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Leca surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 WET
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Leca surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Leca sea temperature is
13.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Leca today?

The current surf forecast for Leca at 12AM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)--
Afternoon (18 Mar)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (18 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
5
!
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
1
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)141415141415151417161516151414141413131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1247117212921223128019282258196643434272320427932279166713031154947805690551469395330283
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
E
15
E
20
E
25
E
15
E
10
S
10
SSE
5
NE
10
NW
5
NW
10
SE
5
SE
10
ENE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35PM
3.14
12:52AM
3.26
1:13PM
2.98
1:33AM
3.08
1:59PM
2.80
2:27AM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:38PM
0.76
7:06AM
0.81
7:17PM
0.92
7:50AM
1.00
8:04PM
1.11
8:46AM
1.19
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------6:41-------6:39-------6:39-
Sunset-6:43-------6:44-------6:45------
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------2-----------1--122
Temp. °C171615141414131518181615151516171718151414131314
Feels °C (?)141413121212111115161412111012141416131313131213
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