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Vila Praia de Ancora surf break

Vila Praia de Ancora surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 WET
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Vila Praia de Ancora surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Vila Praia de Ancora sea temperature is
13.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Vila Praia de Ancora today?

The current surf forecast for Vila Praia de Ancora at 3AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (18 Mar)11ft (3.5m)17s
Evening (18 Mar)11ft (3.5m)16s

Table - waves today at Vila Praia de Ancora. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
4
4
2
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)141414141414171616161514141413131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)257724482707343638753196771265845446475336952946258221561778159912491112951864689471403303
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
20
SSE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
E
15
E
10
SE
5
SSE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
15
SW
10
WNW
15
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
0
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
3.08
2:39PM
2.95
2:52AM
3.22
3:14PM
3.08
3:28AM
3.29
3:49PM
3.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:05PM
0.29
8:31AM
0.07
8:40PM
0.11
9:04AM
-0.06
9:15PM
0.00
9:39AM
-0.11
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----6:43-------6:41-------6:39---
Sunset-------6:44-------6:45-------6:46
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141413141314181715141313161817151414141314161514
Feels °C (?)11111012111216161311910131516131313141213131314
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