Ilha do Farol surf break

Ilha do Farol surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 WET
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Ilha do Farol surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ilha do Farol sea temperature is
15.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ilha do Farol today?

The current surf forecast for Ilha do Farol at 12AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)--
Afternoon (19 Mar)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (19 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

Table - waves today at Ilha do Farol. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
2
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
SE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
SW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)6678999877788778888777910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1331601592773203363263043425316117177004785018511024868558428286229281253
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
25
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
SE
30
SSE
10
N
20
ESE
40
SE
45
SE
35
SE
45
SE
35
SSE
25
SE
35
SE
40
SE
45
ESE
40
ESE
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
off
onononononcross-
on
ononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11PM
3.24
2:29AM
3.48
2:47PM
3.36
3:05AM
3.53
3:24PM
3.43
3:43AM
3.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28PM
0.74
8:53AM
0.67
9:02PM
0.64
9:26AM
0.62
9:39PM
0.62
10:01AM
0.65
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise------6:37-------6:35-------6:33-
Sunset-6:39-------6:40-------6:42------
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
11---22----461--1412132-
Temp. °C161616161515141616161514141515151414161515151515
Feels °C (?)111211101010131398968119867131111121010
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