Ocean Revival Park

Lying about two nautical miles off Portimão on the south-facing Algarve coast, the park is shadowed from the dominant NW Atlantic groundswell by the Portuguese landmass, so it is relatively protected most of the year. Its real exposure is to S-SE-SW weather: southerly swells and Levante/onshore winds build wind-chop and surge that quickly cut visibility and can cancel boat trips. Some W-SW groundswell wraps around Cape St. Vincent during big Atlantic storms, but the landward (N-NW) sectors are fully blocked.