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More Dramatic Seascapes in Algarve, Portugal

Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Sintra - Dramatic Seascapes - Algarve, Portugal

Q: What conditions does Dramatic Seascapes look for?

Coastal Drama Score: ≥ 75.0%. Significant Wave Height: ≥ 1.5m. Visibility: ≥ 5000.0m. Wind Gusts: ≤ 22.0m/s. Precipitation Chance: ≤ 30.0%

Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal

Dramatic coastal photography conditions - powerful waves combined with atmospheric drama and good visibility for seascape shots.

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)

Coastal Drama Score · ≥ 75.0% Significant Wave Height · ≥ 1.5m Visibility · ≥ 5000.0m Wind Gusts · ≤ 22.0m/s

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Most common blockers (next 72 hours)

Coastal Drama Score 100% failing

Significant Wave Height 100% failing

Precipitation Chance 40% failing

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Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

16%

Wave Height0.0m

Swell Height0.1m

Wind Speed4.4m/s (calm conditions)

Cloud Cover76%

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Plain-language explanation from the rule

The Algarve coastline combines powerful Atlantic wave action with soft limestone geology, creating one of Europe's most dramatic coastal landscapes. Centuries of erosion have carved spectacular sea caves, towering stacks, and natural arches that demand careful timing for optimal conditions.

Benagil's famous sea cave—with its collapsed roof creating a natural skylight—becomes most dramatic when Atlantic swells surge through the entrance, creating dynamic foreground motion. Ponta da Piedade near Lagos features a maze of golden limestone pillars, sea arches, and hidden grottos best captured during stormy conditions when waves crash against the formations.

What makes Algarve coastal drama exceptional:

Benagil Cathedral Cave - Iconic dome skylight with beach interior, best photographed by kayak or paddleboard
Ponta da Piedade stacks - Dozens of formations creating intricate composition opportunities
Sagres fortress cliffs - Europe's southwestern corner where Atlantic meets Mediterranean influence
Erosion patterns - Honeycomb weathering and tafoni creating unique cliff textures

Winter months (November-February) bring the most powerful Atlantic storms and dramatic wave action. Sunrise often provides calmer conditions for sea cave access, while afternoon westerly winds create more dramatic spray and wave patterns. Always respect safety—these cliffs are actively eroding.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour

