Praia de Faro surf break

Praia de Faro surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 29 Sep 2025 WEST
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Praia de Faro surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Praia de Faro sea temperature is
20.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Praia de Faro today?

The current surf forecast for Praia de Faro at 1PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (29 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (29 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

Table - waves today at Praia de Faro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
W
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111010101010109915141413131212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4713202591981531501127419181896622213634332956464240
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
SSW
20
SW
5
SW
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
10
E
20
SE
15
S
10
W
15
NW
10
NNW
15
E
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:48PM
1.84
8:29AM
1.94
9:34PM
1.79
10:15AM
1.97
11:08PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26PM
1.03
1:45AM
1.13
3:01PM
1.12
3:33AM
1.17
4:50PM
1.03
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise--7:24-------7:24-------7:26-----
Sunset-----7:19-------7:16-------7:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181820232020232322212223212122242221222324232424
Feels °C (?)171719231820232322212121202121232021242223222122
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Algarve

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Praia de Faro (moderate winds from the NNW at Sagres (8533 -0) 85 km from Praia de Faro). 1.2m 7s swell from the WSW with a 0.6m 11s groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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