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Porto Covo surfForecast / Alentejo / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 09 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
15.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Porto Covo today?

The current surf forecast for Porto Covo at 2AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (10 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (10 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
4
4
!
!
!
!
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
!
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.4
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121211111113131212121313131212121211111010131211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18181572113110277776691331129212491209124611091006700546486533637480570650132114261415
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
ENE
5
N
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
NNW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
2.21
7:15AM
2.32
7:50PM
2.09
8:12AM
2.13
8:53PM
2.02
9:21AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51AM
0.75
1:32PM
0.76
1:48AM
0.91
2:28PM
0.89
2:59AM
1.00
3:35PM
0.97
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----7:50-------7:50-------7:50---
Sunset------5:34-------5:35-------5:36-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131313121112121212121111111414141312121111141514
Feels °C (?)10101110101110111212109913121311101098101110
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