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Vale do Lobo surf break

Vale do Lobo surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 14 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
15.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Vale do Lobo today?

The current surf forecast for Vale do Lobo at 12AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)22s
Evening (15 Jan)4ft (1.2m)19s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
0
0
2
2
4
3
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.5
W
0.8
W
1.2
W
1.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
WNW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121222201918171616161515151515151616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)96581366646937431724619623853010701106166816761807176212901635156017981751184618941894
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
30
SW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
W
20
W
25
W
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		onononcrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55PM
2.23
12:22PM
2.17
12:41AM
2.38
1:05PM
2.30
1:21AM
2.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:35PM
0.89
6:11AM
0.80
6:23PM
0.77
6:55AM
0.65
7:03PM
0.64
7:33AM
0.51
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise------7:43-------7:43-------7:43-
Sunset5:37-------5:37-------5:38-------
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------132---121---11-
Temp. °C151414121211111314131413111213141212101099912
Feels °C (?)141212101091011109910810101077576679
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