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Backdoor surfForecast / Ericeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 WET
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Backdoor surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Backdoor sea temperature is
14.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Backdoor today?

The current surf forecast for Backdoor at 11PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 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)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (13 Jan)13ft (4.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
1
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
6
6
7
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
4
W
4
W
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
NNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
W
1.2
NW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121211121212121211212019181716161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262234534845502448835444391926031929159611581000767784652130242866171745281339763904782607340
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SSW
30
W
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
25
W
25
W
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:22PM
2.15
11:52AM
2.09
12:18AM
2.27
12:45PM
2.20
1:04AM
2.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:58PM
0.99
5:41AM
0.95
5:58PM
0.91
6:36AM
0.82
6:47PM
0.79
7:20AM
0.67
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise------7:54-------7:54-------7:54-
Sunset5:37-------5:37-------5:38-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----121---------41---112
Temp. °C141313131313131413131212111213141313131313131212
Feels °C (?)9888877879910887789999775
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