- créneau
- Early morning before the daytime nortada builds; season late spring to early autumn.
- marée
- Best at low/incoming tide — the reef labyrinth is exposed and the entry is shorter; at high water the shorebreak hits the rocks.
- abri
- Small cove at the cliff base, partly shielded from N wind by the headland and the rock arch at the south end; no shelter from clean W/SW swell.
- danger
- Shorebreak over the reef and rock arch on exit is the dominant danger — as swell builds you can get pinned on the rocks. The Klemens wreck adds entanglement/snag points. Treated-wastewater outfall at the north end.
- accès
- Dirt road south of Milfontes to a clifftop car park, then a path/scramble down to the small beach by the arch. Rock entry.
The most reef-like entry in the area — sargo/cuttlefish in the rocks; all inside the SW Alentejo Natural Park, where spearfishing restrictions apply.
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