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Ponta Ruiva surf break

Ponta Ruiva surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 18 Mar 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
14.5° C
 (Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ponta Ruiva today?

The current surf forecast for Ponta Ruiva at 2PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)7ft (2.2m)14s
Afternoon (18 Mar)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (18 Mar)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
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)
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
5
4
4
4
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2
WNW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
2.1
SW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)141515141417161616151414141413131313131313121010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19833265328128832626550544053903374630042554220218951541136713801147946796581527423865588
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SE
20
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
40
SE
50
ESE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
45
SE
30
ESE
25
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
2.82
2:16AM
3.08
2:38PM
2.94
2:52AM
3.13
3:13PM
2.99
3:29AM
3.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54AM
0.06
8:03PM
0.11
8:28AM
-0.06
8:38PM
0.01
9:02AM
-0.09
9:15PM
-0.02
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise6:43-------6:41-------6:39-------
Sunset---6:45-------6:45-------6:46----
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
21111-41041--431---29----
Temp. °C151616161616151212141516151514151516151415151515
Feels °C (?)101099976869119799109109610121414
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