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Carcavelos surf break

Carcavelos surfForecast / Lisboa / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 15 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
14.6° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carcavelos today?

The current surf forecast for Carcavelos at 11AM is: 1.3m 21s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 1.7m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (15 Jan)7ft (2.1m)20s
Evening (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)18s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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)
2
1
0
0
0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
Period(s) (?)121211212019181716161615151515151515151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)833711563141034725218572968178684793073176415721380928281892495009500867682207702684560694882
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
30
SW
35
SW
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
25
W
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
20
N
20
N
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononononcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:09AM
2.20
12:36PM
2.14
12:55AM
2.35
1:19PM
2.26
1:35AM
2.50
1:56PM
2.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:26AM
0.79
6:38PM
0.76
7:10AM
0.65
7:19PM
0.63
7:49AM
0.51
7:55PM
0.50
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise--7:52-------7:52-------7:52-----
Sunset----5:38-------5:39-------5:40---
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cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
----31---122211-1133111-
Temp. °C14131414141413131312131312111111111111121211109
Feels °C (?)1199881210109887646777778655
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