Tonel surf break

Tonel surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 WEST
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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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tonel today?

The current surf forecast for Tonel at 1PM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (16 Apr)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
3
4
3
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
WNW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)161616151515141414131313121212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)437451555601558853764578381334083009226518301673125610821082124312231029821857681657533458
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
25
N
20
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
30
N
30
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
15
N
10
NE
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
N
15
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:31PM
2.88
2:45AM
3.05
3:09PM
3.01
3:27AM
3.09
3:49PM
3.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:19AM
0.04
8:33PM
0.10
8:56AM
-0.06
9:14PM
-0.02
9:35AM
-0.07
9:55PM
-0.05
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise--7:01------6:58-------6:58------
Sunset-----8:09-------8:10-------8:12--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141415171715171718181918181918181918171817171717
Feels °C (?)9911131310121314141716151614151714141515161515
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