable wind, at 26 °C. The low point is November, at 4.5 days.

Rideable days per month

0 5 10 15 20 January: 5 rideable days J February: 8 rideable days F March: 7 rideable days M April: 9.5 rideable days A May: 16.5 rideable days16.5 d M June: 15 rideable days J July: 14.5 rideable days J August: 16.5 rideable days A September: 14.5 rideable days S October: 5 rideable days O November: 4.5 rideable days4.5 d N December: 7 rideable days D 0 5 10 15 20 January: 5 rideable days J February: 8 rideable days F March: 7 rideable days M April: 9.5 rideable days A May: 16.5 rideable days16.5 d M June: 15 rideable days J July: 14.5 rideable days J August: 16.5 rideable days A September: 14.5 rideable days S October: 5 rideable days O November: 4.5 rideable days4.5 d N December: 7 rideable days D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 96%13-20 knots · 4%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 96% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is December, at 16 °C. The wettest month is March, with 208 mm.

Monthly averages: Carvalhal
Monthly averages — Carvalhal — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 5.0 37 h 17 °C 133 mm
February 8.0 61 h 17 °C 67 mm
March 7.0 63 h 17 °C 208 mm
April 9.5 88 h 21 °C 54 mm
May 16.5 149 h 23 °C 11 mm
June 15.0 120 h 25 °C 6 mm
July 14.5 118 h 27 °C 1 mm
August 16.5 161 h 28 °C 0 mm
September 14.5 133 h 26 °C 2 mm
October 5.0 33 h 22 °C 52 mm
November 4.5 25 h 19 °C 104 mm
December 7.0 43 h 16 °C 66 mm

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Technical details of Carvalhal spot

N: Rideable NNE: Not rideable NE: Not rideable ENE: Not rideable E: Not rideable ESE: Not rideable SE: Not rideable SSE: Not rideable S: Not rideable SSW: Not rideable SW: Not rideable WSW: Not rideable W: Not rideable WNW: Rideable NW: Rideable NNW: Rideable N E S W

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

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