0matching hours in the next 95 hours

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Misses requirement

Time Europe/Lisbon	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 75.0%	Significant Wave Height ≥ 1.5m	Visibility ≥ 5000.0m	Wind Gusts ≤ 22.0m/s	Precipitation Chance ≤ 30.0%
Wed, Apr 8
08:00	8.1%	0.02m	24135m	9.7m/s	61%
09:00	8.6%	0.02m	24134m	10m/s	72%
10:00	10%	0.02m	24135m	9.1m/s	84%
11:00	6.8%	0.02m	24134m	7.7m/s	87%
12:00	6.4%	0.02m	24135m	6.9m/s	90%
13:00	5.6%	0.06m	24134m	6.5m/s	93%
14:00	5.2%	0.05m	24134m	7.6m/s	62%
15:00	7.5%	0.05m	20267m	6.8m/s	31%
16:00	8%	0.04m	24135m	5.1m/s	0%
17:00	5.5%	0.03m	24135m	4.7m/s	13%
18:00	6.8%	0.03m	24134m	1.6m/s	26%
19:00	9.2%	0.97m	24135m	1.7m/s	39%
20:00	-	1m	24134m	4m/s	26%
21:00	-	1.1m	24134m	2.7m/s	13%
22:00	6.7%	1.1m	24134m	3.9m/s	0%
23:00	9.1%	1.1m	24135m	4.8m/s	0%
Thu, Apr 9
24:00	3.8%	0.44m	24135m	5.1m/s	0%
01:00	4.1%	0.38m	24135m	4.9m/s	0%
02:00	4.8%	0.35m	24134m	7.1m/s	7.3%
03:00	4.8%	0.32m	24134m	7.1m/s	15%
04:00	3.7%	0.37m	24135m	8.5m/s	22%
05:00	3.4%	0.34m	24134m	9.3m/s	22%
06:00	4.2%	0.76m	24135m	9m/s	22%
07:00	17%	0.05m	24134m	7.5m/s	22%
08:00	18%	0.04m	24135m	6.3m/s	15%
09:00	8.8%	0.03m	24135m	8.8m/s	7.4%
10:00	6.8%	0.02m	24134m	10m/s	0%
11:00	6.8%	0.02m	24135m	9.2m/s	13%
12:00	6.3%	0.02m	24134m	7.8m/s	25%
13:00	5.9%	0.02m	24134m	7.7m/s	38%
14:00	6.7%	0.03m	24135m	7.9m/s	43%
15:00	8.8%	0.03m	24135m	8.2m/s	49%
16:00	12%	0.04m	24135m	8.6m/s	54%
17:00	10%	0.05m	24134m	8.8m/s	55%
18:00	14%	0.07m	24135m	9.2m/s	55%
19:00	13%	0.08m	24135m	7.9m/s	56%
20:00	12%	0.08m	24135m	6.1m/s	46%
21:00	8.9%	0.07m	24135m	4.7m/s	36%
22:00	3.1%	0.07m	24134m	3.3m/s	26%
23:00	2.6%	0.07m	24134m	4.1m/s	30%
Fri, Apr 10
24:00	3%	0.07m	24135m	4.5m/s	34%
01:00	4%	0.07m	24134m	3m/s	38%
02:00	3%	0.09m	24135m	4.8m/s	33%
03:00	3.6%	0.1m	24135m	4.4m/s	29%
04:00	2.9%	0.12m	24135m	2.7m/s	24%
05:00	2.9%	0.12m	24134m	3.9m/s	29%
06:00	2.9%	0.13m	24135m	4.5m/s	34%
07:00	9.6%	0.13m	24135m	3.6m/s	39%
08:00	8.8%	0.13m	24134m	3.5m/s	26%
09:00	7.4%	0.12m	24134m	2.9m/s	13%
10:00	7%	0.12m	24135m	3m/s	0%
11:00	6.2%	0.13m	24135m	2.8m/s	7.4%
12:00	5.1%	0.13m	24135m	3.9m/s	15%
13:00	5.1%	0.14m	24135m	3.9m/s	22%
14:00	4.1%	0.14m	24135m	3.9m/s	31%
15:00	5%	0.13m	24134m	3.3m/s	41%
16:00	6.1%	0.13m	24135m	3.3m/s	50%
17:00	6.1%	0.12m	24134m	3m/s	50%
18:00	8.3%	0.12m	24135m	3.4m/s	50%
19:00	10%	0.11m	24134m	2.7m/s	50%
20:00	11%	0.1m	24135m	3m/s	33%
21:00	8.2%	0.08m	24135m	5.4m/s	17%
22:00	2.8%	0.07m	24134m	3.6m/s	0%
23:00	3.7%	0.06m	24135m	4.7m/s	7.4%
Sat, Apr 11
24:00	2.4%	0.06m	24135m	3.8m/s	15%
01:00	3.2%	0.05m	24134m	5.1m/s	22%
02:00	2.8%	0.05m	24135m	5.7m/s	28%
03:00	3.8%	0.04m	24134m	5.6m/s	33%
04:00	4%	0.04m	24135m	8.1m/s	39%
05:00	3%	0.04m	24134m	9.9m/s	53%
06:00	3%	0.03m	24135m	14m/s	68%
07:00	10%	0.03m	24135m	15m/s	82%
08:00	8.5%	0.03m	24134m	16m/s	56%
09:00	7.6%	0.02m	24134m	16m/s	30%
10:00	6.8%	0.02m	24134m	17m/s	3.4%
11:00	9.1%	0.02m	24135m	18m/s	2.3%
12:00	5.6%	0.02m	24135m	18m/s	1.1%
13:00	9.2%	0.02m	24134m	18m/s	0%
14:00	8.8%	0.02m	24134m	19m/s	0%
15:00	6.4%	0.02m	24135m	20m/s	0%
16:00	6.5%	0.02m	24135m	21m/s	0%
17:00	6.5%	0.02m	24135m	20m/s	0%
18:00	7.7%	0.02m	24135m	20m/s	0%
19:00	9.2%	0.02m	24135m	19m/s	0%
20:00	11%	0.02m	24135m	19m/s	0%
21:00	9.9%	0.01m	24135m	18m/s	0%
22:00	3.9%	0.01m	24135m	17m/s	0%
23:00	3.2%	0.02m	24135m	17m/s	13%
Sun, Apr 12
24:00	3.2%	0.02m	24135m	17m/s	26%
01:00	2.8%	0.03m	24135m	16m/s	39%
02:00	4.2%	0.04m	24135m	16m/s	32%
03:00	4.2%	0.04m	24135m	15m/s	24%
04:00	2.8%	0.05m	24135m	15m/s	17%
05:00	4.2%	0.05m	24135m	14m/s	19%
06:00	4.2%	0.05m	24135m	14m/s	21%

