Surf-Forecast | Sacor Surf Guide

Sacor Surf Guide

Sacor in Douro and Minho is an exposed beach and reef break that has reasonably consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the east southeast. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the west northwest. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It's sometimes crowded here. Watch out for locals and pollution.

Sacor Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach and reef	2	fairly consistent	16.3°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Sacor:

The best conditions reported for surf at Sacor occur when a West-northwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East-southeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

What's the best time of year to surf Sacor (for consistent clean waves)?

decemberBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Sacor with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of December. Clean surfable waves are typically found 47% of the time in December while 51% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 2% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

47%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

51%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Sacor Location Map

Interactive Sacor surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Sacor is Porto Airport (OPO) in Acores, 6 km (4 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Sacor is Vila Real Airport (VRL), also in Acores, 83 km (52 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Sacor Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Friday, 19 June 2026, 21:52 Local Time

m, °C	Fri	Saturday 20
ft, °F	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross	cross

Tides at Sacor

Current tide and informaton

For Leixoes, Portugal, 2 km from Sacor.

Next High Water: 08:33am | 2.92m

Next Low Water: 02:18am | 0.9m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Sacor Sea Temperature

The water temperature (16.3 °C) at Sacor is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (19.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 16.3°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite