Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Melides today (12 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with NW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with NW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Melides at 6PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (WEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (12 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 12s |
| Evening (12 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Melides. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Wed morning, min 15°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 12 | Tuesday 13 | Wednesday 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 12 | NW 12 | WNW 12 | NW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 142 | 137 | 386 | 421 | 456 | 521 | 458 | 389 | 346 | 304 | 292 | 314 | 360 | 310 | 286 | 258 | 201 | 189 | 149 | 146 | 185 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | on | on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | on | on | cross |
High Tide | 4:12PM2.78m | 4:27AM2.77m | 4:45PM2.63m | 4:59AM2.65m | 5:20PM2.44m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:59AM0.14m | 10:14PM0.22m | 10:33AM0.24m | 10:44PM0.36m | 11:07AM0.38m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 7:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:59 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 22 |
Feels °C | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 12 | NW 12 | WNW 12 | NW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 |
| kJ | 142 | 137 | 386 | 421 | 456 | 521 | 458 | 389 | 346 | 304 | 292 | 314 | 360 | 310 | 286 | 258 | 201 | 189 | 149 | 146 | 185 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 14 | NW 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | W 17 | NW 16 | WNW 16 | NW 15 | NW 15 |
| kJ | 65 | 134 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 57 | 104 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 12 | — | — | — | — | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | WNW 3 | NW 4 | NW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 2 | NW 3 |
| kJ | — | — | 7 | 26 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 21 | 21 | 142 | 83 | 38 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 67 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 76 | 46 | 23 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Portugal - Alentejo | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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 Melides 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