Viana do Castelo surf break

Viana do Castelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 28 Aug 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
17.4° C
(Which is 1.6°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 1PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (28 Aug)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (28 Aug)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sun
31
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
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1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
2
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121213131212121212121211111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)219720412095196022042170210720101682182119931818181817151427137611761080996866694621625772
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNE
5
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglassonglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
3.03
6:41PM
3.03
7:02AM
2.90
7:15PM
2.84
7:38AM
2.76
7:56PM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:27PM
0.98
12:47AM
0.99
1:02PM
1.13
1:20AM
1.17
1:43PM
1.30
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sun
31
Sunrise-6:56-------6:56-------6:58------
Sunset-----8:15-------8:14-------8:12--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------11-------------1
Temp. °C161518202019171717172021212019191919212121211919
Feels °C (?)151417181817171818192121212121212120222020211921
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Douro & Minho

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Viana do Castelo (light winds from the NNW at Viana DO Castelo / C.c. 6 km from Viana do Castelo). A 2.4m groundswell from the WNW is too big for here

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2 h 57 min ago

14 km/h
NNW
Cross-Off
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