Castelejo surf break

Castelejo surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 WEST
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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
17.5° C
(Which is 4.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Castelejo today?

The current surf forecast for Castelejo at 3AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)7ft (2.2m)12s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.7
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)141313131312121212121211111111101010101013121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)29672692244520881982177715001415139211491111882681616543454355289301292351512465489
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
E
5
SSE
5
SW
10
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NE
5
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18PM
2.03
10:52AM
2.23
11:49PM
2.11
12:10PM
2.40
12:51AM
2.28
1:06PM
2.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
0.98
5:34PM
0.76
5:55AM
0.86
6:43PM
0.58
6:55AM
0.67
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise----7:18-------7:18-------7:18---
Sunset-------7:42-------7:40-------7:38
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222020232123232022232524242423222224252523252422
Feels °C (?)181616191720201819202322242625222123242523252423
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Algarve

  1. weather stationWind Update moderate winds from the NNW at Sagres (8533 -0) imply that is on-shore at Castelejo. 2.1m 12s groundswell from the NW with a 2.0m 7s swell, also from the NW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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25 km/h
NNW
Onshore
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