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Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal

Albufeira, Faro, Portugal

Albufeira's whitewashed old town rises above a sandy bay, with ochre cliffs, sea stacks, and nearby coves offering elevated coastal layers.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Coastal Drama Score
5%
Wave Height0.1m
Swell Height0.1m
Wind Speed6.5m/s (moderate winds)
Wind Gusts8.7m/s
Cloud Cover0%
Visibility24134 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Lisbon

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (85-hour forecast)

  • Coastal Drama Score100% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Algarve, Portugal. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Albufeira.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Albufeira during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
6
recorded matching windows · 51% average confidence
Last 90 days
16
recorded matching windows · 51% average confidence
Last 365 days
58
recorded matching windows · 61% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

07:00 local time, shared by 13 of 58 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

February, with 25 of 58 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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85-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 85-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 85 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Lisbon
Coastal Drama Score
≥ 45.0%
Sat, Aug 22
06:004.3%
07:004.3%
08:004.9%
09:003.4%
10:004.4%
11:006.9%
12:007.2%
13:007.1%
14:007.1%
15:007.1%
16:007.1%
17:004.9%
18:004.9%
19:004.7%
20:005.2%
21:005.2%
22:005.1%
23:005.1%
Sun, Aug 23
24:004.3%
01:004.3%
02:004.3%
03:005.7%
04:007%
05:007.2%
06:008.2%
07:0011%
08:008.3%
09:007.2%
10:007.2%
11:007.2%
12:007%
13:008.1%
14:007.2%
15:0010%
16:009.7%
17:008.3%
18:008.2%
19:0012%
20:008.9%
21:007.8%
22:006.2%
23:007.8%
Mon, Aug 24
24:008%
01:008.1%
02:007.9%
03:007.9%
04:007.9%
05:007.8%
06:007.8%
07:0010%
08:007.7%
09:007.6%
10:009.9%
11:007.5%
12:007.5%
13:0011%
14:0011%
15:007.5%
16:0012%
17:0011%
18:008.2%
19:008.2%
20:008.2%
21:008.2%
22:006.8%
23:006.8%
Tue, Aug 25
24:006.8%
01:006.8%
02:006.8%
03:006.1%
04:006.1%
05:007.5%
06:008.9%
07:007.5%
08:008.9%
09:008.9%
10:008.9%
11:0013%
12:0013%
13:009.2%
14:009.2%
15:008.5%
16:007.5%
17:007.5%
18:007.6%
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Coastal Drama Score mean?

Inputs that drive the score

This derived score summarizes multiple raw weather signals. The table below shows the supporting inputs hour by hour, so you can see what's pushing the score up or down.

