Vila Praia de Ancora surf break

Vila Praia de Ancora surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 16 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 2PM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)15s
Afternoon (16 Apr)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
3
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)151516151414141313131212121212121111111110101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63996395692057684823417833062567196517391310131014741361154313551162991869656564502343292
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
0
NNW
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
ESE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrossglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07PM
3.01
3:22AM
3.19
3:45PM
3.15
4:03AM
3.24
4:24PM
3.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
0.05
9:10PM
0.10
9:33AM
-0.06
9:50PM
-0.03
10:12AM
-0.08
10:32PM
-0.07
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:54-------6:52-------6:50------
Sunset-----8:15-------8:16-------8:17--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314151413111010101216161413131212161918181615
Feels °C (?)1313141312118787912121011111010151817171513
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