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 Monday 15 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 18.9° C
(Which is 1.6°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 11PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Sep)	8ft (2.4m)	14s
Evening (15 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	13s

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

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	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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)	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	2	3	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2293	3041	3185	2884	2884	2576	2331	1999	1999	1610	1474	1193	1087	915	787	673	553	458	484	403	458	625	625	625
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	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- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				10:36PM 2.07				11:10AM 2.29				12:07AM 2.15				12:28PM 2.45					1:10AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)		4:10PM 0.85				4:43AM 0.99				5:50PM 0.77				6:12AM 0.88				7:00PM 0.60					7:12AM 0.69

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	16	16	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	17	17	16	19	23	22	21	20	19	21	21	23	25
Feels °C (?)	15	12	12	12	13	14	15	18	18	16	14	14	14	13	17	21	19	18	17	16	19	19	21	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Ericeira

Wind Update Cross-on wind has become light (calm at Torres Vedras wx 22 km from The Reef). 2.7m 13s groundswell from the NW with a 1.1m 5s windswell from the N. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
59 minutes ago The Reef

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22 km away, 59 min ago

3 km/h

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18.9

Air / Water (°C)

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