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Carcavelos surf break

Carcavelos surfForecast / Lisboa / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 16 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 4AM is: 4.5m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)15ft (4.5m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)11ft (3.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)151515151514141414131313121212121111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)809687289165925185597524685257964936430837943049248920271881162814911351135114021223959867842
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
30
NNW
35
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
2.50
1:56PM
2.38
2:11AM
2.63
2:31PM
2.47
2:46AM
2.75
3:05PM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19PM
0.63
7:49AM
0.51
7:55PM
0.50
8:25AM
0.39
8:29PM
0.39
8:59AM
0.30
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----7:52-------7:52-------7:52---
Sunset------5:40-------5:42-------5:43-
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1--111122---------------
Temp. °C11111111111212101099881112101010101111131312
Feels °C (?)577767777654476567667754
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