Cavalos de Fao Surf Forecast

/ Douro & Minho (25 surf breaks) /

Portugal (220 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Cavalos de Fao surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 24 Aug 2025 WEST

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

Today's Cavalos de Fao sea temperature is 16.0° C
(Which is 3.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cavalos de Fao today?

The current surf forecast for Cavalos de Fao at 1PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (24 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	11s
Evening (24 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

Table - waves today at Cavalos de Fao. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Sunday 24							Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wed 27
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	2	5	8	9	7	0	0	0	0	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	11	11	10	10	9	9	20	20	20	20	21	20	19	19	17	17	16	16	15	15	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	52	83	68	99	139	201	248	322	206	368	571	618	763	1430	3390	5691	8668	8287	8956	8153	6889	6593	5809	5379
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	ENE	NE	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 2.83				4:35PM 3.13				4:55AM 2.84				5:08PM 3.07				5:27AM 2.80				5:41PM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)				10:20AM 0.18				10:48PM 0.09				10:53AM 0.18				11:19PM 0.15				11:26AM 0.25				11:50PM 0.27

	Sunday 24							Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wed 27
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	19	20	20	19	17	17	16	16	18	20	20	20	18	17	16	15	19	22	20	18	16	15
Feels °C (?)	16	17	20	19	18	17	17	18	17	17	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	18	18	15	13	12	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Douro & Minho

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Cavalos de Fao (light winds from the NNW at Viana DO Castelo / C.c. 16 km from Cavalos de Fao). 0.5m 5s windswell from the WNW with a 0.4m 8s swell from the W and a 0.2m 12s groundswell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 59 minutes ago Cavalos de Fao

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16 km away, 2 h 59 min ago

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