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Zavial surf break

Zavial surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 WET
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Zavial surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zavial sea temperature is
15.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zavial today?

The current surf forecast for Zavial at 2PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (14 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (14 Jan)8ft (2.4m)12s

Table - waves today at Zavial. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
4
4
5
5
3
3
6
6
4
4
5
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121212111212112120191817161616151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2653247123641993154311469006835834637181476227626963179297744864007518652704346423041734346
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NW
15
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
25
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
W
35
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33AM
2.07
11:58PM
2.24
12:25PM
2.18
12:44AM
2.39
1:07PM
2.30
1:23AM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37PM
0.90
6:14AM
0.81
6:26PM
0.78
6:58AM
0.66
7:06PM
0.65
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise7:48-------7:48-------7:47-------
Sunset--5:39-------5:40-------5:42-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------12---112---12
Temp. °C131415141313121313141414141313141414131312121212
Feels °C (?)1010111091091110988101091089665666
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