Arrifana Surf Forecast

/ Algarve (42 surf breaks) /

Portugal (220 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (37.29° N 8.87° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Arrifana surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 25 Aug 2025 WEST

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Arrifana surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Arrifana sea temperature is 19.4° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arrifana today?

The current surf forecast for Arrifana at 9PM is: 1.0m 21s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 25). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (25 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	20s
Evening (25 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	21s

Table - waves today at Arrifana. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Monday 25			Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	20	21	21	21	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	574	789	1134	2041	4008	5244	5407	5617	6179	5065	4452	4053	3675	3104	4210	3577	2759	2565	2307	2590	1655	1500	1525	1358
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:37PM 2.94				4:56AM 2.68				5:09PM 2.82				5:27AM 2.59				5:41PM 2.65				5:58AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)				10:47PM 0.16				10:53AM 0.25				11:16PM 0.27				11:25AM 0.36				11:46PM 0.42				11:58AM 0.51

	Monday 25			Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	18	18	18	17	21	23	23	21	19	18	17	17	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20
Feels °C (?)	18	17	16	16	16	15	19	20	20	18	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	18	18	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Algarve

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Arrifana (moderate winds from the NNW at Sagres (8533 -0) 32 km from Arrifana). 1.2m 5s windswell from the NW with a 0.8m 11s groundswell from the WNW and a 0.6m 23s long period groundswell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 7 minutes ago Arrifana

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32 km away, 2 h 7 min ago

25 km/h

NNW

0.0

19.4

Air / Water (°C)

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