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Costa Nova Beach
Overview:
Main beach of Costa Nova, sandy, no rocks and with good beach facilities,easy paring,easy acess, beach bars and showers.It's never crowded, and even in high summer period it is possible to enter on the far most right side. Wave conditions differ a lot depending on the swell, if its 1-1.5mt its good for all levels, if its bigger you need some experience. Good reef outside, caused by the sand banks, wich is the love of the local riders.
Best wind directions N and NE.You see the wind reports every 10 min on the local kitesurf school riactiva at www.riactiva.com (when its N,NE and NW you have to add more 5 kt to the readings of the school, because its located in the lagoon, and the houses block the wind a bit, also when its N and NE and without clouds, you can add 10 kt to the windguru forecast! )
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The main higway A25 that connects you to Aveiro,Porto;Lisboa and Spain, is just at 1 km from the spot.
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Only in high summer: keep the launching to the rightmost side of the beach.
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The Nortada wind blows more consistent over the afternoon, and tend to turn more NE at the end of the day, wich is perfect.As a general rule because this is a termal, the more clean the sky is the better, and the earlier in the day it starts to blow the better.
Medium season:
45-70% >= 4 bf
Best season:
70% >= 4 bf
Day activities:
catamaran sailing, windsurfing, kayak cruising, discovering the channels of the lagoon, shopping in Aveiro, Discovering the fishmarket in Costa Nova,the tradicional fishing with small wooden boats that take out directly from the beach at Vagueira.
Night scene:
Some bars in Costa Nova and Barra, but the major movida is in Aveiro, at 'praça do peixe', right in the center of the city, next to the main channels.
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