Carcavelos Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° N 9.33° W

Carcavelos 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Carcavelos sea temperature is
18.3°C
1.6° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Carcavelos at 11PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)--
Afternoon (04 Oct)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (04 Oct)5ft (1.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
NNW
9
1.4
NNW
9
0.8
NW
11
0.8
NW
11
1
NNW
9
1.3
NNW
9
1.4
NNW
9
1.1
NNW
8
0.9
NNW
8
1.2
NNW
10
1.1
NW
10
1
NW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NW
10
0.9
NW
10
0.6
NW
10
0.6
NW
10
0.7
NW
11
0.8
NW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
395
313
159
165
165
264
280
153
113
288
248
200
171
142
142
76
58
114
140
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
15
N
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:28PM2.04m
10:57AM2.31m
11:49PM2.17m
12:08PM2.50m
Low Tide
4:05PM0.77m
4:32AM0.90m
5:35PM0.64m
5:53AM0.74m
6:38PM0.44m
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
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clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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7:37
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Temp °C
25
24
24
23
21
20
20
22
22
21
20
20
19
19
20
20
20
20
19
Feels °C
25
23
24
22
20
19
20
23
21
21
21
21
20
19
19
20
20
20
19
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