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Praia de Faro surf break

Praia de Faro surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 WET
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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
15.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Praia de Faro today?

The current surf forecast for Praia de Faro at 12AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
4
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
1.9
WSW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)13121312121110101312121211710101013131314131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9087625778938680113292303422534547126711376921791193218341748164715041221
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
W
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
25
SSW
40
SW
25
WSW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:44PM
2.04
9:11AM
2.02
9:54PM
2.04
10:26AM
2.00
11:00PM
2.11
11:31AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15PM
0.91
2:47AM
1.01
3:24PM
0.98
4:07AM
1.01
4:34PM
0.97
5:17AM
0.93
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise------7:45-------7:43-------7:43-
Sunset5:34-------5:35-------5:36-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------5321-------
Temp. °C121213121212121314141515151413151514131212111114
Feels °C (?)1011121111111010111099888810101010108912
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