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Backdoor surfForecast / Ericeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 01 Feb 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
13.8° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Backdoor today?

The current surf forecast for Backdoor at 10AM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (01 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (01 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
7
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2
WNW
3
WNW
6
W
6.5
W
7
W
7
W
7
W
7
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6
WNW
6
WNW
6
WNW
6.5
WNW
6
WNW
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131716121314141415151414141515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70345986484939613365280122752127382791391425617569201842069920839187291690215678150601627917029164281459711878
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
55
SSW
50
WSW
55
W
50
W
55
W
50
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
45
W
45
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
20
W
25
SW
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossonononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:59AM
3.01
2:28PM
2.80
2:43AM
3.15
3:10PM
2.86
3:25AM
3.21
3:50PM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:19AM
0.08
8:28PM
0.18
9:02AM
-0.02
9:09PM
0.11
9:42AM
-0.04
9:48PM
0.10
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise--7:43-------7:43-------7:41-----
Sunset----5:58-------5:59--------6:00--
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
2-111-1214212112223121-15
Temp. °C151515151515161511111112121212121211121213131111
Feels °C (?)111213131110951-101223431335865
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