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Arrifana surf break

Arrifana surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 WET
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Arrifana surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Arrifana sea temperature is
15.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Arrifana today?

The current surf forecast for Arrifana at 2PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 3.0m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (13 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)11ft (3.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
4
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
4
4
4
5
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
NW
2.4
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
2
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
4
WNW
Period(s) (?)101212131313131312121212121212121211212018181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15262791319645194691448240553974371737973572302316491138902797701544151230573818481055167381
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NW
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
1.98
11:07PM
2.09
11:37AM
2.05
12:02AM
2.22
12:29PM
2.15
12:48AM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
0.96
5:25AM
0.93
5:42PM
0.88
6:19AM
0.80
6:30PM
0.77
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise7:48-------7:48-------7:48-------
Sunset--5:38-------5:39-------5:40-----
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
211111-------------42---
Temp. °C151515131312121212141413121212121314141413131212
Feels °C (?)10101110111099810989101091010999988
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