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Carcavelos surf break

Carcavelos surfForecast / Lisboa / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 WET
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Carcavelos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carcavelos sea temperature is
14.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carcavelos today?

The current surf forecast for Carcavelos at 6PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)8ft (2.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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)
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
2
3
4
!
!
!
!
!
0
!
!
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2
NW
1.6
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111101010181816161615141515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)238720271881171514011279121112561223959816788174526723499599862035119359551875692592557105504
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
20
N
20
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
30
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:31PM
2.47
2:46AM
2.75
3:05PM
2.54
3:19AM
2.83
3:39PM
2.57
3:53AM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
0.39
8:29PM
0.39
8:59AM
0.30
9:03PM
0.31
9:33AM
0.23
9:36PM
0.27
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise7:52-------7:52-------7:50-------
Sunset--5:42-------5:43-------5:44-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------11-36
Temp. °C71012101010101111131312111111111213141313141314
Feels °C (?)356567777788776799109101089
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