Time
Europe/Lisbon
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Primary Swell Height
m
Primary Wave Direction
°
Significant Wave Height
m
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Direction
°
Wind Gusts
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Wind Wave Height
m
Wind Wave Period
s
Sat, Aug 22 Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 20:15
20:00
0% 0% 0% 0.07m 351° 0.09m 0% 271° 8.7m/s 6.5m/s 0.07m 3.9s
21:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.07m 350° 0.09m 0% 278° 8.2m/s 5.8m/s 0.09m 3.9s
22:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.06m 348° 0.08m 0% 285° 7.3m/s 5m/s 0.1m 3.9s
23:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.06m 347° 0.07m 0% 292° 6m/s 4m/s 0.09m 3.9s
Sun, Aug 23 Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 20:15
24:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.05m 347° 0.07m 0% 290° 3.8m/s 3m/s 0.07m 3.8s
01:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.05m 347° 0.06m 0% 278° 2.1m/s 1.9m/s 0.06m 3.7s
02:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.05m 346° 0.06m 0% 261° 1.4m/s 1.2m/s 0.06m 3.6s
03:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.05m 346° 0.05m 0% 224° 1.2m/s 0.79m/s 0.06m 3.6s
04:00 ☾
5% 0% 0% 0.05m 346° 0.05m 5% 188° 1.4m/s 1m/s 0.06m 3.5s
05:00 ☾
3% 1% 0% 0.06m 345° 0.05m 3% 170° 1.8m/s 1.5m/s 0.06m 3.5s
06:00 ☾
0% 11% 0% 0.06m 345° 0.04m 11% 171° 2.2m/s 2m/s 0.06m 3.5s
07:00
0% 46% 0% 0.07m 345° 0.04m 46% 164° 2.9m/s 2.6m/s 0.06m 3.4s
08:00
0% 83% 0% 0.07m 345° 0.04m 83% 162° 4.1m/s 3.4m/s 0.06m 3.4s
09:00
0% 98% 0% 0.06m 345° 0.03m 98% 180° 5m/s 4.6m/s 0.05m 3.4s
10:00
0% 100% 0% 0.06m 345° 0.03m 100% 172° 5.6m/s 4.9m/s 0.05m 3.3s
11:00
7% 100% 0% 0.06m 345° 0.03m 100% 163° 6.4m/s 5.3m/s 0.05m 3.3s
12:00
96% 100% 0% 0.05m 345° 0.03m 100% 171° 6.6m/s 5.4m/s 0.05m 3.3s
13:00
97% 99% 20% 0.05m 345° 0.03m 100% 180° 6.3m/s 5m/s 0.05m 3.3s
14:00
1% 100% 88% 0.06m 345° 0.03m 100% 187° 5.8m/s 4.7m/s 0.05m 3.3s
15:00
0% 68% 54% 0.06m 346° 0.03m 71% 188° 5.9m/s 4.9m/s 0.05m 3.2s
16:00
0% 28% 1% 0.07m 346° 0.03m 28% 190° 6.9m/s 5.4m/s 0.05m 3.2s
17:00
0% 18% 3% 0.07m 346° 0.03m 19% 190° 7m/s 5.2m/s 0.06m 3.2s
18:00
0% 13% 0% 0.06m 346° 0.03m 13% 189° 6.4m/s 4.6m/s 0.06m 3.1s
19:00
0% 45% 0% 0.06m 346° 0.03m 45% 188° 6.7m/s 4.7m/s 0.07m 3.1s
20:00
0% 53% 0% 0.06m 258° 0.05m 53% 184° 7.6m/s 5m/s 0.08m 2.5s
21:00 ☾
0% 44% 0% 0.06m 171° 0.07m 44% 188° 8.2m/s 5.2m/s 0.08m 2s
22:00 ☾
0% 9% 0% 0.06m 83° 0.09m 9% 192° 8.9m/s 5.4m/s 0.09m 1.4s
23:00 ☾
0% 1% 0% 0.08m 80° 0.1m 1% 200° 9.9m/s 5.9m/s 0.1m 1.5s
Mon, Aug 24 Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 20:14
24:00 ☾
0% 6% 0% 0.1m 76° 0.11m 6% 210° 9.4m/s 5.7m/s 0.11m 1.6s
01:00 ☾
0% 1% 0% 0.12m 73° 0.12m 1% 216° 9.1m/s 5.3m/s 0.12m 1.7s
02:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.14m 73° 0.16m 0% 217° 9.5m/s 5.2m/s 0.16m 1.9s
03:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.17m 73° 0.19m 0% 215° 9.6m/s 5.6m/s 0.19m 2s
04:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.19m 72° 0.23m 0% 219° 10m/s 6.1m/s 0.23m 2.2s
05:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.21m 74° 0.26m 0% 215° 10m/s 6m/s 0.26m 2.4s
06:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.23m 76° 0.29m 0% 220° 9.7m/s 5.8m/s 0.29m 2.5s
07:00
0% 0% 0% 0.25m 78° 0.32m 0% 217° 9.4m/s 5.8m/s 0.32m 2.7s
08:00
0% 0% 0% 0.23m 80° 0.33m 0% 224° 9.7m/s 6.1m/s 0.33m 2.7s
09:00
3% 0% 0% 0.21m 82° 0.34m 3% 224° 9.7m/s 6.3m/s 0.34m 2.8s
10:00
77% 1% 0% 0.19m 84° 0.35m 77% 220° 9.3m/s 6.2m/s 0.35m 2.8s
11:00
100% 3% 0% 0.15m 84° 0.34m 100% 220° 9.3m/s 6.5m/s 0.34m 2.8s
12:00
96% 1% 4% 0.11m 83° 0.32m 96% 228° 9m/s 6.3m/s 0.32m 2.7s
13:00
65% 0% 2% 0.07m 83° 0.31m 65% 230° 8.5m/s 5.9m/s 0.31m 2.7s
14:00
21% 0% 0% 0.07m 83° 0.31m 21% 228° 8.2m/s 6m/s 0.31m 2.6s
15:00
5% 0% 0% 0.06m 84° 0.31m 5% 232° 8.1m/s 6.1m/s 0.31m 2.6s
16:00
28% 1% 1% 0.06m 85° 0.31m 28% 236° 8.1m/s 6.3m/s 0.31m 2.6s
17:00
79% 5% 5% 0.06m 83° 0.32m 79% 239° 8.1m/s 6.4m/s 0.32m 2.6s
18:00
5% 1% 3% 0.07m 82° 0.33m 5% 245° 7.9m/s 6.2m/s 0.33m 2.6s
19:00
5% 0% 0% 0.07m 80° 0.34m 5% 250° 7.2m/s 5.8m/s 0.34m 2.7s
20:00
5% 0% 0% 0.07m 76° 0.35m 5% 253° 6.9m/s 5.3m/s 0.35m 2.7s
21:00 ☾
5% 0% 0% 0.08m 71° 0.36m 5% 267° 6.9m/s 5.1m/s 0.36m 2.7s
22:00 ☾
5% 0% 0% 0.08m 67° 0.37m 5% 280° 6m/s 4.4m/s 0.37m 2.8s
23:00 ☾
5% 0% 0% 0.08m 65° 0.38m 5% 283° 5.1m/s 3.9m/s 0.38m 2.8s
Tue, Aug 25 Sunrise 06:57 Sunset 20:12
24:00 ☾
5% 0% 0% 0.07m 64° 0.4m 5% 287° 3.9m/s 3.3m/s 0.4m 2.9s
01:00 ☾
3% 0% 0% 0.07m 63° 0.41m 3% 290° 3.6m/s 3.2m/s 0.41m 3s
02:00 ☾
4% 0% 0% 0.06m 66° 0.45m 4% 300° 2.7m/s 2.4m/s 0.45m 3.1s
03:00 ☾
4% 0% 0% 0.06m 68° 0.5m 4% 310° 1.8m/s 1.5m/s 0.5m 3.2s
04:00 ☾
5% 0% 0% 0.05m 71° 0.54m 5% 320° 0.82m/s 0.63m/s 0.54m 3.3s
05:00 ☾
5% 1% 0% 0.06m 71° 0.55m 6% 285° 2m/s 2m/s 0.55m 3.4s
06:00 ☾
5% 2% 0% 0.08m 72° 0.56m 6% 251° 3.2m/s 3.3m/s 0.56m 3.4s
07:00
5% 4% 0% 0.09m 72° 0.57m 7% 216° 4.3m/s 4.6m/s 0.57m 3.4s
08:00
5% 2% 0% 0.09m 74° 0.56m 6% 226° 5.7m/s 5.4m/s 0.56m 3.4s
09:00
5% 1% 0% 0.09m 75° 0.55m 6% 236° 7.1m/s 6.3m/s 0.55m 3.4s
10:00
5% 0% 0% 0.09m 76° 0.54m 5% 247° 8.4m/s 7.2m/s 0.54m 3.4s
11:00
3% 0% 27% 0.11m 77° 0.52m 30% 257° 8.5m/s 7.1m/s 0.52m 3.4s
12:00
2% 0% 54% 0.13m 78° 0.51m 55% 267° 8.6m/s 7m/s 0.51m 3.4s
13:00
0% 0% 80% 0.15m 79° 0.49m 80% 277° 8.7m/s 6.9m/s 0.49m 3.3s
14:00
0% 0% 87% 0.16m 79° 0.46m 87% 286° 8.4m/s 6.4m/s 0.46m 3.3s
15:00
0% 0% 93% 0.16m 78° 0.44m 93% 295° 8m/s 5.8m/s 0.44m 3.2s
16:00
0% 0% 100% 0.17m 78° 0.41m 100% 305° 7.6m/s 5.3m/s 0.41m 3.2s
17:00
0% 0% 100% 0.19m 76° 0.39m 100% 305° 7.2m/s 5m/s 0.39m 3.1s
18:00
0% 0% 100% 0.21m 74° 0.36m 100% 306° 6.8m/s 4.7m/s 0.36m 3s
19:00
0% 0% 100% 0.23m 72° 0.34m 100% 306° 6.4m/s 4.4m/s 0.34m 3s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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