Vila Praia de Ancora surf break

Vila Praia de Ancora surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 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
13.6° 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 9AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (15 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111131313121216161515161514141413131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)115010611277168620562340219721244600624263996395692057684823417833722567196515991289131014741569
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
0
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise---6:56-------6:54-------6:52----
Sunset-------8:15-------8:15-------8:16
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141312121314151413121111131414131110101013161614
Feels °C (?)12121010111213131311101013121211987710121110
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