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 am Monday 20 Oct 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 17.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 8AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Evening (20 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s

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

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	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thu 23
	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	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WNW	WSW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	124	121	116	113	144	194	326	404	325	754	954	826	729	712	361	331	331	331	333	282	347	346	453	878
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	W	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:39AM 2.71				2:51PM 2.83				3:09AM 2.79				3:22PM 2.83				3:38AM 2.82				3:53PM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)			8:41AM 0.33				8:59PM 0.24				9:12AM 0.27				9:27PM 0.24				9:43AM 0.26				9:56PM 0.29

	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thu 23
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	19	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	21	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Feels °C (?)	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	22	21	20	21	21	20	20	20	20	21

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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). 1.0m 9s swell from the WNW with a 0.7m 10s swell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
39 minutes ago The Reef

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22 km away, 39 min ago

2 km/h

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17.7

Air / Water (°C)

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