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Tonel surf break

Tonel surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 11 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
15.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Tonel today?

The current surf forecast for Tonel at 10AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (11 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (11 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
3.5
W
2.4
WSW
2.2
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121313131212121111101010121212121111101213131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1486147512861075760603603437398389394624124012591224133217832795114613882862307040014297
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SW
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
40
SSW
50
SSW
35
SSW
40
SW
45
WSW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
2.14
8:48PM
2.04
9:15AM
2.02
9:58PM
2.03
10:29AM
1.99
11:04PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:41AM
0.92
2:21PM
0.90
2:52AM
1.01
3:29PM
0.98
4:12AM
1.02
4:39PM
0.97
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise--7:48-------7:48-------7:48-----
Sunset----5:37-------5:38-------5:39---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------33111--1
Temp. °C121212121313131314141414151515161414151515151414
Feels °C (?)111111111212111112111091099958878989
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