Sagres, Tonel in August
Sea, with a tide. What an average August looks like here, from five years of weather history.
- Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
- Model mean, kn
- 12.3
- Model gust, kn
- 24.4
- Direction
- NNW
- Waves, m
- 1.4
- Surf days
- 31
- Water °C
- 17
- Air °C
- 23
- Sunny days
- 18
- Rain days
- 0
- Wetsuit
- 3/2
August is the best month here: 31 surf days against 30 in an average month. Best for waves: Jan, Mar and May.
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Season
Best for waves: Jan, Mar and May
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Surf days
Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
10.4
10.3
11.0
10.6
11.3
11.5
12.6
12.3
10.2
9.4
9.4
9.5
Model gust, kn
20.1
20.4
22.1
21.6
23.0
23.4
25.2
24.4
21.0
19.2
18.8
18.7
Direction
ESE
ESE
NNW
NNW
NNW
NNW
NNW
NNW
NNW
NNW
NNW
ESE
Waves, m
2.1
2.3
2.4
1.8
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.7
2.1
2.3
Surf days
31
28
31
30
31
30
31
31
30
31
30
31
Water °C
16
16
16
16
17
18
18
17
17
19
18
17
Air °C
15
16
16
18
20
22
23
23
22
22
18
16
Sunny days
10
8
7
11
15
14
22
18
15
11
11
8
Rain days
7
8
12
9
5
6
0
0
4
9
9
9
Model rows: daytime (09:00 to 18:00) means; a windy day has 2 hours or more at the sport's minimum; a surf day 2 daylight hours of waves of 0.5 m or more; sunny: daytime cloud 30 % or less; rain: 1 mm or more.
From weather models 2021 to 2025. At spots with thermal wind or sea breeze the model reads several knots low; the bars show the shape of the year, riders know the numbers.
Source: Open-Meteo historical weather and marine archive (CC BY 4.0), weather 2021 to 2025, waves and water 2021 to 2025.