Vila Praia de Ancora surf break

Vila Praia de Ancora surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 22 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
14.5° C
(Which is normal 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 9AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (22 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (22 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
!
!
!
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
!
!
!
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)12121212131313109999101111111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8439191338135514741255640435517521466477556846118611441046883831721694608608586
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
SW
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
5
W
5
NE
5
E
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
ENE
0
NNE
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
offglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
2.58
7:39PM
2.71
8:25AM
2.35
8:52PM
2.54
9:49AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59AM
0.33
1:16PM
0.60
2:05AM
0.56
2:23PM
0.82
3:26AM
0.71
3:47PM
0.93
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---6:45-------6:43-------6:41----
Sunset-------8:22-------8:23-------8:24
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C131312121416161513131213161817161413131315171716
Feels °C (?)1112981012131312121012141514131212121214141413
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