Matosinhos surf break

Matosinhos surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 WET
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Matosinhos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Matosinhos sea temperature is
13.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Matosinhos today?

The current surf forecast for Matosinhos at 1PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (14 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (14 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
WNW
2.1
W
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
W
1.2
WNW
0.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)131212121211121212122221191817171616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)351133852527180513129668577436283973761614324542807563622350705007452842994766461948935025
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
S
10
NW
10
N
0
ENE
10
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
45
S
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
20
W
15
SW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:30AM
3.17
11:48PM
3.29
12:04PM
3.12
12:20AM
3.27
12:36PM
3.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:22AM
0.72
5:33PM
0.70
5:55AM
0.71
6:04PM
0.73
6:29AM
0.75
6:35PM
0.80
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise--7:58-------7:58-------7:56-----
Sunset----5:29-------5:30-------5:30---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------38--113453211
Temp. °C10101012121211111112111112131212111011111110109
Feels °C (?)6781110101086532898986877676
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

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 Matosinhos 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.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest