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Zavial surf break

Zavial surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 11 Dec 2025 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
17.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Zavial today?

The current surf forecast for Zavial at 5PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (11 Dec)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (11 Dec)6ft (1.8m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
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)
3
3
1
3
3
3
3
2
0
3
5
5
0
0
0
4
3
3
3
4
3
2
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
W
2.3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131617191818181717171616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21871872162413171028938110612291336158452107236994299709008811976286631545139513412278720901624
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
E
15
SE
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
ESE
20
SW
30
S
5
SW
10
N
10
ENE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
E
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		oncrossoffoffglasscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
2.48
7:47PM
2.13
8:07AM
2.34
8:54PM
2.09
9:13AM
2.25
9:58PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32PM
0.67
1:41AM
0.88
2:37PM
0.76
2:53AM
0.94
3:40PM
0.80
4:02AM
0.92
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Sunrise7:37-------7:39-------7:39-------
Sunset--5:17-------5:17-------5:19-----
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
--111--1311-111---------
Temp. °C131516151514141213151615151514141517181716161514
Feels °C (?)111414141513148814151499881012141312121110
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