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Tonel surf break

Tonel surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 WET
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Tonel surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tonel sea temperature is
16.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tonel today?

The current surf forecast for Tonel at 2PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (06 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (06 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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

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Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.1
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.8
NW
1.7
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
Period(s) (?)101010109999997888889999111188
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)145414841314107988470254843933134223334744743938333028625220717812610098107
Wind
(km/h)
35
N
40
N
35
N
35
N
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNW
25
WNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:34PM
2.65
4:50AM
2.95
5:18PM
2.51
5:34AM
2.77
6:03PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:24AM
0.08
10:28PM
0.28
11:08AM
0.23
11:11PM
0.42
11:51AM
0.40
11:55PM
0.59
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise7:48-------7:48-------7:48-------
Sunset--5:32-------5:34-------5:35-----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------2--------------
Temp. °C101112121111121213151414131110101011121313141515
Feels °C (?)12443687887887677910910111111
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