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Praia do Areão

Praia de Mira · Beach break · faces west

Not great today. Best Tuesday 12:00–14:00.

Not so great right now

Dark now — see the daylight hours below.

Best left today
09:00–10:00
in 8 h
1.1 of 5Marginal
≈1.6 m · wind 10 kn
Size for you now≈1.4 min your range

Wind

Nsealand
4 kn
gusts 7
cross-offshore
Light air, from the southeast
Building to 11 kn by 20:00
Best here: offshore, from the east

Tide

2.4 m
falling
  • Low06:221.5 m
  • High12:362.6 m
  • Low19:011.3 m

Official tide predictions (WorldTides).

Best tide: Mid
Next 03:00–05:00

Next 8 days

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Best 09:00–10:00. At 09:00: Marginal, 1.1 out of 5 — about 1.6 m, wind 10 kn cross-shore. Tide 2.0 m.

Hour by hour, Today
TimeScoreSizeWindGustsTide
08:000.6 out of 51.4 m10 cross-shore201.7 m
09:001.1 out of 51.6 m10 cross-shore192.0 m
10:001.0 out of 51.8 m11 cross-shore212.2 m
11:000.5 out of 51.9 m11 cross-shore222.5 m
12:000.2 out of 52.0 m12 cross-shore232.6 m
13:000.2 out of 52.1 m12 cross-shore242.6 m
14:000.3 out of 52.1 m12 cross-shore242.5 m
15:000.6 out of 52.2 m13 cross-shore252.2 m
16:000.7 out of 52.2 m13 cross-shore251.9 m
17:000.5 out of 52.2 m12 cross-shore251.6 m
18:000.2 out of 52.2 m12 cross-shore231.4 m
19:000.2 out of 52.3 m10 cross-shore231.3 m
20:000.2 out of 52.3 m11 cross-shore201.4 m
Scoreout of 5 · 0 Not so great, 5 Fantastic

Hour by hour

Today

Best 09:00–10:00. At 09:00: Marginal, 1.1 out of 5 — about 1.6 m, wind 10 kn cross-shore. Tide 2.0 m.

Hour by hour, Today
TimeScoreSizeWindGustsTide
08:000.6 out of 51.4 m10 cross-shore201.7 m
09:001.1 out of 51.6 m10 cross-shore192.0 m
10:001.0 out of 51.8 m11 cross-shore212.2 m
11:000.5 out of 51.9 m11 cross-shore222.5 m
12:000.2 out of 52.0 m12 cross-shore232.6 m
13:000.2 out of 52.1 m12 cross-shore242.6 m
14:000.3 out of 52.1 m12 cross-shore242.5 m
15:000.6 out of 52.2 m13 cross-shore252.2 m
16:000.7 out of 52.2 m13 cross-shore251.9 m
17:000.5 out of 52.2 m12 cross-shore251.6 m
18:000.2 out of 52.2 m12 cross-shore231.4 m
19:000.2 out of 52.3 m10 cross-shore231.3 m
20:000.2 out of 52.3 m11 cross-shore201.4 m
Scoreout of 5 · 0 Not so great, 5 Fantastic

Water

16.1 °C
4/3 fullsuit (boots optional)
This week 15.3–16.1 °C
Air 13 °C · UV 0 Low · Sea Moderate

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Spot guide

Best swell
WSW–NNW
Best wind
ESE (offshore)
Best tide
Mid
First–last light
07:25–19:16

Hazards rip alongside the rock groyne · shifting sandbanks · overtopping and dune loss behind the groynes

Shared forecast The offshore forecast here is shared with Praia da Barra, Praia da Costa Nova, Praia da Torreira, Praia da Vagueira, Praia de São Jacinto, Praia do Palheirão. Wave models resolve about 8 km, so neighbouring beaches read the same swell. What separates them is orientation, seabed and tide, not the forecast.

Nearby spots Praia da Vagueira, Praia de Mira, Praia da Costa Nova, Praia da Barra, Praia do Palheirão

Swimming conditionsTide timesSea temperature

Guides How to Read a Surf Forecast for Portugal · Beach Facing & Surf Direction on Portugal's Coast · Tides and Surf Portugal: Best Tide for Surfing

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Scores and sizes are forecasts for Intermediate surfers, out of 5. Times are Lisbon time. Size is our estimate of the breaking wave at this beach, not the offshore swell.