Central Portugal, Portugal

Nazaré Praia do Norte buoy: live swell

Praia do Norte, in Nazaré, is the home of the world's biggest waves: an underwater canyon that runs right up to the coast focuses the swell onto the beach. The MONICAN02 buoy, moored at the head of the canyon 18 km away, measures the swell going into it, and the Nazaré coastal buoy adds a second reading.

The spot and its buoys

Buoy colour: wave height

Buoys for Nazaré Praia do Norte

Nazaré Praia do Norte wave forecast

Wave model GFS Wave 18 km · updated

Weather · updated

Thu 5/11

0.9-1.1m

273 kJ

1m 12s

301°

12

21

km/h

W

0.9-1.1m

247 kJ

1m 11s

297°

3

12

km/h

N

0.8-1m

267 kJ

0.9m 12s

310°

6

10

km/h

E

Low tide05:40 AM1.07m
High tide11:53 AM3.14m67
Low tide06:13 PM0.85m
Fri 6/11

0.7-0.9m

166 kJ

0.8m 12s

310°

5

8

km/h

SE

0.7-0.8m

150 kJ

0.8m 12s

312°

11

19

km/h

SE

0.7-0.8m

135 kJ

0.7m 11s

309°

19

35

km/h

SE

0.6-0.8m

122 kJ

0.7m 11s

311°

17

30

km/h

SE

0.7-0.8m

127 kJ

0.7m 11s

312°

23

40

km/h

SE

0.9-1.1m

98 kJ

1m 7s

245°

20

36

km/h

SE

High tide12:23 AM3.06m71
Low tide06:26 AM0.93m
High tide12:39 PM3.22m75
Low tide06:53 PM0.77m
Sat 7/11

0.8-1m

78 kJ

0.9m 7s

239°

11

22

km/h

SE

0.8-0.9m

63 kJ

0.9m 7s

235°

17

29

km/h

SE

0.7-0.9m

49 kJ

0.8m 6s

234°

19

34

km/h

SE

0.6-0.7m

35 kJ

0.7m 6s

234°

17

35

km/h

SE

0.6-0.7m

108 kJ

0.6m 12s

309°

9

25

km/h

SE

0.6-0.7m

99 kJ

0.6m 11s

306°

9

16

km/h

SE

High tide01:02 AM3.18m78
Low tide07:06 AM0.82m
High tide01:19 PM3.27m81
Low tide07:28 PM0.73m
Sun 8/11

0.9-1.1m

364 kJ

1m 13s

286°

34

60

km/h

SE

1-1.3m

406 kJ

1.2m 12s

288°

32

57

km/h

SE

1-1.3m

349 kJ

1.1m 12s

289°

33

70

km/h

SE

1.1-1.3m

333 kJ

1.2m 11s

277°

27

54

km/h

S

1.4-1.8m

581 kJ

1.6m 11s

256°

20

37

km/h

SE

1.7-2m

749 kJ

1.9m 11s

247°

27

45

km/h

SE

High tide01:39 AM3.26m83
Low tide07:44 AM0.75m
High tide01:56 PM3.27m84
Low tide08:02 PM0.72m
Mon 9/11

1.7-2m

684 kJ

1.8m 10s

244°

33

62

km/h

S

1.9-2.3m

936 kJ

2.1m 10s

248°

36

71

km/h

S

2.4-2.9m

1605 kJ

2.7m 11s

252°

36

81

km/h

S

2.6-3.1m

1846 kJ

2.8m 11s

251°

41

84

km/h

S

2.7-3.3m

2079 kJ

3m 11s

250°

35

71

km/h

SW

3-3.6m

2705 kJ

3.3m 11s

251°

31

61

km/h

SW

High tide02:13 AM3.31m84
Low tide08:20 AM0.73m
High tide02:32 PM3.23m84
Low tide08:34 PM0.75m

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