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Porto Covo surfForecast / Alentejo / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 WET
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Porto Covo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Porto Covo sea temperature is
15.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Porto Covo today?

The current surf forecast for Porto Covo at 3PM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (12 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (12 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

Table - waves today at Porto Covo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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)
3
2
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0
0
0
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4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
W
3.5
W
2.1
W
2.1
WNW
2.5
WNW
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)101312121211111110121313131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)490124612881315139613021694265387312482239509349434845450746244339367130692381191313651125833
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
15
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNW
15
N
5
NE
5
E
5
SSE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrossglassoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		glassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
2.01
10:03PM
2.02
10:35AM
1.98
11:10PM
2.09
11:40AM
2.04
12:05AM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35PM
0.97
4:18AM
1.01
4:45PM
0.96
5:28AM
0.93
5:45PM
0.89
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------
Sunset--5:36-------5:37-------5:37-----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------36111111----------
Temp. °C111414131414131314141413121212111114151313121211
Feels °C (?)8101199988991011101011101013131011111110
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