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Vila Praia de Ancora surf break

Vila Praia de Ancora surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 16 Feb 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 10PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.7m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)--
Afternoon (16 Feb)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (16 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3.5
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
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
3.5
W
4
WNW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121313141313131212121212121212111112131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)381139193344485240313641309025632081182416191678142515381660302337305515796083146864551549954783
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
30
S
35
S
40
SSW
40
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
2.69
2:49AM
3.02
3:09PM
2.83
3:22AM
3.15
3:42PM
2.93
3:55AM
3.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35PM
0.34
9:02AM
0.18
9:07PM
0.20
9:35AM
0.06
9:40PM
0.11
10:07AM
0.00
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise------7:28-------7:26-------7:26-
Sunset-6:08-------6:09-------6:10------
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light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--11-11-------1411111---
Temp. °C131313131313131313131212121213131211101010101012
Feels °C (?)1011121212111110101088766553123446
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