Vale do Lobo surf break

Vale do Lobo surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am 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 10AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (14 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (14 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
4
3
1
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
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
1.1
W
1.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121212222019181716161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173615021226996965813666469374317246196242530904110616681335180717621652147915601798
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
NW
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WSW
20
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NW
20
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
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
glasscross-
on
onononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31AM
2.06
11:55PM
2.23
12:22PM
2.17
12:41AM
2.38
1:05PM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
0.93
5:35PM
0.89
6:11AM
0.80
6:23PM
0.77
6:55AM
0.65
7:03PM
0.64
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise--7:45-------7:43-------7:43-----
Sunset----5:37-------5:37-------5:38---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------21----12--
Temp. °C121111141514141212111113141414131111121414121110
Feels °C (?)10991313111110109101110109108811109775
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