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Alvor – Ria

Portugal · 37.1300, -8.5970

Wing Foiling Anfänger · Fortgeschritten
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conditions & access

Best wind

W, NW

Season

Apr–Okt

Water

Flachwasser

Experience

Anfänger · Fortgeschritten

“The Ria de Alvor between Lagos and Alvor on the western Algarve is a tide-dependent estuarine lagoon – a now-rare flat-water venue in Portugal with warm, clear water over a sandy bottom. Spread across the sandbanks, the water in the teaching area stays knee- to waist-deep. The working winds are west and north-west: in summer the Nortada thermal usually switches on between 1 and 2pm and takes the lagoon from calm to 15–25 knots within an hour, averaging 18–22 knots in peak season – often even whe”

— via VentoSurf; WingfoilTips via FoilersHub, last verified 2026-08-01

Live wind

wx.ikitesurf.com Portimao (3.63 mi) Nearest live iKiteSurf station (nearby, not confirmed at launch): Portimao (3.63 mi) — https://wx.ikitesurf.com/spot/165515 wx.ikitesurf.com

Surf forecasts

surfline.com Alvor – Ria Nearby coordinate-centered Surfline map (not an exact spot report): https://www.surfline.com/surf-reports-forecasts-cams-map/%4037.13000%2C-8.59700%2C surfline.com

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