Vale do Lobo surf break

Vale do Lobo surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 WET
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Vale do Lobo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Vale do Lobo sea temperature is
15.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Vale do Lobo today?

The current surf forecast for Vale do Lobo at 8AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

Table - waves today at Vale do Lobo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)121111111112121212121313131213121211111013121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2462292171671231951921921521571291299087625678938880149258393380
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
10
N
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
WNW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
0
NE
5
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonglassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:05AM
2.33
7:41PM
2.11
8:02AM
2.14
8:44PM
2.04
9:12AM
2.02
9:54PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:39AM
0.76
1:19PM
0.77
1:36AM
0.92
2:16PM
0.91
2:47AM
1.01
3:24PM
0.98
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise--7:45-------7:45-------7:45-----
Sunset----5:32-------5:34-------5:35---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101010131413111110101113141313131212121414141515
Feels °C (?)7781111118988912121213131211101111101110
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