Tonel surf break

Tonel surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 13 Dec 2025 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
16.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Tonel today?

The current surf forecast for Tonel at 8AM is: 5.0m 18s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 13). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Dec)15ft (4.5m)18s
Afternoon (13 Dec)13ft (4.0m)17s
Evening (13 Dec)11ft (3.5m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)181818171716161614141414131313141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1621514826133791157295997084572748913484290326062197173014981632185821411950194418341575164313631170
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
40
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
20
NNE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
S
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
5
W
15
WSW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SSW
40
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:14AM
2.24
9:59PM
2.12
10:16AM
2.21
10:54PM
2.20
11:12AM
2.23
11:41PM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:54AM
0.93
3:42PM
0.79
4:03AM
0.91
4:37PM
0.77
5:02AM
0.85
5:24PM
0.73
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
Sunrise--7:39-------7:39-------7:41-----
Sunset----5:19-------5:19-------5:19---
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
Rain (mm)
11--------------------135
Temp. °C151515171818181615141516161616161516161616141413
Feels °C (?)889111414131111111214151515141414131111967
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