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Alfagar surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 24 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
14.7° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Alfagar today?

The current surf forecast for Alfagar at 10AM is: 7.0m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 5.5m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)21ft (6.5m)16s
Afternoon (24 Jan)20ft (6.0m)16s
Evening (24 Jan)16ft (5.0m)16s

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

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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
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)
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2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
6.5
WNW
6
WNW
6.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
6
W
6.5
WNW
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3
W
3
W
2
W
1.9
W
2
W
1.9
W
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
3
W
1.7
W
3
W
3
W
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)15161616161616161615151515141414151616914131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1830618362203882771018358207811171592867545886375754639402116201463171515261889162212011158289729252991
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
NW
50
W
30
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
35
W
20
WSW
35
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
45
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:29AM
2.73
5:57PM
2.46
6:16AM
2.57
6:49PM
2.35
7:14AM
2.40
7:55PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:43AM
0.38
11:54PM
0.54
12:30PM
0.52
12:50AM
0.67
1:29PM
0.67
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
Sunrise--7:41-------7:39-------7:39-----
Sunset----5:47-------5:49-------5:50---
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light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
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Rain (mm)
4451-----1111241-11-----
Temp. °C981091312111213131413141315151515161616161515
Feels °C (?)21-125568779881091011101110101197
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