Carcavelos Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° N 9.33° W

Carcavelos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 14 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Carcavelos sea temperature is
18.2°C
0.3° 

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 (15 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Carcavelos at 12AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Nov)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (15 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (15 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sun night, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue morning).

Sat
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
W
7
1.5
W
7
1.4
W
7
1.3
W
7
1.2
W
7
1.2
W
7
1.2
W
7
1.3
W
7
1.4
WNW
7
1.4
WNW
7
1.4
WNW
8
1.4
NW
8
1.3
NW
10
1.7
WNW
10
1.8
WNW
10
1.7
WNW
10
1.8
W
9
2
W
9
2
W
10
2.1
W
10
2.5
WSW
10
2.4
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
272
233
203
161
134
134
128
145
197
188
226
250
309
596
603
551
556
695
770
867
1297
1041
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:20PM2.10m
5:39AM2.27m
6:10PM1.97m
6:33AM2.16m
7:12PM1.89m
Low Tide
11:14PM0.79m
11:58AM0.82m
00:02AM0.91m
12:57PM0.91m
1:03AM1.00m
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Temp °C
18
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
19
18
18
17
17
18
18
18
19
18
18
18
18
18
Feels °C
15
15
16
17
16
16
15
17
18
18
19
17
16
17
17
15
16
15
15
15
14
14
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