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Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:04 am
by laserblazer
Is it starting to cool down?
Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:40 am
by Jaylay
It was lovely on Saturday,

felt about 25c our pool feels cool at 21c.
Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:42 am
by EMM
It is probablly wrmer now than many pools, BUT be carefull there are no lifegaurds and we saw many adults and children being knocked over by the waves on the town beach earlier this week,
Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 8:46 am
by scottishstacey
I nearly got knocked down when i tried to go in. waves are a bit wild although one day we went down and it was really wild, nobody would go in so we went home. I found it quite warm but that was over a month ago now
Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:09 am
by roy4eyes
For children at this time of year, Pintadinho or Praia Grande are shallow without any big waves.
Carvoeiro, Centianes and Caneiros have waves, steep drop-off and undertow more often than not.
Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 4:42 pm
by pato
Any sharks? traders apart that is.

Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:21 pm
by Jaylay
Just back from Praia da Rocha, the sea is perfect

Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:12 pm
by pato
[quote="pato"]Sorry!
Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:14 pm
by pato
Jaylay wrote:Just back from Praia da Rocha, the sea is perfect

And the traders?

Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:19 am
by sam
roy4eyes wrote:For children at this time of year, Pintadinho or Praia Grande are shallow without any big waves.
Carvoeiro, Centianes and Caneiros have waves, steep drop-off and undertow more often than not.
We have been at Pintadinho when the waves were a bit rough, but there was a serious undertow - couldn't let the kids in - so take care on any beach.
Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:16 pm
by Jaylay
pato wrote:Jaylay wrote:Just back from Praia da Rocha, the sea is perfect

And the traders?

Saw no traders out, just some very happy people.
I do agree about being careful on any beach, only in the water up to our knees but can still get tipped over when that bigger wave comes along.
Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:40 pm
by scottishstacey
I only went in the sea one day but everytime i tried to go in i would nearly get knocked over lol and i didnt feel very safe. im a crap swimmer so i gave up and went back to sunbathing

dave went out for ages with his board, he said the undertow was quite bad but hes a good swimmer
Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:02 am
by joeysoap
we went to alvor beach on friday. no one actually swimming in the sea, few like myself went in up to waist but no further, few surfing with those kites pulling them along, I only went in half-way as the waves were quite big and very strong. water was not cold. beach had a few people on it but as it's such a big beach you had 100 metres between you and the next person.it was windy but very very nice. restaurants were quite busy around 3pm, busier I expect than Cvo restaurants, prices appeared to be slightly cheaper than CVO.
Re: Anyone swum in the sea lately?
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:50 am
by laserblazer
We like going to the river side of Alvor and treating ourselves to a hot chocolate and watching the boats, fishermen and the PWDs splashing around.