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An excellent spot, but the construction of a seawall has severely compromised its quality. It once was all-time at high tide, a perfect freight-train barrel, but now there is a strong backwash when the tide is up. Still gets good an hour or so before or after high tide. Take-off zone is next to or just inside of a large rock on the outside. Very steep drops and fast, hollow sections. Low tide is dangerously shallow.
Experts only. Sometimes crowded, especially on weekends, due to its proximity to the city of Funchal.
On the main road that runs along the south shore of the island. If you're heading west, the wave is visible as soon as you exit the tunnel and enter the village.
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This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
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