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Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Portimão, Algarve, Portugal

Portimão, Faro, Portugal

Portimão faces the Arade estuary near Praia da Rocha, combining harbor structures, broad sand, and deeply weathered limestone cliffs.

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

14%

Wave Height0.5m

Swell Height0.3m

Wind Speed3.9m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts7.1m/s

Cloud Cover100%

Visibility24134 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Lisbon

Next opportunity

Moderate Seascape

Portimão

Fri, Sep 11 · 10:00–12:00 · 2h window

Low confidence

17%

🌊Coastal Drama Score45.4%

Wave Height: 2.1m

Swell Height: 2.0m

Wind Speed: 3.6m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts: 3.7m/s

Moderate Seascape

Portimão

Sun, Sep 13 · 10:00–11:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:48.9%

Low

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 Portimão.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 52% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows · 52% average confidence

Last 365 days

recorded matching windows · 59% average confidence

Most frequent recorded start hour

07:00 local time, shared by 13 of 66 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

February, with 20 of 66 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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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-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 95 hours

AND logic: all conditions required

Meets requirement

Misses requirement

Time Europe/Lisbon	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 45.0%
Sun, Sep 6
22:00	14%
23:00	11%
Mon, Sep 7
24:00	5.8%
01:00	11%
02:00	11%
03:00	11%
04:00	11%
05:00	21%
06:00	13%
07:00	18%
08:00	27%
09:00	17%
10:00	17%
11:00	22%
12:00	22%
13:00	20%
14:00	14%
15:00	15%
16:00	14%
17:00	17%
18:00	14%
19:00	20%
20:00	18%
21:00	15%
22:00	18%
23:00	14%
Tue, Sep 8
24:00	14%
01:00	15%
02:00	19%
03:00	14%
04:00	15%
05:00	11%
06:00	9.1%
07:00	5.9%
08:00	9.8%
09:00	11%
10:00	11%
11:00	8.2%
12:00	6.2%
13:00	4.5%
14:00	4.4%
15:00	4.4%
16:00	5.4%
17:00	5.1%
18:00	6.3%
19:00	9.1%
20:00	5.9%
21:00	8.5%
22:00	7%
23:00	5%
Wed, Sep 9
24:00	11%
01:00	7.8%
02:00	6.8%
03:00	9.5%
04:00	9.2%
05:00	9.2%
06:00	7.5%
07:00	11%
08:00	11%
09:00	11%
10:00	6.8%
11:00	6.8%
12:00	6.1%
13:00	5.1%
14:00	4.4%
15:00	4.4%
16:00	3.3%
17:00	3.3%
18:00	4%
19:00	4%
20:00	5.7%
21:00	7.1%
22:00	5.1%
23:00	5.5%
Thu, Sep 10
24:00	4.5%
01:00	12%
02:00	11%
03:00	11%
04:00	7.3%
05:00	6.1%
06:00	6%
07:00	8.2%
08:00	14%
09:00	12%
10:00	7.8%
11:00	4.4%
12:00	4.4%
13:00	5.1%
14:00	4.4%
15:00	5.5%
16:00	5.5%
17:00	5.5%
18:00	7.7%
19:00	8.5%
20:00	8%

