Surf Forecasts:
Matosinhos surf forecast from 25 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 25 Jul, 4AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period, W swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 25 Jul, 10PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period, NW swell with 187 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 25 Jul, 4AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with W swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Matosinhos this week:
The surf forecast for Matosinhos over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 25) at 4AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 6s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 8s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Matosinhos in the next 16 days are 1.4m 7s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 25) at 10PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (WEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 4AM (Sat 25th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 4AM (Sat 25th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 6s |
| Most Powerful | 10PM (Sat 25th Jul) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Matosinhos over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's chew the fat on what's cookin' at Matosinhos for the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you, though – this isn't a classic run for the place. The charts are lookin' pretty flat and the wind just won't play nice for most of it.
We're kickin' off on Friday the 24th, but honestly, it's a write-off. Only 2ft of weak, short-period slop from the WSW with a cross-onshore breeze making a mess of it. The water's sitting at 70°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – a solid 5° above average, so you can leave the thick suit at home.
The only real glimmer in this whole forecast is Saturday morning, the 25th. It's not big, but check it out: the wind goes glassy, dead calm from the NNW, and we get a clean 3ft swell from the WNW. It's only got 6 seconds of period, so it's a bit of a weak, windswally wave (66 combined energy), but glassy conditions at Matosinhos are a rare treat. That's your standout window for the whole 16 days. Get on it early, because by the afternoon that NW wind cranks up to 18 mph cross-onshore and it'll be a lumpy mess.
After that short burst, we hit a long, dry spell. Sunday the 26th through to Monday the 4th of August is pretty much a no-go. We get some swell pulses – a few days with up to 5ft around the 3rd and 4th of August with combined energy hitting 276 and 336 – but every single window is plagued by cross-onshore or onshore wind. That's a solid 10-day stretch of poor to marginal conditions. There's a little pulse of long-period groundswell (11 seconds) on the 2nd of August, giving us 3ft from the WNW and 194 energy, but the wind is still cross-shore, so even that won't clean up proper.
From Monday the 4th right through to Saturday the 8th of August, it's the same sad story – small surf and messy cross-shore winds. The wave energy is moderate at times, hitting 336 on the 4th, but the period stays short and the wind is just awful. For a beach-and-reef setup like Matosinhos, when it's this lumpy and onshore, honestly, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.
So there you have it. One window: Saturday morning the 25th. Otherwise, it's a blank run for what feels like an age. It's a quiet time of year, so it's not a total shock, but it's sure frustrating.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the NNW by Sat afternoon). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | W 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | NW 7 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 7 | NW 11 | NW 9 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 9 | NW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 14 | 58 | 64 | 103 | 184 | 46 | 67 | 61 | 40 | 117 | 122 | 113 | 88 | 83 | 49 | 64 | 63 | 33 | 29 | 26 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-on | glassy | cross | on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | on | on | on |
High Tide | 00:19AM3.23m | 12:36PM3.37m | 00:53AM3.20m | 1:08PM3.36m | 1:25AM3.13m | 1:40PM3.29m | 1:57AM3.03m | 2:12PM3.20m | 2:29AM2.90m | 2:45PM3.08m | 3:03AM2.77m | 3:21PM2.95m | 3:43AM2.64m | |||||||
Low Tide | 6:11PM0.76m | 6:21AM0.76m | 6:44PM0.75m | 6:52AM0.79m | 7:17PM0.79m | 7:24AM0.84m | 7:50PM0.86m | 7:54AM0.93m | 8:22PM0.97m | 8:26AM1.05m | 8:57PM1.10m | 8:59AM1.17m | 9:36PM1.23m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — |
 | 8:59 | — | — | 8:58 | — | — | 8:58 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:54 | — | — | 8:53 | — |
mm | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
Feels °C | 19 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 6 | WNW 6 | W 10 | — | NW 6 | WNW 9 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 9 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 9 | NW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 |
| kJ | 5 | 58 | 64 | 2 | — | 46 | 8 | 61 | 27 | 117 | 122 | 113 | 88 | 83 | 49 | 64 | 63 | 33 | 29 | 26 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 7 | WNW 8 | W 11 | — | — | WNW 9 | NW 13 | WNW 9 | NW 11 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | — | — | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | — | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 4 |
| kJ | 5 | 23 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 6 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 11 | 20 | — | 3 | 10 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 12 | WNW 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | — | — | WNW 6 | NW 7 | — | NW 6 | — | — | NW 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 3 | — |
| kJ | 14 | — | — | 103 | 184 | — | 67 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 311 | 2 | 2 | 205 | 210 | 54 | 189 | 2 | 2 | 159 | 2 | 3 | 170 | 40 | 59 | 189 | 16 | 210 | 237 | 163 |
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