Christopher Sepic

October 18, 2022

Portugal 10/15 - 10/17

Not much activity in the ocean on Saturday, so I opted to just hang out at the beach, which wasn't terrible.

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The VW California, which ironically is not sold in CA or anywhere in the US. Not big enough for Americans I guess?

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Cafe time

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Some bigger swell moved in Sunday. The right point at Arrifana still wasn't firing but it looked like it was trying. I think the direction had too much north in it and not enough west.

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I shot down to Praia da Bordeira and Carrapateira but no joy at those spots either. Cool looking beach though at Bordeira.

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Cool tree

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Sunday I went on a wild goose chase checking all the spots, but ended up back at the first place I went to, Amoreira (I spent about 90 minutes driving around!) It seems to pick up the most swell and can handle a bit of size. It was about 6-8' Sunday / Monday and pretty fun with not too big of a crowd.

Unfortunately it's going to be stormy with heavy onshores for the next week or so with a few big storm systems due to hit the continent :(

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