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
Mon, Sep 7 Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 19:53
23:00 ☾	100%	0%	14%	0.33m	154°	0.46m	100%	348°	7.1m/s	3.9m/s	0.25m	12s
Tue, Sep 8 Sunrise 07:09 Sunset 19:53
24:00 ☾	96%	0%	24%	0.34m	153°	0.47m	96%	354°	6.5m/s	3.8m/s	0.16m	12s
01:00 ☾	86%	0%	32%	0.34m	152°	0.47m	86%	358°	5.9m/s	3.5m/s	0.08m	12s
02:00 ☾	32%	0%	23%	0.27m	149°	0.37m	32%	356°	4.7m/s	3.1m/s	0.09m	12s
03:00 ☾	69%	0%	40%	0.19m	147°	0.26m	69%	359°	5.4m/s	3.4m/s	0.09m	11s
04:00 ☾	16%	0%	62%	0.12m	144°	0.16m	62%	359°	5.6m/s	3.4m/s	0.1m	11s
05:00 ☾	1%	0%	5%	0.12m	166°	0.17m	5%	357°	5m/s	3.2m/s	0.11m	8.6s
06:00 ☾	0%	0%	2%	0.13m	189°	0.17m	2%	0°	4.4m/s	3m/s	0.12m	5.8s
07:00 ☾	9%	0%	0%	0.13m	211°	0.18m	9%	360°	4.1m/s	3m/s	0.13m	3s
08:00	1%	0%	0%	0.14m	185°	0.18m	1%	2°	5.5m/s	3m/s	0.12m	5.6s
09:00	0%	0%	0%	0.14m	160°	0.18m	0%	359°	5.4m/s	3.4m/s	0.12m	8.2s
10:00	0%	0%	0%	0.15m	134°	0.18m	0%	356°	5.9m/s	3.9m/s	0.11m	11s
11:00	0%	0%	0%	0.15m	99°	0.19m	0%	348°	5.4m/s	3.6m/s	0.13m	8.2s
12:00	0%	0%	0%	0.15m	64°	0.21m	0%	339°	4.7m/s	3.4m/s	0.14m	5.6s
13:00	0%	0%	0%	0.15m	29°	0.22m	0%	333°	4.5m/s	3.7m/s	0.16m	2.9s
14:00	2%	0%	0%	0.16m	26°	0.26m	2%	323°	5.1m/s	4.8m/s	0.21m	3.3s
15:00	5%	0%	0%	0.17m	23°	0.31m	5%	322°	6.3m/s	6.2m/s	0.27m	3.6s
16:00	13%	0%	0%	0.18m	21°	0.35m	13%	326°	7.3m/s	6.1m/s	0.32m	3.9s
17:00	98%	0%	0%	0.19m	22°	0.32m	98%	329°	7.7m/s	5.5m/s	0.28m	4.1s
18:00	80%	0%	0%	0.2m	22°	0.28m	80%	336°	8.6m/s	5.4m/s	0.25m	4.2s
19:00	24%	0%	0%	0.21m	23°	0.25m	24%	335°	8.9m/s	4.3m/s	0.21m	4.4s
20:00 ☾	99%	0%	0%	0.19m	83°	0.27m	99%	330°	11m/s	4.3m/s	0.23m	4.3s
21:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.17m	142°	0.28m	100%	335°	12m/s	3.9m/s	0.26m	4.2s
22:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.15m	201°	0.3m	100%	339°	11m/s	4m/s	0.28m	4.1s
23:00 ☾	6%	2%	0%	0.15m	230°	0.38m	6%	339°	8.1m/s	3.5m/s	0.36m	3.7s
Wed, Sep 9 Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 19:52
24:00 ☾	31%	4%	0%	0.16m	259°	0.46m	31%	341°	7.7m/s	3.3m/s	0.44m	3.4s
01:00 ☾	84%	6%	0%	0.16m	288°	0.54m	84%	341°	7.6m/s	3.3m/s	0.52m	3.1s
02:00 ☾	96%	9%	56%	0.14m	289°	0.63m	96%	341°	7.5m/s	3.1m/s	0.61m	3.3s
03:00 ☾	63%	12%	91%	0.13m	290°	0.72m	91%	338°	6.7m/s	3m/s	0.71m	3.5s
04:00 ☾	5%	28%	5%	0.11m	291°	0.81m	29%	341°	7.6m/s	3m/s	0.8m	3.7s
05:00 ☾	90%	46%	5%	0.12m	291°	0.82m	90%	337°	8.6m/s	2.8m/s	0.81m	3.8s
06:00 ☾	61%	68%	5%	0.13m	291°	0.83m	99%	338°	8.9m/s	3.4m/s	0.82m	3.9s
07:00 ☾	16%	69%	5%	0.14m	291°	0.84m	69%	336°	7.7m/s	3.2m/s	0.83m	4s
08:00	0%	67%	2%	0.13m	292°	0.79m	67%	338°	8.2m/s	3.5m/s	0.78m	3.9s
09:00	0%	31%	0%	0.11m	293°	0.73m	31%	340°	7.3m/s	4m/s	0.72m	3.9s
10:00	0%	1%	0%	0.1m	294°	0.68m	1%	339°	6.9m/s	3.9m/s	0.67m	3.8s
11:00	0%	0%	0%	0.11m	296°	0.63m	0%	330°	6m/s	3.7m/s	0.62m	3.7s
