Nazare Big Wave Challenge Gets Yellow Alert, Could Run Saturday in Giant Waves
70-foot plus waves predicted for Portuguese big wave tow surfing competition.
Surf Forecasts:
Tonel surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 11 Dec 2025 WETForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
17.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)How big are the waves at Tonel today?
The current surf forecast for Tonel at 8AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 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) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | 10ft (3.0m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 8ft (2.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Tonel. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sun 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 3395 | 3607 | 3468 | 3056 | 2537 | 2021 | 1305 | 1223 | 1648 | 1848 | 1929 | 2402 | 8649 | 13500 | 18269 | 18912 | 17712 | 16230 | 14538 | 11884 | 10002 | 7317 | 6158 | 5087 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | off | on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:04AM 2.48 | 7:49PM 2.11 | 8:08AM 2.33 | 8:55PM 2.08 | 9:14AM 2.24 | 9:59PM 2.12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:33PM 0.66 | 1:42AM 0.87 | 2:39PM 0.75 | 2:54AM 0.93 | 3:42PM 0.79 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sun 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:39 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:19 | - | - | - |
 | |  |  | |  |  | | | |  |  | | | |  | | |  | | |  | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
Buy Less, Surf More This Black Friday
Surf-forecast is providing a free, all-access pass to our premium features and 12-day forecasts all weekend.
Quiksilver Teams Up With PrimaLoft® For World’s First Thermal Layering System for a Wetsuit.
Previously used in our snow jackets for mountain conditions, PrimaLoft® technology is making its debut in the surf industry. The aim is to bring mountain-grade warmth to the waves.
Vancouver Island’s Day Of Days With Reed Platenius
Surf-Forecast recently helped the 21-year-old Canadian pro surfer and adventurer score some cold water perfection at home.
Read more
Discover more articles and updates in the Greenroom.
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tonel surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest