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Arrifana surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 23 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
15.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arrifana today?

The current surf forecast for Arrifana at 5PM is: 6.5m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)16ft (5.0m)14s
Afternoon (23 Jan)20ft (6.0m)15s
Evening (23 Jan)25ft (7.5m)15s

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

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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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
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0
0
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0
0
3
0
0
7
8
6
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WNW
5.5
WNW
6
WNW
7
WNW
7.5
WNW
8
WNW
8
WNW
8
WNW
8
WNW
8
WNW
8
WNW
7.5
WNW
7
WNW
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)141415151515151616161616161616151514141414141416
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8548116911571520129239482671828506288772889831430307452836622654183901496112498105919498674194448892859175469996
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
40
W
50
W
50
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
50
NW
50
WNW
35
NNW
45
NW
35
NW
25
NW
25
W
35
W
35
W
25
W
30
WSW
20
SSW
40
W
25
W
15
NNW
5
NW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
2.51
5:36AM
2.70
6:04PM
2.43
6:23AM
2.55
6:56PM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:10AM
0.27
11:17PM
0.40
11:51AM
0.37
12:03AM
0.52
12:38PM
0.50
12:58AM
0.66
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise7:45-------7:43-------7:43-------
Sunset--5:49-------5:50-------5:51-----
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Rain (mm)
-1221121241---12228121---
Temp. °C1313121111108109121313131413131413131515141313
Feels °C (?)75200-1-2-1-154478679710911131211
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