Foam

Worth paddling out before work. The swell is wrapping into the bay from exactly the right angle, and the offshore breeze this morning has cleaned up the faces despite the small size, you're looking at ankle to thigh peaks over sand. Most of the energy is still wind chop, but that 9-second period means what organised swell exists will hold shape, and it'll keep coming through the dawn patrol window.

By mid-afternoon the wind swings cross-shore and picks up to 17kph, chopping out what little shape remains, so today's window closes early. Tide barely moves all morning but won't save the afternoon either.

Tomorrow morning is the day to circle on the calendar. Swell fills to around stomach height at best, the forecast reads genuinely good, and conditions should peak in the early hours before wind builds through the afternoon, a proper session compared to today's brief opportunity. Forecasts at Nazaré can shift, so watch the updates, but the swell direction and period look sound enough to trust the call.