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Best for foiling
9 places in Portugal have at least one spot tagged for foiling: Algarve - Lagos/Alvor, Lagoa de Albufeira, Algarve - Fuseta/Olhão, Viana do Castelo and 5 more. Between them, 10 foil spots and 24 kite schools.
Ordered by how many spots each place holds.
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1 of its 11 spots is tagged for foiling
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 39%, Feb 46%, Mar 35%, Apr 47%, May 55%, Jun 50%, Jul 77%, Aug 74%, Sep 35%, Oct 37%, Nov 25%, Dec 31%. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 7 spots is tagged for foiling
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 31%, Feb 40%, Mar 23%, Apr 28%, May 39%, Jun 25%, Jul 32%, Aug 34%, Sep 23%, Oct 23%, Nov 22%, Dec 19%. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
"Lagoa Albufeira March 2015-1" by Alvesgaspar, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
2 of its 6 spots are tagged for foiling
Modelled share of windy days by month: Mar 34%, Apr 30%, May 42%, Jun 40%, Jul 21%, Aug 13%, Sep 22%, Oct 37%. No figure for Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
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Micael Simão, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 3 spots is tagged for foiling
Modelled share of windy days by month: Apr 23%, May 26%, Jun 18%, Jul 15%, Aug 23%, Sep 18%, Oct 32%. No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec. In season: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
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"Praia do Cabedelo" by Ycomet, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
1 of its 1 spot is tagged for foiling
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
"Porto Santo beach at night 10" by Nuno Capelo Caldeira, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
1 of its 1 spot is tagged for foiling
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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Kolforn / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 1 spot is tagged for foiling
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
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Glória Reverenda / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 1 spot is tagged for foiling
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
Guy MOLL from Faro, Portugal / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 1 spot is tagged for foiling
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
"Beach of Praia da Vitória, Terceira Island, Azores" by Diego Delso, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (delso.photo)
the figure in a cell is how many of that place's spots qualify; foiling is the column you are on
| Place | Flat water | Waves | Beginners | Foiling | Waves and flat | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algarve - Lagos/Alvor | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Lagoa de Albufeira | none | 4 | 5 | 1 | none | 6 |
| Guincho | none | 5 | none | none | none | 5 |
| Algarve - Fuseta/Olhão | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Peniche / Baleal | none | 5 | 1 | none | none | 4 |
| São Miguel - Azores | 1 | 2 | 2 | none | 3 | 1 |
| Viana do Castelo | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Ílhavo | 1 | 2 | 1 | none | 3 | 3 |
| Funchal - Madeira | none | 2 | none | none | none | 1 |
| Alentejo — Lagoa de Santo André / Praia da Costa de Santo André to Praia do Pego | none | 2 | none | none | none | none |
| Esposende | none | 1 | 1 | none | none | 4 |
| Vila Nova de Milfontes | none | 2 | none | none | none | 1 |
| Óbidos Lagoon | 1 | none | 1 | none | none | 5 |
| Porto Santo - Madeira | none | 1 | none | 1 | none | 1 |
| Cabedelo do Douro | none | 1 | none | none | none | none |
| Ilha de Faro / Ria Formosa | 1 | 1 | none | 1 | 1 | none |
| Moinhos / Alcochete | 1 | none | none | none | none | none |
| Murtosa / Ria de Aveiro | 1 | 1 | none | 1 | 1 | none |
| Praia de São Pedro de Maceda | none | 1 | none | none | none | none |
| Praia de São Torpes | none | 1 | none | none | none | none |
| Praia do Cabedelo | none | 1 | none | none | none | none |
| Praia do Carvalhal | none | 1 | none | none | none | none |
| Praia Fluvial da Albufeira de Santa Clara | none | none | none | 1 | none | none |
| Terceira - Azores | none | none | none | 1 | none | none |
A cell reading none in one of the five facet columns is a rule no spot at that place matches; in the Schools column it is a place with no school on file. A figure links to that facet's page for Portugal where there is one - 5 of the five clear the three-place gate here - except in the column you are already on, and the Schools figures, which are counts rather than facets.
Foiling nearby
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The closest countries with a page for the same kind of riding, centre to centre: Spain 383 km, France 1,159 km, United Kingdom 1,662 km, Netherlands 1,746 km, Italy 1,763 km.
A place is here when at least one of its spots is tagged for foiling. Wing foiling, windfoiling and e-foiling are different sports and do not count. A country needs three such places before it gets a page of its own.