Surf Forecasts:
Vale do Lobo surf forecast from 20 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 22 Jul, 10PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period, WNW swell with 56 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Vale do Lobo this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Vale do Lobo in the next 16 days are 1.0m 5s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Jul 22) at 10PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.4m 3s period and expected on Saturday (Jul 25) at 4AM.
| Wave Type | Time (WEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 10PM (Wed 22nd Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 5s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Vale do Lobo over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, Rusty here. I’ve had a proper look over the charts for Vale do Lobo, and I gotta be straight with you—it’s a lean stretch coming up. The whole 16-day window is pretty much a write-off for any decent surf. We’re talking a long, flat spell with no real swell to get excited about.
The water is sitting at 71°F with a tiny anomaly of 0.5°F, so it’s pretty much what you’d expect for this time of year—nothing weird going on there.
The first day, Monday the 20th of July, is a total non-starter. Tiny 0.7ft swell from the west with a short 8-second period and weak energy (8). A bit of a cross-offshore breeze from the NNW at 6 mph keeps it clean, but there’s just nothing to ride. That afternoon the wind swings onshore and messes it up further.
Tuesday the 21st is more of the same—0.3ft to 0.7ft, weak, and poor. Wednesday the 22nd morning actually goes glassy with a tiny 2ft bump from the WNW, but the period is a pathetic 5 seconds and the energy is still only 28. It’s flat, mate. That pattern just keeps going day after day. We see a few moments of glassy conditions on the 27th, 30th, and 1st of August, but the swell never gets above 1.0ft. The combined energy barely cracks 45 (on the 28th afternoon) and that little SE swell is only 2ft with a 6-second period—totally weak and messy with a cross-onshore wind.
There’s simply no standout. No session worth paddling out for. The whole 16 days is a blank run. For a spot like this, that’s pretty normal in summer—the forecasts can change, but right now there’s nothing on the table. If you’re desperate for a paddle, you might get a knee-high dribble on a glassy morning, but it’s more of a swim than a surf.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 34°C on Wed afternoon, min 18°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 35°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NW by Sat afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 4 | W 7 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WNW 5 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 5 | W 9 | W 3 | WNW 5 | WNW 6 | W 4 | NW 4 | W 10 | W 10 | WNW 4 |
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 kJ | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | on | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-off | glassy | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:45PM2.46m | 8:17AM2.23m | 8:40PM2.23m | 9:16AM2.12m | 9:45PM2.06m | 10:24AM2.07m | 11:00PM1.99m | 11:35AM2.10m | 00:10AM2.02m | 12:36PM2.20m | 1:06AM2.12m | 1:25PM2.33m | 1:51AM2.25m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 1:22PM0.63m | 1:57AM0.66m | 2:16PM0.80m | 2:50AM0.83m | 3:21PM0.94m | 3:54AM0.96m | 4:40PM0.99m | 5:07AM0.99m | 5:56PM0.94m | 6:14AM0.94m | 6:55PM0.83m | 7:07AM0.83m | 7:42PM0.70m | ||||||||
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 | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — |
 | — | 8:49 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | 8:46 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | 8:45 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 29 | 21 | 27 | 31 | 24 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 32 | 35 | 26 | 31 | 33 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 24 |
Feels °C | 24 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 23 | 29 | 30 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 4 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 4 | WSW 11 | W 4 | W 5 | W 5 | W 4 | W 5 | W 9 | W 5 | W 5 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 6 | — | W 6 | WNW 4 | W 10 | W 9 |
| kJ | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | — | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 12 | SW 11 | W 7 | W 7 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 9 | — | W 9 | W 9 | — | W 8 | W 8 | — | W 8 | W 10 | W 7 | — |
| kJ | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | — | 6 | 6 | — | 1 | 5 | — | 5 | 7 | 1 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | W 11 | SW 11 | — | W 7 | W 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 4 | — | — | WNW 7 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WSW 3 | WNW 4 | — | WSW 3 | NNW 2 | WNW 5 | WSW 2 | — | — | WSW 5 | N 3 | — | W 3 | WNW 5 | NW 3 | W 4 | NW 4 | NNW 3 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 |
| kJ | — | 3 | 10 | — | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | 8 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 216 | 625 | 124 | 105 | 671 | 82 | 294 | 717 | 213 | 213 | 702 | 252 | 216 | 962 | 332 | 412 | 739 | 352 | 14 | 534 | 148 |
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