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Guincho quick info
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climate:
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maritime climate, fairly hot summers with temperatures up to 30o C, mild winters with temperatures between 10 and 20o C, water temps around 15o C year round
winter sees a lot of rain
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wind:
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predominantly trade winds from the NE, very light in the morning, starting to get strong enough for windsurfing around 3 in the afternoon (which leaves You enough time to recover from the party of the night before). The wind gets accelerated by the mountain north of the bay to minimum force 6 and very often to force 8.
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the trades are frequently blowing from June to September. Outside this part of the year it´s local depressions which dominate the wind frquency
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waves:
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there is waves year round due to the very wide swell window of this place. Winter sees some pretty big stuff. There is a very good left at the south side of the bay (in front of the Hotel). In front of the rock in the middle of the bay breaks a left and a right.
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best wind direction for surfing is east
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all tides work, bottom is sand with some flat rocks
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surfboards:
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shortboards with enough size for bigger waves in winter, 6´8´´ and bigger
6´4´´ and / or longboard in summer
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windsurf equipement
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waveboards and sails from 4.0 to 5.5 are what You have to bring
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kitestuff:
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small kites are the call
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sleep:
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There´s a pretty expensive hotel right at the south end of the beach. Nearby are plenty of campsites and appartements to rent
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eat:
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All that You need in nearby towns.
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party:
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near Cascais is an intense party scene with lots of clubs, bars and discothecs. You might miss some surf sessions because of this.
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