Baleal Sul
Peniche / Baleal · beach
The swell is missing this beach
0.5m @ 9–14s NW · 1kW/m · +0.3m @ 13s NNWsecondary swell · 3kn NNE →cross
8-day outlook · Intermediate
Hour by hour
| Time | Score | Swell | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | 0.1 | 0.6m 7s WNW+0.3m 8s NNW | 1kn NE → | 0.6 ↑ |
| 08:00 | 0.1 | 0.6m 7s WNW+0.3m 9s NNW | 0kn NW → | 0.8 ↑ |
| 09:00 | 0.1 | 0.6m 7s WNW+0.3m 11s NNW | 2kn N → | 1.0 ↑ |
| 10:00 | 0.1 | 0.6m 7–14s WNW+0.2m 13s NNW | 3kn NNE → | 1.0 ↓ |
| 11:00 | 0.1 | 0.5m 9–14s NW+0.3m 13s NNW | 3kn NNE → | 0.9 ↓ |
| 12:00 | 0.1 | 0.4m 11–14s NW+0.3m 12s NNW | 5kn NNW → | 0.7 ↓ |
| 13:00 | 0.1 | 0.4m 13s NW+0.3m 11s NNW | 5kn N → | 0.5 ↓ |
| 14:00 | 0.1 | 0.5m 12s NW+0.4m 11s NNW | 6kn NNW → g10 | 0.3 ↓ |
| 15:00 | 0.1 | 0.5m 10–14s NW+0.5m 11s NW | 6kn NNW → g11 | 0.1 ↓ |
| 16:00 | 0.1 | 0.6m 9–14s NW+0.6m 10s NW | 7kn NNW → g12 | 0.0 ↓ |
| 17:00 | 0.2 | 0.7m 9–14s NW+0.6m 9s NW | 8kn NNW → g13 | 0.0 ↑ |
| 18:00 | 0.2 | 0.8m 11–14s NNW+0.6m 7s WNW | 8kn NNW → g14 | 0.2 ↑ |
| 19:00 | 0.2 | 0.8m 11–14s NNW+0.6m 7s WNW | 6kn N → g13 | 0.4 ↑ |
| 20:00 | 0.2 | 0.9m 11–14s NNW+0.6m 6s WNW | 5kn N → g11 | 0.6 ↑ |
| 21:00 | 0.3 | 1.0m 11–14s NNW+0.6m 6s WNW | 5kn N → | 0.8 ↑ |
Spot guide
- Best swell
- S–W
- Best wind
- E (offshore)
- Best tide
- Works on all tides
- First–last light
- 06:43–20:32
South side of the Baleal tombolo — the Nortada shelter. When the whole coast is blown out by N wind, this is where everyone surfs. Smaller, cleaner, friendlier. Name corrected 2026-08-29: was "Baleal Sul (Cova de Alfarroba side)", which conflated two separate beaches — Baleal Sul, Cova de Alfarroba and Gamboa are three distinct Blue Flag beaches and separate APA bathing waters (PTCF8L vs PTCE2C), Cova de Alfarroba sitting mid-bay about 2.4 km south. Hazards: a rip AT THE ROCKS of the island end is NOT established — three independent source classes (municipal, maritime authority, academic) returned nothing, the one surf-media claim is a template sentence that appears verbatim on unrelated beaches worldwide, and the one officially-attributed agueiro rescue nearby (AMN, 11 Aug 2024) was at Cova de Alfarroba, 2.4 km away. But rip CHANNELS on this beach are supported: Silveira et al. 2013, J. Coastal Research SI65:1069-1074, surveyed this 4 km embayment and classify it as low tide transverse bar and rip as the MODAL state, i.e. rip channels are its normal configuration rather than a storm exception. That is a beach-wide, sand-controlled, migratory feature, not a rip pinned to the headland. Note also that APA bathing profiles are water-QUALITY instruments and never record rips anywhere — the profile for Guincho, one of Portugal's most notorious rip beaches, is equally silent — so their silence is not evidence of absence and must not be cited as such.
Hazards rip channels at low tide · surf-school crowds · half-submerged rock off the main access · rocks off the island end
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