Alfagar surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 WEST
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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
16.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Alfagar today?

The current surf forecast for Alfagar at 12AM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)8ft (2.4m)16s
Evening (17 Apr)7ft (2.2m)15s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)161515141414131313121212121212121211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)275324651873163014311036760663546416416423425418411333322248247194194191153117
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
W
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
N
10
E
15
SE
15
SE
5
SE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:27PM
2.90
2:42AM
3.07
3:05PM
3.03
3:23AM
3.11
3:45PM
3.08
4:06AM
3.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
0.10
8:52AM
-0.06
9:09PM
-0.02
9:31AM
-0.07
9:51PM
-0.05
10:11AM
0.01
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:54-------6:54--
Sunset-8:07-------8:07-------8:08------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221201918202323222019181720202019171716161820
Feels °C (?)222120181716182020211917151517161718171615141617
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