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Porto da Cruz Surf Photo: 'TiPi' by Dan Henriksson

Issued: 12 pm 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

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1.8°

Porto da Cruz surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNW	SE	SE	NNW	N
	13 s	cross	5 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 December at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNW	SSE	SE	NNW	N
	13 s	cross- off	5 s	13 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 December at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNW	ESE		NNW	N
	12 s	glass		13 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 December at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNW	ESE		NW	N
	12 s	cross		12 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 December at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SE		NW	NNE
	12 s	cross		12 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 December at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SSE		NW	NNE
	12 s	cross- off		12 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 December at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SSE	SE	NW	NNE
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 December at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SSE	SE	NW	NW
	12 s	cross- off	5 s	12 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 December at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	S	SSE	NW	NW
	12 s	cross- off	3 s	12 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 December at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	S	SSE	NW	NW
	15 s	cross- off	3 s	15 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 December at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SSE	S	NW	N
	14 s	cross- off	3 s	14 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 December at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SSE	SSE	NW	N
	14 s	cross- off	4 s	14 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 December at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SSE	SSE	NW	N
	15 s	cross- off	4 s	15 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 December at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SSE	S	NW	N
	14 s	cross- off	4 s	14 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 December at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SSE	S	NW	NNW
	14 s	cross- off	4 s	14 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 December at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	S	S	NW	NNW
	14 s	cross- off	4 s	14 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 December at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	S	S	NW	NNW
	14 s	cross- off	4 s	14 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 December at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Porto da Cruz around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 7 minutes after high water (at high ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.7m (5.5 ft). Range 2.75m (9.0 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Porto da Cruz Surf Photo: 'TiPi' by Dan Henriksson

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User: Dan Henriksson (34 photos)

Country: Portugal (706 photos)

Photo taken at: 10:32 am 6 Dec 2015