Paul do Mar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.76° N 17.24° W

Issued: 12 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Paul do Mar sea temperature is

24.1° C

Paul do Mar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Paul do Mar today (21 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with WNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Paul do Mar at 8PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Afternoon (21 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	13s
Evening (21 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	6s

Table - waves today at Paul do Mar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 19°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 21					Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 11	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	N 6	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 8	SSW 13	N 8	N 8	SSW 13	WNW 9	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	44	59	58	58	64	70	77	79	79	79	136	33	173	173	32	28	28	28	29	29	28
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide	7:50AM1.58m				8:12PM1.60m				8:50AM1.51m				9:18PM1.47m					10:01AM1.48m
Low Tide			1:51PM0.60m				2:28AM0.61m				2:59PM0.69m				3:33AM0.69m					4:20PM0.72m


	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	9:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:14	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	24	24	23	20	20	20	20	22	23	24	23	21	20	20	19	22	23	23	23	20
Feels °C	22	23	24	23	19	19	20	20	23	24	24	24	21	20	20	18	22	24	22	22	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 11	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 9	N 7	N 7	N 8	N 8	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 8	WNW 8	WNW 8
kJ	44	58	57	38	55	55	54	35	79	79	136	144	32	26	26	26	15	15	14	14	14
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 8	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12
kJ	14	59	58	58	34	34	34	55	32	32	32	32	33	33	32	28	28	28	29	29	28
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	NNW 8	S 9	N 8	S 9	S 9	E 5	E 5	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 18	S 18	S 18
kJ	21	6	2	10	2	1	5	5	50	50	52	33	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 7	N 7	N 7	—	ENE 5	N 7	NE 3	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8
kJ	42	46	47	47	64	70	77	79	—	9	65	2	173	173	144	137	137	134	134	134	137
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	524	524	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1			1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	8	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	6	9

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