Cave Surf Forecast

/ Ericeira (18 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks)

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Cave surfForecast / Ericeira / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 WEST

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

Today's Cave sea temperature is 17.5° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cave today?

The current surf forecast for Cave at 8PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (18 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

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

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	Saturday 18			Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	11	11	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	164	202	180	176	140	137	135	106	110	172	121	138	153	121	137	134	150	130	293	462	791	990	1048	1076
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	SW	W	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	WSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:42PM 2.71				2:08AM 2.61				2:18PM 2.79				2:39AM 2.71				2:51PM 2.83				3:09AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)			8:00PM 0.34				8:09AM 0.43				8:31PM 0.27				8:41AM 0.33				8:59PM 0.24				9:12AM 0.27

	Saturday 18			Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Sunset	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	22	20	19	19	19	18	20	21	20	20	20	19	18	17	18	18	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	21
Feels °C (?)	21	20	18	19	20	18	19	19	17	19	20	19	19	17	15	17	18	17	18	18	19	20	20	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Ericeira

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cave (calm at Ventosa wx 26 km from Cave). 0.9m 9s swell from the WSW with a 0.9m 11s groundswell from the WNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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