Praia do Forte da Barra

Tavira, Portugal

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 8:00 PM Western European Summer Time.

Fair

Knee-high (0.6 m) at 4 s, heading toward NW, with light onshore wind toward NW.

Swell

0.6 m

NW

4 s

Wind

3 km/h

NW

Onshore

Tide

1.9 m

Rising

Weather

26 °C

Mostly clear

22 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

NW

5 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.4 m

Clear · 21 °C

1 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

NW

5 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.3 m

Clear · 21 °C

2 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

NW

4 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.3 m

Clear · 20 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 4 s

NW

4 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.4 m

Clear · 20 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

NW

6 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.5 m

Clear · 19 °C

5 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

NW

7 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.7 m

Mostly clear · 19 °C

6 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

NW

7 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

1.9 m

Mostly clear · 19 °C

7 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

NW

7 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

2.1 m

Mostly clear · 19 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 4 s

NW

7 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

2.1 m

Partly cloudy · 20 °C

9 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 4 s

NW

5 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

2.1 m

Mostly clear · 23 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.5 m · 4 s

NW

10 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

WSW

Cross-shore

1.9 m

Mostly clear · 26 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.5 m · 4 s

NW

14 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

1.7 m

Clear · 27 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 4 s

NW

15 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

1.5 m

Clear · 28 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 4 s

NW

17 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

1.3 m

Clear · 29 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 4 s

NW

15 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

1.3 m

Clear · 30 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 4 s

NW

13 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

1.3 m

Clear · 30 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 4 s

NW

8 km/h · 24 km/h gusts

NW

Onshore

1.3 m

Clear · 31 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 4 s

NW

11 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

1.5 m

Clear · 30 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 4 s

NW

11 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

1.6 m

Clear · 29 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 4 s

NW

6 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

NNW

Onshore

1.8 m

Clear · 28 °C

8 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 4 s

NW

3 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

NW

Onshore

1.9 m

Mostly clear · 26 °C

9 PM

Fair

0.7 m · 4 s

NW

1 km/h · 5 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

1.9 m

Mostly clear · 26 °C

10 PM

Fair

0.8 m · 4 s

NW

5 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

1.9 m

Mostly clear · 25 °C

11 PM

Good

0.8 m · 5 s

NW

3 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.8 m

Mostly clear · 24 °C

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