Carrapateira surf break

Carrapateira surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 23 Oct 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Carrapateira today?

The current surf forecast for Carrapateira at 12PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (23 Oct)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (23 Oct)7ft (2.2m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.5
NW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.1
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212111111141313121212111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10941175103311001106675122411419847595724764591042966798625497426317242281225220
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
2.63
4:19AM
2.68
4:37PM
2.50
4:50AM
2.57
5:09PM
2.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:54AM
0.27
10:04PM
0.35
10:25AM
0.35
10:34PM
0.47
10:59AM
0.48
11:06PM
0.61
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
Sunrise--7:50-------7:50-------7:52-----
Sunset----6:49-------6:46-------6:45---
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020212120191919192021222120201919202121201919
Feels °C (?)222222232121202020202222232221212120212222212120
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Algarve

  1. weather stationWind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Carrapateira (light winds from the WNW at Beja Air Foce Base Airport 129 km from Carrapateira). A 1.8m groundswell from the WNW

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