Afife Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Douro and Minho, Portugal)

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Afife Surf Guide

Afife in North Portugal is an exposed beach break that has reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the east. Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the optimum swell angle is from the west. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Good surf at all stages of the tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water.

Afife Spot Info

Type:	Rating:
Beach	3.4
Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
consistent	13.1°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Afife:

The best conditions reported for surf at Afife occur when a West swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East.

Surf Forecasts:

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What's the best time of year to surf Afife (for consistent clean waves)?

decemberBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Afife with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of December. Clean surfable waves are typically found 40% of the time in December while 57% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 3% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

40%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

57%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Afife Location Map

Interactive Afife surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Afife is Vigo Airport (VGO) in Spain, 54 km (34 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Afife is Porto Airport (OPO) in Acores, 61 km (38 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Afife Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

7 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 10:59 Local Time

m, °C	Thursday 21
ft, °F	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Wave (m)	WSW	WSW	W	W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

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Tides at Afife

Current tide and informaton

For Afife, 11.0 km from Afife.

Next High Water: 09:14pm | 2.12m

Next Low Water: 02:56pm | 0.95m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Afife Sea Temperature

The Afife water temperature is rather cool (13.1 °C) and the air temperature will feel about the same. A good quality spring wetsuit with optional neoprene boots should suffice. No need for wetsuit gloves.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit and neoprene boots.