Strong winds
This factor was included as it can largely influence the recreational satisfaction of people on the beach by transporting large amounts of sand and or by creating strong waves that can reduce satisfaction of many beach users (except beach surfers that might enjoy these times). In the Algarve region, four months are of particular importance as a result of the eastern winds (June, July, August and September). The limiting magnitudewas determined as 122 days/year for Faro Beach with the total magnitude remaining all days of the year (365 days). The corrective factor for this parameter was 0.6658 (66.58%).