Vila Praia de Ancora Surf Forecast

/ Douro & Minho (25 surf breaks) /

Portugal (220 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (41.81° N 8.87° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Vila Praia de Ancora surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 23 Aug 2025 WEST

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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 17.5° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Vila Praia de Ancora at 4AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Afternoon (23 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Evening (23 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

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		Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	NW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	11	11	10	9	9	8	10	20	20	20	21
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	238	209	169	113	101	94	93	89	92	115	94	91	73	124	181	219	268	272	170	496	563	729	813	1210
Wind (km/h)	N	NE	ESE	E	SSW	W	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NNE	NE	NW	NW	NW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:48AM 2.82					4:01PM 3.15				4:24AM 2.87				4:37PM 3.17				4:57AM 2.88				5:10PM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)	9:40PM 0.15				9:46AM 0.24					10:16PM 0.09				10:21AM 0.18				10:49PM 0.09				10:55AM 0.18

		Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	21	19	24	23	23	21	18	17	16	16	19	22	21	20	17	17	16	16	19	22	21	20
Feels °C (?)	22	21	21	18	23	22	22	20	17	17	17	17	19	21	19	18	16	19	16	17	20	21	19	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Douro & Minho

Wind Update Wind reports 49 km away suggest it is still onshore at Vila Praia de Ancora (light winds from the SSW.(Wind varies from 180 to 240 degs) at Vigo/Peinador Airport). 0.9m 7s swell from the NNW with a 0.5m 10s swell from the WNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 50 minutes ago Vila Praia de Ancora

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49 km away, 1 h 50 min ago

11 km/h

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17.5

Air / Water (°C)

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