Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.84° N 17.14° W

Contreira 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Contreira sea temperature is
23.0°C
1.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Contreira today (02 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 13s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Contreira at 1AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (02 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (02 Nov)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 19°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wed
4
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
NW
13
1.6
NNW
13
1.6
NNW
13
1.5
NNW
12
1.5
NNW
12
1.4
NNW
12
1.3
NNW
12
1.4
NNW
12
1.4
NNW
13
1.2
NNW
13
1.2
NNW
13
1.1
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1
NW
12
0.9
NNW
12
0.8
NNW
12
0.9
NW
12
0.7
NW
12
0.7
NW
12
0.6
NNW
11
0.6
NNW
11
0.6
N
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
816
809
775
668
636
540
466
567
623
458
451
382
376
301
255
180
202
142
137
82
78
51
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
S
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
E
0
ESE
0
NE
5
E
0
ENE
5
NE
0
NE
5
ENE
0
ENE
0
NNW
5
NE
0
N
5
N
0
SE
5
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
High Tide
7:13PM1.57m
7:41AM1.78m
8:41PM1.57m
9:02AM1.81m
9:55PM1.66m
Low Tide
12:54PM0.54m
1:11AM0.70m
2:25PM0.55m
2:42AM0.69m
3:42PM0.48m
3:56AM0.60m
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
23
21
21
21
20
20
20
22
22
21
21
20
20
20
21
22
22
21
20
20
20
19
Feels °C
24
22
22
23
21
21
22
24
24
23
23
21
21
21
22
23
24
23
22
22
22
20
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