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Alfagar surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 WET
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Alfagar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Alfagar sea temperature is
14.5° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Alfagar today?

The current surf forecast for Alfagar at 12PM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)5ft (1.6m)16s
Afternoon (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (12 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)141416151414131312121212121117161616161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8038031135102178864652349939237330823623716424645767911501278127812248948831225
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
W
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
1.77
9:33PM
1.91
10:32AM
1.84
10:58PM
2.07
11:35AM
2.03
11:49PM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
1.16
2:43PM
1.22
4:11AM
1.12
4:33PM
1.12
5:24AM
0.94
5:33PM
0.92
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise--6:48-------6:47-------6:46-----
Sunset-----6:36-------6:37-------6:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141415171816161615131418201713131212121616141312
Feels °C (?)12121314161515141311101417131011987101091010
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