Matosinhos surf break

Matosinhos surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 18 Dec 2025 WET
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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
15.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Matosinhos today?

The current surf forecast for Matosinhos at 11PM is: 4.0m 18s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm December 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Dec)--
Afternoon (18 Dec)15ft (4.5m)19s
Evening (18 Dec)15ft (4.5m)17s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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0
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0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
Period(s) (?)191917181617161616171615151514141414131314151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)145991550011125999277478344692669586856666240754625395233402638209922202780383149155849690368186564
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
40
S
10
WSW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
10
N
5
N
5
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
30
WNW
30
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:05PM
2.83
1:24AM
2.94
1:45PM
2.70
2:04AM
2.86
2:28PM
2.59
2:47AM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:03PM
1.04
7:34AM
1.09
7:40PM
1.15
8:16AM
1.18
8:21PM
1.26
9:02AM
1.26
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------7:54-------7:54-------7:56-
Sunset5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-21451----------26121-122
Temp. °C151313121111111112121110101011111312111111101011
Feels °C (?)7612755567777886575346445
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