Arrifana surf break

Arrifana surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 Apr 2026 WEST
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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
16.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arrifana today?

The current surf forecast for Arrifana at 1PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (04 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (04 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
3
2
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
1.1
NW
1.3
WNW
1.4
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
Period(s) (?)141313131212121312121212131414141313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)323406572647742910102610941043101093379592116801864173315441521128611731006932748634
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
ESE
15
SE
5
SSE
0
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
E
15
E
20
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
35
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:25AM
2.78
4:40PM
2.74
4:56AM
2.63
5:10PM
2.63
5:29AM
2.45
5:42PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
0.24
10:43PM
0.27
10:56AM
0.38
11:16PM
0.40
11:26AM
0.54
11:51PM
0.57
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:13-----
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191718222119171716171922222018171616171818201817
Feels °C (?)1613152120171515141517201917141299101412141114
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