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7 places in Portugal have both a flat-water spot and a wave spot: Algarve - Lagos/Alvor, Algarve - Fuseta/Olhão, São Miguel - Azores, Viana do Castelo and 3 more. Between them, 25 matching spots and 21 kite schools.
Ordered by how many spots each place holds.
Algarve - Lagos/AlvorAlgarve - Fuseta/OlhãoSão Miguel - AzoresViana do CasteloÍlhavoIlha de Faro / Ria FormosaMurtosa / Ria de AveiroEverything Portugal doesWaves and flat nearbyAlso in Portugal
7 places, largest first
9 of its 11 spots are flat water or waves
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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5 of its 6 spots are flat water or waves
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
3 of its 5 spots are flat water or waves
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 53%, Feb 47%, Mar 74%, Apr 57%, May 34%, Jun 20%, Oct 60%, Nov 63%, Dec 31%. No figure for Jul, Aug, Sep. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Oct, Nov, Dec.
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"Praia das Milícias, Rosto de Cão, Ponta Delgada, ilha de São Miguel, Açores" by José Luís Ávila Silveira/Pedro Noronha e Costa, public domain
3 of its 3 spots are flat water or waves
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
3 of its 3 spots are flat water or waves
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
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Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 1 spot is flat water or waves
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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1 of its 1 spot is flat water or waves
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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the figure in a cell is how many of that place's spots qualify; waves and flat 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.
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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, Netherlands 1,746 km, Italy 1,763 km, Germany 1,914 km.
A place is here when it holds both a flat or lagoon spot and a wave spot, so a session can go either way without moving town. A country needs three such places before it gets a page of its own.