Carcavelos Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° N 9.33° W

Carcavelos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 08 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Carcavelos sea temperature is
17.6°C
0.8° 

Carcavelos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Carcavelos today (08 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Carcavelos at 9PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 2.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)--
Afternoon (08 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (08 Nov)7ft (2.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 48mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun night, min 17°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Mon night, light winds from the SW by Tue night).

Sun
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
S
7
2
WSW
11
2.2
WSW
10
3.5
SSW
10
3.5
SW
10
3.5
SW
10
4
SW
11
4
WSW
11
4
WSW
11
4
SW
11
4
SW
11
4.5
WSW
12
4.5
WSW
13
4.5
WSW
13
4
W
13
4
W
13
4.5
WSW
13
4.5
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
4.5
WSW
12
3
W
12
4
W
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
401
857
1030
1980
2129
2516
3643
3866
3794
4008
3980
6556
7065
6246
5430
5044
5943
6226
5544
5529
3061
4216
Wind (km/h)
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
S
40
S
35
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
25
S
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
1:41PM2.70m
1:59AM2.76m
2:17PM2.67m
2:32AM2.76m
2:52PM2.61m
3:05AM2.72m
Low Tide
7:46PM0.25m
8:07AM0.24m
8:18PM0.28m
8:41AM0.26m
8:50PM0.35m
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
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7:11
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7:13
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5:30
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5:29
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5:28
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5:27
 mm
4
2
2
1
2
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1
1
2
2
4
1
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1
5
3
2
5
3
3
Temp °C
19
19
20
20
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
19
17
17
Feels °C
14
14
16
15
15
15
15
14
14
14
13
14
16
17
16
15
15
16
16
15
15
14
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