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Matosinhos surf break

Matosinhos surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 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
13.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Matosinhos today?

The current surf forecast for Matosinhos at 1PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
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!
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0
!
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)121211111111111110101019181616161616161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)939748603508508560521452396370326804175321892716345632573133373643864237397439724064
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
N
10
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
10
N
5
E
10
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offglasscross-
off		offglasscross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
2.83
1:58AM
3.01
2:18PM
2.70
2:38AM
2.89
3:03PM
2.57
3:27AM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:35AM
0.93
7:39PM
1.00
8:12AM
1.05
8:15PM
1.13
8:55AM
1.17
8:59PM
1.25
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise7:56-------7:56-------7:54-------
Sunset--5:32-------5:34-------5:35-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
----------------13222479
Temp. °C69101010998810111110999911131313121212
Feels °C (?)2677767668855676471098657
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