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Tonel surf break

Tonel surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 08 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
16.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tonel today?

The current surf forecast for Tonel at 1PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (08 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
2
2
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NNW
1.2
NW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NW
0.9
NNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
NW
1.2
NW
2.1
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
WNW
2
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
Period(s) (?)99999111088131312121211111011131212141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30023121117812910097109196143823922294191315731279990659606128614501451217118101607
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
25
N
15
NNE
10
NE
5
N
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:03PM
2.37
6:19AM
2.55
6:51PM
2.22
7:08AM
2.33
7:44PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
0.40
11:55PM
0.59
12:36PM
0.59
12:44AM
0.77
1:24PM
0.76
1:41AM
0.92
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise7:48-------7:48-------7:48-------
Sunset--5:35-------5:36-------5:37-----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101112131314141515151514131313121212121212131313
Feels °C (?)71091011121111111112108981010119910111112
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