Ilha do Farol Surf Forecast

/ Algarve (42 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (36.97° N 7.87° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Ilha do Farol surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 WEST

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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 19.6° C
(Which is 2.0°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 7AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	5s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	5s
Evening (18 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	5s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	10	23	28	27	27	15	21	29	30	38	38	39	65	70	49	68	85	47	64	32	31	20	15	11
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	E	E	SE	SSE	SSE	ESE	ENE	ENE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	SSE	WSW	NW	NNE	E	SSE	SW	WSW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					1:09PM 2.97				1:43AM 2.86				1:55PM 3.12				2:22AM 3.00				2:33PM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)			7:16AM 1.26				7:52PM 1.00				8:04AM 1.09				8:34PM 0.86				8:43AM 0.96				9:09PM 0.78

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	23	24	26	25	24	23	23	21	22	23	23	24	24	23	23	22	23	23	24	25	25	22
Feels °C (?)	23	23	23	23	27	28	27	26	24	21	23	25	26	27	26	25	26	24	24	24	24	24	22	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Algarve

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ilha do Farol (calm at Tavira wx 25 km from Ilha do Farol). 0.5m 7s swell from the SSW with a 0.4m 4s local chop from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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