Zavial Surf Forecast

/ Algarve (42 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (37.05° N 8.87° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Zavial surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 WEST

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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 17.9° C
(Which is 3.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Zavial today?

The current surf forecast for Zavial at 11AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 15). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s
Evening (15 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	5s

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

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	Monday 15							Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thu 18
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	WNW	ESE	ESE	WNW	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	7	15	5	5	5	5	5	5	12	5	5	12	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	56	54	73	71	29	77	3	2	2	3	3	2	878	3	3	636	6	8	13	12	7	8	8	7
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	ESE	SSE	W	NNW	NNW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:13AM 2.22					10:17PM 2.04				10:51AM 2.25				11:47PM 2.13				12:08PM 2.41				12:50AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)					3:50PM 0.85					4:25AM 0.99				5:33PM 0.77				5:54AM 0.87				6:41PM 0.59

	Monday 15							Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thu 18
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	21	23	24	22	21	20	19	21	21	24	24	22	23	24	25	24	25	24	23	22	23	25
Feels °C (?)	16	16	19	21	20	18	17	16	16	18	19	22	22	19	20	21	23	22	25	25	25	21	21	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Algarve

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Zavial (moderate winds from the NNW at Sagres (8533 -0) 8 km from Zavial). No surfable waves
1 hour 20 minutes ago Zavial

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