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Porto Covo surfForecast / Alentejo / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 07 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
15.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Porto Covo today?

The current surf forecast for Porto Covo at 8PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (07 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
1
NW
1.3
NW
1.8
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.7
WNW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)78888999111111118910131312121211111113
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)263337355338250215220172139133130991162436532154249622561935147011511009700669
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
N
10
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
W
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24PM
2.50
5:41AM
2.75
6:09PM
2.35
6:26AM
2.54
6:57PM
2.21
7:15AM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:18PM
0.41
11:58AM
0.40
12:03AM
0.58
12:43PM
0.58
12:51AM
0.75
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-
Sunset5:30-------5:31-------5:32-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C14131099891112131415151515141413121313131212
Feels °C (?)10108786810101212141313121211109109101010
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