Arrifana surf break

Arrifana surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 05 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 6AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 17s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (05 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (05 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
3
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121312121212131414141313131313131212121218161816
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102610941043101085079577816801864183715441521128611731006932748634570494887245057236836
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
E
15
E
25
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
20
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
15
SSW
15
W
25
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
2.63
5:10PM
2.63
5:29AM
2.45
5:42PM
2.48
6:03AM
2.26
6:18PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:43PM
0.27
10:56AM
0.38
11:16PM
0.40
11:26AM
0.54
11:51PM
0.57
11:59AM
0.72
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----7:16-------7:13-------7:13---
Sunset-------8:00-------8:00-------8:01
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------111
Temp. °C181717181922222018171715171923191817151514121313
Feels °C (?)1615141616191817141198101518161313141310876
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