Surf-Forecast | Carvalhal Surf Guide

Lat Long: 38.31° N 8.78° W

Issued: 5 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Carvalhal sea temperature is

18.1°C

Carvalhal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Carvalhal Surf Guide

Carvalhal in Portugal - Alentejo is an exposed beach break that has inconsistent surf with no particular seasonal pattern. Offshore winds are from the east. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the best swell direction is from the west. The beach break provides left and right handers. The location means that it never gets crowded.

Carvalhal Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	3	inconsistent	18.1°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Carvalhal:

The best conditions reported for surf at Carvalhal occur when a West swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Carvalhal Location Map

Interactive Carvalhal surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Carvalhal is Lisboa (Lisbon) Airport (LIS) in Portugal, which is 61 km (38 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Carvalhal is Faro Airport (FAO) in Acores, 161 km (100 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Carvalhal Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Sunday, 1 November 2026, 22:59 Local Time

m, °C	Sun	Monday 02
ft, °F	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Wave (m)	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off

Tides at Carvalhal

Current tide and informaton

For Carvalhal, 0 km from Carvalhal.

Next High Water: 08:11am | 2.36m

Next Low Water: 01:41am | 0.84m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Carvalhal Sea Temperature

Sunny with pleasantly warm air temperatures (feeling like 22.0 °C once we account for wind), yet at 18.1 °C the sea remains several degrees colder than the air at Carvalhal. The majority of surfers will need a spring wetsuit though a summer suit or even a shorty may suffice for a short session.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 18.1°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite