Carrapateira surf break

Carrapateira surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 WEST
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Carrapateira surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carrapateira sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 4.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Carrapateira today?

The current surf forecast for Carrapateira at 8AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (03 Sep)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (03 Sep)6ft (1.9m)10s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
1.9
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)111110101010101313121212121111111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)70369566967266069091620942610225719341702153010521605135111001371959842773701687614
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
2.13
12:47AM
2.10
1:04PM
2.37
1:30AM
2.32
1:44PM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.01
6:38PM
0.84
6:48AM
0.80
7:22PM
0.60
7:29AM
0.57
8:00PM
0.35
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
Sunrise--7:07-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----8:01-------8:00-------7:59--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181820232120191918161720201920181717192322202019
Feels °C (?)171719201817171715121215151515141312151919171817
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Algarve

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent clean conditions at Carrapateira have likely become affected by the arrival of onshore winds (moderate winds from the NNW at Sagres (8533 -0) 21 km from Carrapateira). 1.6m 10s swell from the NW to make surfable waves.

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21 km away, 1 h 6 min ago

25 km/h
NNW
0.0
17.5
Air / Water (°C)
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