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 °	Sea Salt AOD (550nm)	Solar Elevation °	Total Cloud Coverage %	Wind Direction °	Wind Speed m/s	Wind Wave Height m	Wind Wave Period s
Thu, Apr 9 Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 20:08
08:00	26%	68%	20%	0.09m	250°	0.02	8.9°	76%	35°	4.4m/s	0.08m	1.8s
09:00	100%	74%	86%	0.11m	177°	0.01	21°	100%	27°	5.5m/s	0.08m	1.5s
10:00	99%	95%	100%	0.13m	104°	0.007	32°	100%	44°	7m/s	0.08m	1.1s
11:00	100%	100%	100%	0.12m	100°	0.005	43°	100%	33°	5.3m/s	0.07m	1.2s
12:00	100%	64%	100%	0.1m	97°	0.009	52°	100%	8°	4.8m/s	0.06m	1.3s
13:00	69%	44%	100%	0.09m	94°	0.008	58°	100%	1°	6.2m/s	0.05m	1.5s
14:00	4%	2%	84%	0.08m	109°	0.007	59°	84%	359°	7.1m/s	0.06m	1.4s
15:00	0%	14%	71%	0.07m	124°	0.007	54°	71%	348°	7.9m/s	0.08m	1.4s
16:00	0%	23%	31%	0.06m	139°	0.007	46°	36%	347°	7.8m/s	0.09m	1.3s
17:00	0%	72%	0%	0.07m	136°	0.009	35°	72%	346°	7.2m/s	0.09m	1.3s
18:00	0%	63%	0%	0.07m	132°	0.01	24°	63%	356°	6.6m/s	0.09m	1.4s
19:00	0%	16%	1%	0.08m	129°	0.009	13°	16%	1°	6.3m/s	0.09m	1.4s
20:00	0%	0%	0%	0.08m	122°	0.008	1.2°	0%	13°	5m/s	0.09m	1.5s
21:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	115°	0.008	-10°	0%	27°	4.1m/s	0.1m	1.6s
22:00 ☾	0%	1%	0%	0.07m	108°	0.007	-21°	1%	107°	3.2m/s	0.1m	1.7s
23:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	105°	0.008	-31°	0%	144°	4m/s	0.12m	1.8s
Fri, Apr 10 Sunrise 07:10 Sunset 20:08
24:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.06m	102°	0.009	-38°	0%	149°	4.3m/s	0.13m	1.9s
01:00 ☾	0%	22%	13%	0.06m	99°	0.01	-42°	22%	141°	2.9m/s	0.15m	2s
02:00 ☾	0%	67%	100%	0.06m	99°	0.01	-43°	100%	159°	4.6m/s	0.18m	2.2s
03:00 ☾	0%	86%	86%	0.06m	100°	0.01	-40°	86%	167°	4m/s	0.21m	2.3s
04:00 ☾	0%	4%	5%	0.06m	100°	0.01	-33°	6%	157°	2.6m/s	0.24m	2.5s
05:00 ☾	0%	0%	2%	0.06m	100°	0.01	-24°	2%	174°	3.6m/s	0.23m	2.5s
06:00 ☾	0%	2%	0%	0.06m	100°	0.01	-14°	2%	176°	3.9m/s	0.22m	2.5s
07:00 ☾	0%	1%	2%	0.06m	99°	0.01	-2.4°	2%	185°	3m/s	0.21m	2.5s
08:00	0%	2%	0%	0.06m	100°	0.01	9.2°	2%	178°	3.1m/s	0.21m	2.5s
09:00	0%	8%	0%	0.05m	100°	0.01	21°	8%	206°	2.6m/s	0.21m	2.5s
10:00	0%	17%	0%	0.05m	100°	0.01	32°	17%	196°	2.9m/s	0.21m	2.5s
11:00	0%	3%	0%	0.05m	101°	0.01	43°	3%	194°	2.8m/s	0.22m	2.5s
12:00	0%	0%	0%	0.06m	101°	0.01	52°	0%	194°	3.7m/s	0.23m	2.6s
13:00	0%	2%	0%	0.06m	102°	0.01	58°	2%	206°	4.1m/s	0.24m	2.7s
14:00	0%	2%	0%	0.08m	102°	-	59°	2%	214°	3.7m/s	0.22m	2.6s
15:00	0%	4%	0%	0.09m	102°	-	54°	4%	216°	3.2m/s	0.21m	2.6s
16:00	0%	3%	0%	0.11m	102°	-	46°	3%	226°	3.4m/s	0.19m	2.6s
17:00	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	102°	-	36°	0%	239°	3m/s	0.18m	2.6s
