Praia do Rock surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 WEST
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Praia do Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Praia do Rock sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Praia do Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Praia do Rock at 9AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (20 Aug)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (20 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

Table - waves today at Praia do Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1
NW
0.3
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
1.8
NW
2
NNW
1.7
NNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)6666655565151413667121111111010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)8298113117143130105117115100118171247394547509405358317295228253207244
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
20
NW
35
NW
35
NNW
20
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
E
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
5
NNE
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
2.38
1:48PM
2.68
2:22AM
2.54
2:38PM
2.87
3:07AM
2.68
3:21PM
3.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:31AM
0.69
8:11PM
0.44
8:23AM
0.51
8:58PM
0.27
9:06AM
0.35
9:38PM
0.15
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
Sunrise-6:48-------6:48-------6:50------
Sunset-----8:27-------8:25-------8:23--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161518201919181716151821212020212019232224232522
Feels °C (?)161517161515151716141818171618202018232021212422
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Douro & Minho

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Praia do Rock (light winds from the NE.(Wind varies from 360 to 100 degs) at Porto/Pedras Rubras Airport 17 km from Praia do Rock). 1.1m 6s windswell from the NW with a 0.5m 13s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
NE
0.0
17.2
Air / Water (°C)
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