The Reef Surf Forecast

/ Ericeira (18 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (38.93° N 9.42° W)

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The Reef surfForecast / Ericeira / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 WEST

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The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's The Reef sea temperature is 18.7° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Reef today?

The current surf forecast for The Reef at 7PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (13 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	12s
Evening (13 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	11s

Table - waves today at The Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1074	1037	940	882	945	961	945	995	1012	1142	1131	1176	1155	1176	1110	1035	2424	2618	3284	3234	3031	2715	2418	2113
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			7:40PM 2.43				8:09AM 2.41				8:56PM 2.18				9:33AM 2.27					10:36PM 2.07				11:10AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	1:20PM 0.49				1:45AM 0.70				2:31PM 0.72				3:01AM 0.92					4:10PM 0.85				4:43AM 0.99

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	19	20	19	17	16	16	16	16	17	19
Feels °C (?)	16	17	18	17	18	17	18	19	17	17	16	15	15	14	16	16	14	11	10	11	12	13	14	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Ericeira

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at The Reef (moderate winds from the NNW at Sintra/Granja 13 km from The Reef). 1.9m 11s groundswell from the NW with a 0.7m 4s local chop from the NNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
3 hours 23 minutes ago The Reef

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3 h 23 min ago

25 km/h

NNW

Cross-On

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