Forte Novo Surf Forecast

/ Algarve (42 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (37.06° N 8.09° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Forte Novo surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 WEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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

Today's Forte Novo sea temperature is 18.7° C
(Which is 2.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forte Novo today?

The current surf forecast for Forte Novo at 3AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	13s
Evening (16 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	12s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	!	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	W	W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	277	333	363	389	321	321	309	239	239	235	178	172	121	105	84	57	54	33	38	50	34	56	90	105
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	SE	SSW	SW	W	NW	NNE	ENE	ENE	SSE	SSE	SSE	W	NW	NNW	ENE	ENE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:14PM 2.03				10:48AM 2.23				11:44PM 2.12				12:05PM 2.40				12:47AM 2.30					1:01PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)				4:23AM 0.99				5:30PM 0.76				5:52AM 0.86				6:39PM 0.58				6:51AM 0.67

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	25	24	25	26	28	28	27	27	27	26	24	25	27	28	27	26	26	25	24	25	26	27	27
Feels °C (?)	26	24	23	24	25	27	26	26	26	26	24	24	26	28	28	27	26	27	24	23	24	24	26	28

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Algarve

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Forte Novo (moderate winds from the NNW at Sagres (8533 -0) 76 km from Forte Novo). 1.0m 13s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.8m 7s swell from the WNW and a 0.5m 8s swell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 43 minutes ago Forte Novo

Expand

View all

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Forte Novo surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.