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Tip of the moment
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Tip of the moment
Tavira · Algarve
Today's take
Best window: 17:00–19:00. Excellent conditions.
Water temperature
22.2 °C
Verdict
Glassy
Underwater visibility
~5.6 m
satellite reading from yesterday
When to go
Good from 17:00 to 19:00.
Pin colours:swimmablecautionnot advisedconditions not loaded yet
Forecasts come from ~8 km resolution models: very local effects (a sheltering pier, a lagoon pass) are not captured.
Sea-state data comes from a marine model cell about 10.7 km from this point — local nearshore conditions can differ.
Wave heights are significant heights: individual waves up to 2× this height still occur.
Four wave models are compared for this point: EWAM, GWAM, Météo-France WAM and ECMWF WAM.
Tide times derived from modelled sea level (± a few tens of minutes) — not official tide tables.
Missing data is shown as missing — never silently estimated.
Beach locations from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Weather and marine data: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), wave models from the Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0). Forecasts are not guarantees. · Data fetched at 15:25 UTC
Water clarity generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Windows, comfort score and verdicts are computed by oswim from this data — modified values, not the institutes' raw figures.
min 2 · max 12 km/h · north-west sector · gusts 22 km/h
Visibility · 41 – 43 km
Good visibility.
Loss of bearings and collision risk
Post-rain pollution · 0 mm over 24 h
When it rains hard, runoff from roads and fields and sewer overflows carry bacteria out to sea. Nothing significant has fallen in the last 24 hours.
Official sampling is weekly at best; between two samples, recent rain is the recognized warning signal (EEA)
Jellyfish: no recent info. If you're there, tell us what you see — even “none” helps the next swimmer.
Worth knowing
The fort overlooking the beach once guarded the shifting inlet, or 'barra', where sea meets lagoon — a mix that still shapes the local wildlife, from rays to the shellfish of the Ria Formosa.
Spot profile pending on-site verification.