Vale do Lobo surf break

Vale do Lobo surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 19 Mar 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
15.0° C
(Which is 1.2°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 11PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 19). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)--
Afternoon (19 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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


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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
SW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)14141414131313138131381099999988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)660542452294216195145142959355112407491427349281221216184156156160160
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
35
SSE
25
SE
10
SSE
20
SSW
15
SE
20
SE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
SE
15
S
20
SSE
15
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
25
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:33PM
2.95
2:47AM
3.14
3:09PM
3.00
3:25AM
3.10
3:46PM
2.97
4:05AM
2.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
0.00
8:57AM
-0.10
9:10PM
-0.03
9:33AM
-0.04
9:49PM
0.03
10:11AM
0.10
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:33-
Sunset-6:42-------6:43-------6:44------
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
28374---1221-111--------
Temp. °C151515131413141515141515151515151615151415141515
Feels °C (?)109111211111198791313131110121212111191111
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