Viana do Castelo surf break

Viana do Castelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 WEST
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Viana do Castelo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Viana do Castelo sea temperature is
16.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Viana do Castelo today?

The current surf forecast for Viana do Castelo at 8AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

Table - waves today at Viana do Castelo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.8
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)1111111110101010101010111110101010101099977
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)939165645327293234125156112274259194200163163157144135381175168
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
W
10
NW
10
N
10
N
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
ononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:18AM
2.80
1:27PM
2.97
2:00AM
2.95
2:07PM
3.10
2:33AM
3.08
2:41PM
3.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
1.21
7:44PM
0.95
7:58AM
1.06
8:19PM
0.83
8:31AM
0.93
8:48PM
0.75
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise--7:48-------7:50-------7:50-----
Sunset----6:52-------6:50-------6:47---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------1363221
Temp. °C171619222119181918192123211819181717171718181817
Feels °C (?)161418211917151716182020191717161615151516171818
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Douro & Minho

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Viana do Castelo (calm at Porto/Pedras Rubras Airport 55 km from Viana do Castelo). 0.6m 11s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.5m 7s swell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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