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OPO · PORTO AIRPORT ~50 MIN · OR DRIVE FROM SPAIN
PortugalNORTADA THERMALS
Europe's Atlantic thermal
Portugal's most consistent wind lives at Viana do Castelo: the Cabedelo beach at the mouth of the Lima river, where the nortada thermal blows 20-30 knots from noon to sunset all summer, a breakwater grooms a flat beginner zone, and a sport hotel with its own water center sits in the dunes two minutes from the sand. GKA World Championship pedigree included.
The spots
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7-day wind forecast
REFERENCE SPOT: VIANA DO CASTELO · UPDATED DAILY
Praia do Cabedelo · Viana do Castelo STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 20.07
TODAY
20.07
8KTS · GUST 17
S · 12m+
LIGHT TUE
21.07
7KTS · GUST 16
W · 12m+
LIGHT WED
22.07
6KTS · GUST 13
SW · 12m+
LIGHT THU
23.07
8KTS · GUST 19
S · 12m+
LIGHT FRI
24.07
7KTS · GUST 17
SSW · 12m+
LIGHT SAT
25.07
12KTS · GUST 27
NNW · 12m
OK SUN
26.07
10KTS · GUST 22
N · 12m+
LIGHT GO 16–24 kts · OK 12–15 · STRONG 25+ · LIGHT <12 — Open-Meteo data, cached & rewritten nightly by the agent as static HTML.
Country spec sheet
CHECKED NIGHTLY BY THE AGENT
Wind
Nortada (N/NNW thermal), 20-30 kts noon → sunsetFORECASTS UNDER-READ IT
Season
April → October, peak July-AugustRIDEABLE YEAR-ROUND
Water temp
Atlantic — wetsuit territory all season
Access
Porto airport ~50 min drive, or drive-to from Spain
Entry
EU: no formalities
Water
Flat behind the breakwater → waves downwind
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