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Ponta Ruiva surf break

Ponta Ruiva surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 WET
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Ponta Ruiva surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ponta Ruiva sea temperature is
15.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ponta Ruiva today?

The current surf forecast for Ponta Ruiva at 7PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 1.3m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)11ft (3.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
!
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.9
NW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121313131313121212121212121212112120191817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)364638544576464641623880385437973508200114741200110687470157115272840390145285468495768636411
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
15
N
15
NW
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
SW
35
SW
25
N
25
NNW
25
NW
30
WNW
30
W
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:05PM
2.11
11:34AM
2.06
12:00AM
2.23
12:26PM
2.17
12:45AM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:39PM
0.97
5:22AM
0.93
5:39PM
0.89
6:16AM
0.80
6:28PM
0.77
7:00AM
0.66
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise------7:48-------7:48-------7:48-
Sunset5:39-------5:40-------5:42-------
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1--11------------13----2
Temp. °C151414131314131414141313131313141414141414141414
Feels °C (?)1010121091099988101010910889109787
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