Algarve, Portugal

Arrifana buoy: live swell

Arrifana is a bay below the cliffs on the west coast of the Algarve, with a right along the rocks and surf schools. The Sines buoy, 70 km to the north, is the most useful; the Faro buoy is on the south coast.

The spot and its buoys

Buoy colour: wave height

Buoys for Arrifana

Arrifana wave forecast

Wave model GFS Wave 18 km · updated

Thu 5/11

0.9-1.1m

324 kJ

1m 13s

305°

0.9-1.1m

306 kJ

1m 12s

302°

0.9-1.1m

298 kJ

1m 12s

304°

Low tide05:21 AM1.09m
High tide11:32 AM3.15m67
Low tide05:53 PM0.84m
Fri 6/11

0.8-1m

250 kJ

0.9m 12s

311°

0.8-1m

210 kJ

0.9m 12s

312°

0.8-0.9m

186 kJ

0.8m 12s

313°

0.7-0.9m

160 kJ

0.8m 11s

310°

0.7-0.9m

147 kJ

0.8m 11s

311°

0.8-0.9m

166 kJ

0.8m 11s

312°

High tide12:02 AM3.06m71
Low tide06:06 AM0.94m
High tide12:17 PM3.24m75
Low tide06:32 PM0.77m
Sat 7/11

0.7-0.9m

143 kJ

0.8m 10s

309°

0.7-0.8m

119 kJ

0.8m 10s

309°

0.6-0.8m

105 kJ

0.7m 10s

308°

0.6-0.8m

103 kJ

0.7m 10s

306°

0.7-0.9m

116 kJ

0.8m 10s

303°

0.7-0.9m

173 kJ

0.8m 12s

310°

High tide12:41 AM3.18m78
Low tide06:45 AM0.82m
High tide12:58 PM3.28m81
Low tide07:06 PM0.74m
Sun 8/11

1.2-1.5m

652 kJ

1.3m 14s

292°

1.2-1.5m

600 kJ

1.3m 13s

292°

1.3-1.6m

648 kJ

1.5m 12s

293°

1.4-1.7m

610 kJ

1.5m 12s

289°

1.8-2.2m

939 kJ

2m 11s

267°

2-2.5m

1158 kJ

2.3m 11s

263°

High tide01:17 AM3.26m83
Low tide07:21 AM0.75m
High tide01:34 PM3.28m84
Low tide07:37 PM0.73m
Mon 9/11

2.6-3.1m

1428 kJ

2.8m 10s

248°

2.8-3.4m

1891 kJ

3.1m 10s

249°

3-3.7m

2408 kJ

3.3m 11s

258°

3-3.7m

2460 kJ

3.3m 11s

258°

3-3.7m

2506 kJ

3.3m 11s

257°

3.1-3.8m

2740 kJ

3.5m 11s

260°

High tide01:51 AM3.3m84
Low tide07:55 AM0.73m
High tide02:09 PM3.24m84
Low tide08:08 PM0.75m

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