12:00	0%	0%	0%	0.11m	299°	0.58m	0%	329°	6.5m/s	5m/s	0.58m	3.6s
13:00	0%	0%	0%	0.12m	301°	0.53m	0%	323°	6.4m/s	5.5m/s	0.53m	3.4s
14:00	0%	0%	0%	0.13m	304°	0.45m	0%	318°	6.4m/s	6.1m/s	0.48m	3.4s
15:00	0%	0%	0%	0.13m	307°	0.38m	0%	316°	6.3m/s	6.1m/s	0.44m	3.4s
16:00	0%	0%	0%	0.14m	310°	0.3m	0%	314°	6.6m/s	6.1m/s	0.39m	3.4s
17:00	1%	0%	0%	0.12m	310°	0.25m	1%	319°	7m/s	6.1m/s	0.32m	3.2s
18:00	5%	0%	0%	0.1m	310°	0.21m	5%	324°	7.5m/s	5.2m/s	0.26m	3.1s
19:00	2%	0%	0%	0.08m	310°	0.16m	2%	326°	8.9m/s	4.9m/s	0.19m	3s
20:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.08m	216°	0.15m	5%	327°	10m/s	4.4m/s	0.16m	2.8s
21:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.08m	121°	0.14m	5%	333°	11m/s	4.3m/s	0.12m	2.6s
22:00 ☾	3%	0%	0%	0.08m	27°	0.13m	3%	335°	8.8m/s	4.4m/s	0.09m	2.5s
23:00 ☾	4%	0%	0%	0.16m	18°	0.17m	4%	341°	8.6m/s	4.6m/s	0.1m	2.8s
Thu, Sep 10 Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 19:50
24:00 ☾	6%	0%	0%	0.23m	9.6°	0.2m	6%	342°	8.4m/s	4.5m/s	0.12m	3s
01:00 ☾	30%	0%	0%	0.31m	1.1°	0.24m	30%	350°	7.9m/s	4.5m/s	0.13m	3.3s
02:00 ☾	69%	0%	0%	0.32m	2.9°	0.26m	69%	354°	6.5m/s	3.9m/s	0.15m	3.2s
03:00 ☾	66%	0%	0%	0.32m	4.7°	0.27m	66%	353°	5.7m/s	3.5m/s	0.17m	3.1s
04:00 ☾	7%	0%	0%	0.33m	6.5°	0.29m	7%	355°	5.3m/s	3.4m/s	0.19m	3s
05:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.32m	5.5°	0.33m	5%	357°	4.6m/s	3.2m/s	0.24m	3.3s
06:00 ☾	8%	0%	0%	0.32m	4.5°	0.37m	8%	353°	4.5m/s	3.1m/s	0.3m	3.5s
07:00 ☾	72%	0%	0%	0.31m	3.5°	0.41m	72%	357°	4m/s	3.1m/s	0.35m	3.8s
08:00	50%	0%	0%	0.29m	99°	0.43m	50%	324°	4.2m/s	3.4m/s	0.38m	3.5s
09:00	28%	0%	0%	0.27m	194°	0.45m	28%	290°	4.3m/s	3.7m/s	0.4m	3.2s
10:00	6%	0%	0%	0.25m	289°	0.47m	6%	256°	4.5m/s	4.1m/s	0.43m	2.9s
11:00	5%	0%	0%	0.23m	291°	0.48m	5%	274°	6.2m/s	5.2m/s	0.45m	3s
12:00	5%	0%	0%	0.21m	292°	0.5m	5%	291°	7.9m/s	6.3m/s	0.47m	3.1s
13:00	4%	0%	0%	0.19m	293°	0.51m	4%	309°	9.6m/s	7.4m/s	0.49m	3.2s
14:00	4%	0%	0%	0.18m	295°	0.5m	4%	318°	8.3m/s	6.4m/s	0.47m	3.3s
15:00	5%	0%	0%	0.18m	297°	0.48m	5%	327°	7m/s	5.4m/s	0.45m	3.4s
16:00	5%	0%	0%	0.17m	299°	0.47m	5%	336°	5.7m/s	4.5m/s	0.43m	3.4s
17:00	5%	0%	0%	0.21m	297°	0.5m	5%	338°	4.8m/s	3.7m/s	0.46m	3.5s
18:00	5%	0%	0%	0.26m	294°	0.52m	5%	340°	3.9m/s	3m/s	0.48m	3.5s
19:00	5%	0%	0%	0.3m	292°	0.55m	5%	342°	2.9m/s	2.3m/s	0.51m	3.6s
20:00 ☾	3%	0%	0%	0.29m	197°	0.5m	3%	347°	3.7m/s	2.8m/s	0.45m	4.2s
21:00 ☾	2%	0%	0%	0.27m	102°	0.46m	2%	351°	4.5m/s	3.3m/s	0.39m	4.9s
22:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.26m	6.8°	0.41m	0%	355°	5.3m/s	3.8m/s	0.33m	5.6s

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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Sep 7, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC

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