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Alfagar surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 26 Jan 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
14.6° 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 4AM is: 4.0m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.0m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (27 Jan)18ft (5.5m)13s
Evening (27 Jan)16ft (5.0m)14s

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

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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WSW
1.8
W
4
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
6.5
WSW
7
WSW
6.5
WSW
6
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)8129111213131414151510121616171717161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)840933240353436493866199371055311161101351130784391469720420192661748415412138541176398998757765570555759
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
45
SW
50
SW
45
W
45
WSW
45
W
45
W
35
W
25
W
30
SW
50
SW
65
WSW
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
20
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
30
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
2.26
8:29AM
2.26
9:15PM
2.24
9:58AM
2.23
10:38PM
2.35
11:20AM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02AM
0.79
2:45PM
0.78
3:33AM
0.80
4:13PM
0.78
5:02AM
0.67
5:30PM
0.66
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise----7:39-------7:39-------7:37---
Sunset------5:51-------5:52-------5:52-
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Rain (mm)
1-311111---346---1---1321
Temp. °C161615151514131212131415151616151617161616161615
Feels °C (?)1086776346753101111131112111112111211
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