Castelejo surf break

Castelejo surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 29 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
14.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Castelejo today?

The current surf forecast for Castelejo at 4PM is: 5.0m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 4.0m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)18ft (5.5m)16s
Afternoon (29 Jan)16ft (5.0m)15s
Evening (29 Jan)15ft (4.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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0
0
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0
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0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)161515141414131319181817161616161615151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)137901235610593890579726908595055958508214151879515923132691232511783119141198710986998288307707677158215225
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
35
W
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
20
W
25
SW
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
2.31
11:53PM
2.53
12:29PM
2.47
12:50AM
2.76
1:23PM
2.64
1:40AM
2.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:34PM
0.65
6:16AM
0.46
6:34PM
0.48
7:12AM
0.25
7:25PM
0.31
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise7:41-------7:39-------7:39-------
Sunset--5:55-------5:57-------5:58-----
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----1----11-------------
Temp. °C171616161615151515161616151414141414151515151515
Feels °C (?)12101011121314121112121199991012131311101111
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