Cortegaca surf break

Cortegaca surfForecast / Beira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 WEST
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Cortegaca surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cortegaca sea temperature is
14.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cortegaca today?

The current surf forecast for Cortegaca at 3AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212111111111011111110101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8728578577046795824874193723223222702451831061047771774948483433
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
N
5
N
5
NE
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
ENE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
0
NW
0
S
5
ENE
0
ENE
0
SSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscrossononglassglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59AM
3.20
4:20PM
3.17
4:42AM
3.16
5:02PM
3.15
5:27AM
3.02
5:47PM
3.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
-0.03
10:08AM
-0.08
10:28PM
-0.07
10:49AM
-0.00
11:13PM
-0.01
11:32AM
0.15
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:52-------6:50-------6:48----
Sunset-------8:15-------8:16-------8:17
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314141720181918181716182018171616151517191817
Feels °C (?)101113121617151716171615161716161616141516171615
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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