Castelejo surf break

Castelejo surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Castelejo today?

The current surf forecast for Castelejo at 9PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
2
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)151514141413131312121212121212121111111110101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54444338404033882807217817531528127811171117127712561062956874698617499425417367300214
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
ENE
15
E
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:32PM
2.88
2:46AM
3.05
3:10PM
3.00
3:27AM
3.09
3:49PM
3.06
4:10AM
3.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
0.10
8:57AM
-0.06
9:14PM
-0.02
9:36AM
-0.07
9:56PM
-0.05
10:16AM
0.01
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:58-------6:58-------6:56--
Sunset-8:10-------8:10-------8:12------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181617171818191918191818191818191817171716161718
Feels °C (?)141113131415161716171516171516161716151515151516
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