Castelejo surf break

Castelejo surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 23 Jan 2026 WET
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Castelejo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Castelejo sea temperature is
15.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Castelejo today?

The current surf forecast for Castelejo at 9AM is: 5.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)16ft (5.0m)14s
Afternoon (23 Jan)20ft (6.0m)15s
Evening (23 Jan)25ft (7.5m)15s

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

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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
5.5
WNW
6
WNW
7
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
8.5
WNW
8
WNW
7.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414141515151515161616161616161615151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)81247435854811331152702065823623257572620727252276053424932552277002233118111151971272811410102538978924396479469
Wind
(km/h)
40
NW
40
NW
35
WNW
45
W
55
W
60
WNW
55
WNW
55
W
55
WNW
55
NW
60
WNW
55
NW
50
NW
40
NW
30
WNW
40
W
40
W
45
W
40
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WNW
10
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18PM
2.53
5:33AM
2.72
6:01PM
2.44
6:20AM
2.56
6:53PM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:07AM
0.28
11:14PM
0.41
11:48AM
0.38
11:59PM
0.53
12:35PM
0.51
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise--7:45-------7:43-------7:43-----
Sunset----5:50-------5:51-------5:52---
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1--1251152131---1223166--
Temp. °C14131313131112117101112131414141414141314151414
Feels °C (?)64542-2-1-1-5-2-2025666666891213
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