Caption: Current No. 2 on the Jeep Leaderboard, Courtney Conlogue (USA), will battle Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) and injury wildcard Pauline Ado (FRA) in Heat 4 of Round 1 when competition commences. |
| Location: | Cascais, Portugal |
| Event window: | September 22 - 28, 2015 |
| Today's call: | Lay Day |
| Conditions: | 1 - 2 Foot (0.5 Metre) |
CASCAIS, Portugal (Wednesday, September 23, 2015) - Event organizers have been prompted to call a second consecutive lay day with only small surf in the one-to-two foot (0.5 metre) on offer at Stop No. 8 on the 2015 Samsung Galaxy WSL Championship Tour (CT), the Cascais Women’s Pro in Portugal.
The opening stop of the WSL's European leg, the Cascais Women's Pro, welcomes a red-hot title fight for the 2015 crown as well as a dramatic race to requalify for next year's elite tour. The event will commence when conditions improve.
"It's still really small here at Carcavelos, it's a beautiful calm day but we're not going to run Round 1 today," said WSL Deputy Commissioner, Jessi Miley-Dyer. "We are going to need to move to Guincho at some stage, the challenge there is the wind. We have a lot of swell available there but we'll wait for the win to back-off a little bit before we can move."
When competition commences, up first will be Lakey Peterson (USA), Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) and Alessa Quizon (HAW) in the opening heat of Round 1.
Surfline, official forecasters for the World Surf League (WSL), are calling for:
A mix of WNW/NW swell and short period NNW windswell is expected Wednesday with the surf biggest for Guincho and small/minimal surf for Carcavelos. Lingering but slowly easing NNW windswell/NW swell mix is due on Thursday, biggest Guincho with minor/minimal surf for Carcavelos. Rising but more NW directed swell due to fill in Friday. Continuing but easing NW swell is on tap for Saturday with smaller residual swell Sunday. This swell will be biggest for Guincho with only minor amounts of swell wrap expected for Carcavelos. Only small/minor windswell/swell is expected for the final day of the waiting period. Tropical Storm Ida is not expected to have any impacts during the waiting period.
The Cascais Women’s Pro will be webcast LIVE via WorldSurfLeauge.com and via the WSL mobile app.
Cascais Women’s Pro Round 1 Match-Ups:
Heat 1: Lakey Peterson (USA), Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW), Alessa Quizon (HAW)
Heat 2: Bianca Buitendag (ZAF), Malia Manuel (HAW), Laura Enever (AUS)
Heat 3: Carissa Moore (HAW), Silvana Lima (BRA), Teresa Bonvalot (PRT)
Heat 4: Courtney Conlogue (USA), Nikki Van Dijk (AUS), Pauline Ado (FRA)
Heat 5: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), Coco Ho (HAW), Sage Erickson (USA)
Heat 6: Tyler Wright (AUS), Joanne Defay (REU), Dimity Stoyle (AUS)