18:00	0%	0%	0%	0.09m	103°	-	24°	0%	269°	3.3m/s	0.16m	2.6s
19:00	0%	0%	0%	0.08m	104°	-	13°	0%	270°	2.5m/s	0.15m	2.6s
20:00	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	105°	-	1.4°	0%	273°	2.7m/s	0.13m	2.6s
21:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.12m	106°	-	-10°	0%	307°	4.6m/s	0.1m	2.6s
22:00 ☾	0%	0%	5%	0.14m	107°	-	-21°	5%	330°	3.2m/s	0.08m	2.6s
23:00 ☾	0%	0%	25%	0.13m	107°	-	-30°	25%	326°	4.1m/s	0.09m	2.6s
Sat, Apr 11 Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 20:09
24:00 ☾	0%	0%	2%	0.11m	107°	-	-38°	2%	341°	3.2m/s	0.09m	2.6s
01:00 ☾	15%	0%	1%	0.1m	107°	-	-42°	15%	328°	4.2m/s	0.1m	2.6s
02:00 ☾	0%	3%	5%	0.09m	105°	-	-43°	5%	331°	4.2m/s	0.09m	2.4s
03:00 ☾	73%	24%	50%	0.08m	103°	-	-39°	73%	341°	4.3m/s	0.09m	2.2s
04:00 ☾	29%	56%	95%	0.07m	101°	-	-33°	95%	351°	5.7m/s	0.08m	2.1s
05:00 ☾	100%	70%	95%	0.06m	97°	-	-24°	100%	355°	7.9m/s	0.08m	1.9s
06:00 ☾	97%	100%	32%	0.06m	92°	-	-13°	100%	354°	12m/s	0.09m	1.8s
07:00 ☾	12%	97%	24%	0.05m	88°	-	-2.1°	98%	356°	13m/s	0.09m	1.7s
08:00	99%	8%	4%	0.05m	89°	-	9.5°	99%	0°	12m/s	0.09m	1.7s
09:00	100%	16%	0%	0.05m	89°	-	21°	100%	358°	13m/s	0.09m	1.7s
10:00	100%	54%	71%	0.05m	89°	-	33°	100%	357°	15m/s	0.09m	1.7s
11:00	71%	38%	62%	0.06m	91°	-	43°	71%	355°	17m/s	0.09m	1.6s
12:00	100%	32%	87%	0.06m	93°	-	52°	100%	356°	16m/s	0.09m	1.6s
13:00	40%	18%	32%	0.07m	95°	-	58°	41%	353°	16m/s	0.09m	1.6s
14:00	27%	12%	21%	0.07m	96°	-	59°	27%	354°	17m/s	0.08m	1.6s
15:00	13%	6%	10%	0.06m	97°	-	55°	14%	354°	18m/s	0.06m	1.6s
16:00	0%	0%	0%	0.06m	98°	-	46°	0%	354°	18m/s	0.05m	1.5s
17:00	0%	1%	0%	0.06m	87°	-	36°	1%	354°	18m/s	0.05m	1.7s
18:00	0%	2%	0%	0.06m	77°	-	24°	2%	354°	17m/s	0.05m	1.8s
19:00	0%	3%	0%	0.06m	67°	-	13°	3%	354°	16m/s	0.05m	1.9s
20:00	0%	11%	0%	0.06m	74°	-	1.5°	11%	354°	16m/s	0.05m	1.7s
21:00 ☾	0%	20%	0%	0.06m	81°	-	-10°	20%	354°	16m/s	0.06m	1.6s
22:00 ☾	0%	28%	0%	0.06m	88°	-	-21°	28%	354°	15m/s	0.06m	1.4s
23:00 ☾	0%	19%	0%	0.06m	93°	-	-30°	19%	353°	15m/s	0.07m	1.4s
Sun, Apr 12 Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 20:10
24:00 ☾	0%	11%	0%	0.06m	97°	-	-37°	11%	353°	15m/s	0.09m	1.5s
01:00 ☾	0%	2%	0%	0.06m	101°	-	-42°	2%	352°	15m/s	0.1m	1.5s
02:00 ☾	2%	34%	0%	0.06m	99°	-	-42°	34%	352°	14m/s	0.1m	1.6s
03:00 ☾	3%	65%	0%	0.06m	97°	-	-39°	65%	352°	14m/s	0.09m	1.7s
04:00 ☾	4%	97%	1%	0.05m	95°	-	-32°	97%	352°	13m/s	0.09m	1.8s
05:00 ☾	6%	66%	0%	0.05m	94°	-	-23°	67%	352°	13m/s	0.09m	1.8s
06:00 ☾	7%	36%	0%	0.05m	94°	-	-13°	38%	351°	13m/s	0.08m	1.8s
07:00 ☾	8%	5%	0%	0.05m	93°	-	-1.7°	8%	351°	12m/s	0.08m	1.8s

How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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