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Areia Branca

Lourinhã · Beach break · faces west

Not great today. Best Sunday 10:00–12:00.

Not so great right now

Dark now — see the daylight hours below.

Best left today
08:00–11:00
in 7 h
1.7 of 5Marginal
≈1.3 m · wind 9 kn
Size for you now≈1.4 min your range

Wind

Nsealand
2 kn
gusts 4
glassy
Light air, from the west
Building to 8 kn by 20:00
Best here: offshore, from the east

Tide

2.4 m
falling
  • Low05:531.4 m
  • High12:062.8 m
  • Low18:321.1 m

Official tide predictions (WorldTides).

Best tide: Mid
Next 02:00–04:00

Next 8 days

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Best 08:00–11:00. At 09:00: Marginal, 1.7 out of 5 — about 1.3 m, wind 9 kn cross-shore. Tide 2.1 m.

Hour by hour, Today
TimeScoreSizeWindGustsTide
08:001.4 out of 51.3 m10 cross-shore181.8 m
09:001.7 out of 51.3 m9 cross-shore172.1 m
10:001.2 out of 51.3 m10 cross-shore192.4 m
11:000.4 out of 51.4 m11 cross-shore202.7 m
12:000.3 out of 51.6 m11 cross-shore202.8 m
13:000.3 out of 51.8 m12 cross-shore222.7 m
14:000.7 out of 51.9 m12 cross-shore232.5 m
15:000.9 out of 52.1 m12 cross-shore232.1 m
16:000.7 out of 52.2 m12 cross-shore231.7 m
17:000.3 out of 52.2 m11 cross-shore231.4 m
18:000.2 out of 52.3 m10 cross-shore211.2 m
19:000.2 out of 52.3 m8 cross-shore191.2 m
20:000.3 out of 52.4 m8 cross-shore151.3 m
Scoreout of 5 · 0 Not so great, 5 Fantastic

Hour by hour

Today

Best 08:00–11:00. At 09:00: Marginal, 1.7 out of 5 — about 1.3 m, wind 9 kn cross-shore. Tide 2.1 m.

Hour by hour, Today
TimeScoreSizeWindGustsTide
08:001.4 out of 51.3 m10 cross-shore181.8 m
09:001.7 out of 51.3 m9 cross-shore172.1 m
10:001.2 out of 51.3 m10 cross-shore192.4 m
11:000.4 out of 51.4 m11 cross-shore202.7 m
12:000.3 out of 51.6 m11 cross-shore202.8 m
13:000.3 out of 51.8 m12 cross-shore222.7 m
14:000.7 out of 51.9 m12 cross-shore232.5 m
15:000.9 out of 52.1 m12 cross-shore232.1 m
16:000.7 out of 52.2 m12 cross-shore231.7 m
17:000.3 out of 52.2 m11 cross-shore231.4 m
18:000.2 out of 52.3 m10 cross-shore211.2 m
19:000.2 out of 52.3 m8 cross-shore191.2 m
20:000.3 out of 52.4 m8 cross-shore151.3 m
Scoreout of 5 · 0 Not so great, 5 Fantastic

Water

15.9 °C
4/3 fullsuit (boots optional)
This week 15.5–16.0 °C
Air 15 °C · UV 0 Low · Sea Moderate

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Spot guide

Best swell
WSW–NW
Best wind
ESE (offshore)
Best tide
Mid
First–last light
07:26–19:19

Lourinhã's main beach town break; uncrowded relative to the famous neighbors, honest peaks.

Hazards rips near the stream mouth

Nearby spots Consolação, Supertubos (Medão Grande), Molhe Leste, Porto Novo (Maceira), Santa Rita

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

Best time of year

Jan
70.9%
Feb
67.3%
Mar
58.9%
Apr
60.2%
May
46.9%
Jun
58.4%
Jul
58.2%
Aug
57.1%
Sep
63.7%
Oct
71%
Nov
68.6%
Dec
77.3%
Clean Blown out Too small

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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.