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Santa Rita

Santa Cruz / Torres Vedras · Beach break · faces west

Not great today. Best Monday 17:00–19:00.

Not so great right now

Dark now — see the daylight hours below.

Best left today
08:00–10:00
in 7 h
1.8 of 5Marginal
≈1.4 m · wind 10 kn
Size for you now≈1.6 min your range

Wind

Nsealand
1 kn
gusts 3
glassy
Light air, from the west
Building to 9 kn by 20:00
Best here: offshore, from the east

Tide

2.3 m
falling
  • Low05:501.3 m
  • High12:072.6 m
  • Low18:281.1 m

Official tide predictions (WorldTides).

Best tide: Low–mid
Next 03:00–05:00

Next 8 days

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Best 08:00–10:00. At 08:00: Marginal, 1.8 out of 5 — about 1.4 m, wind 10 kn cross-shore. Tide 1.7 m.

Hour by hour, Today
TimeScoreSizeWindGustsTide
08:001.8 out of 51.4 m10 cross-shore161.7 m
09:001.6 out of 51.3 m10 cross-shore162.0 m
10:000.6 out of 51.3 m11 cross-shore192.3 m
11:000.4 out of 51.5 m12 cross-shore202.5 m
12:000.3 out of 51.6 m12 cross-shore202.6 m
13:000.3 out of 51.7 m12 cross-shore212.6 m
14:000.3 out of 51.7 m13 cross-shore222.3 m
15:000.9 out of 51.7 m13 cross-shore222.0 m
16:001.1 out of 51.8 m12 cross-shore221.6 m
17:001.0 out of 51.8 m12 cross-shore211.3 m
18:000.7 out of 51.9 m11 cross-shore191.1 m
19:000.7 out of 51.9 m9 cross-shore181.1 m
20:001.0 out of 52.0 m9 cross-shore151.3 m
Scoreout of 5 · 0 Not so great, 5 Fantastic

Hour by hour

Today

Best 08:00–10:00. At 08:00: Marginal, 1.8 out of 5 — about 1.4 m, wind 10 kn cross-shore. Tide 1.7 m.

Hour by hour, Today
TimeScoreSizeWindGustsTide
08:001.8 out of 51.4 m10 cross-shore161.7 m
09:001.6 out of 51.3 m10 cross-shore162.0 m
10:000.6 out of 51.3 m11 cross-shore192.3 m
11:000.4 out of 51.5 m12 cross-shore202.5 m
12:000.3 out of 51.6 m12 cross-shore202.6 m
13:000.3 out of 51.7 m12 cross-shore212.6 m
14:000.3 out of 51.7 m13 cross-shore222.3 m
15:000.9 out of 51.7 m13 cross-shore222.0 m
16:001.1 out of 51.8 m12 cross-shore221.6 m
17:001.0 out of 51.8 m12 cross-shore211.3 m
18:000.7 out of 51.9 m11 cross-shore191.1 m
19:000.7 out of 51.9 m9 cross-shore181.1 m
20:001.0 out of 52.0 m9 cross-shore151.3 m
Scoreout of 5 · 0 Not so great, 5 Fantastic

Water

16.3 °C
4/3 fullsuit (boots optional)
This week 15.7–16.4 °C
Air 15 °C · UV 0 Low · Sea Moderate

Live cam

Porto Novo (Golf Mar) nearby
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Spot guide

Best swell
WSW–NW
Best wind
E (offshore)
Best tide
Low–mid
First–last light
07:26–19:19

Broad sandy stretch between Porto Novo and Santa Cruz, below the Golf Mar clifftop — peaky, shifting banks with more punch than Azul and far fewer people than the town beaches.

Hazards strong rips · rocks at the ends · cliff-backed — narrow at high tide

Shared forecast The offshore forecast here is shared with Porto Novo (Maceira), Praia Azul, Praia do Centro (Norte), Praia Física, Santa Cruz (Navio). 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 Porto Novo (Maceira), Santa Cruz (Navio), Praia Física, Praia do Centro (Norte), Praia Azul

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

Not enough history yet for this spot — check back once a season of data has built up.

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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.