Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Albufeira today (26 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Albufeira at 11PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 26). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (WEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (26 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 4s |
| Evening (26 Aug) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Albufeira. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 17°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 | W 10 | W 11 | W 11 | WNW 10 | W 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | off | off | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:19PM2.69m | 2:40AM2.55m | 2:51PM2.84m | 3:11AM2.67m | 3:22PM2.95m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:32PM0.37m | 8:36AM0.38m | 9:03PM0.23m | 9:08AM0.26m | 9:33PM0.13m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:07 | — |
mm | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 22 |
Feels °C | 19 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 6 | WSW 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | — | — | — | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 | W 10 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 |
| kJ | 4 | 43 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 98 | 186 | — | — | — | 182 | 191 | 205 | 262 | 361 | 326 | 338 | 282 | 233 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 9 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 10 | NNW 3 |
| kJ | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 103 | 149 | 183 | 169 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 502 | 4 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 696 | 692 | 42 | 3 | 36 | 36 | 390 | 619 | 62 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 11 | 3 |
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