Forte Novo Surf Forecast

/ Algarve (42 surf breaks) /

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

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Forte Novo surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 WEST

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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 19.4° C
(Which is 2.1°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 3PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	11s
Evening (17 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s

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

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	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	91	85	84	57	54	33	33	33	34	55	76	103	98	87	84	82	81	79	73	71	69	68	47	44
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SSE	S	W	NW	NNE	ESE	ENE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:05PM 2.40				12:47AM 2.30					1:01PM 2.60				1:33AM 2.47				1:45PM 2.77				2:10AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)				6:39PM 0.58				6:51AM 0.67					7:27PM 0.40				7:34AM 0.49				8:04PM 0.26

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	27	28	28	27	27	26	24	25	26	26	26	25	24	24	22	24	24	25	26	24	23	23	23
Feels °C (?)	27	26	27	27	27	27	26	23	25	25	26	27	27	26	25	22	23	25	26	28	25	25	24	25

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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) 77 km from Forte Novo). 0.8m 11s groundswell from the W to make surfable waves.
1 hour 32 minutes ago Forte Novo

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