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Zavial surf break

Zavial surfForecast / Algarve / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 19 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
15.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Zavial today?

The current surf forecast for Zavial at 12AM is: 1.0m 19s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)--
Afternoon (20 Jan)--
Evening (20 Jan)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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)
0
0
0
0
3
2
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
NW
0.2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
Period(s) (?)111111211019181716161515151515151414141413131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)00044475672102614101849292430232324254226272937320733063344328244793102353044115546
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
35
W
35
WNW
40
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:53PM
2.58
3:07AM
2.88
3:27PM
2.62
3:41AM
2.91
4:01PM
2.63
4:15AM
2.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:46AM
0.31
8:50PM
0.33
9:20AM
0.24
9:23PM
0.29
9:53AM
0.22
9:57PM
0.29
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise7:46-------7:46-------7:45-------
Sunset--5:45-------5:45-------5:46-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------12231-----
Temp. °C101213131312121212131414141414141416161614141414
Feels °C (?)56789777881010999891211106556
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