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Praia da Gale currently has varying wave conditions. Check the live forecast above for real-time wave heights, wind conditions, and tide information updated every 6 hours.

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The best time to surf Praia da Gale is typically when swell comes from the SW direction. Check the tide charts and wind forecasts above for optimal surfing conditions.

Praia da Gale Surf Report & Forecast

Name: Praia da Gale
Address: Albufeira, Portugal

Albufeira, Portugal

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🌬️ WIND

11
kt

🌊 SWELL

1.3
ft

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SWELL
HEIGHT

1.3ft

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SWELL
PERIOD

11s

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WIND GUSTS

13kt

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AIR TEMP

16°C

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SECONDARY
SWELL

0.9ft @
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PRECIPITATION

0mm

SURF QUALITY

Fair conditions - still worth a paddle. Small 1.3ft waves with quality 11s ground swell but getting breezy at 11kt Note: winds from E would be better.

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Friday

Apr 3

GOOD9 good hours

🌊 1.1-1.5ft 💨 5-12kt 🌡️ 15-18°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	1.5ft	10s	W	8kt	N	10kt	15°C	17°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	1.5ft	12s	W	9kt	N	11kt	15°C	17°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	1.5ft	12s	W	9kt	N	11kt	15°C	17°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	1.5ft	12s	W	10kt	N	12kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	1.5ft	12s	W	10kt	NNE	12kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1.5ft	11s	W	11kt	NNE	14kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	1.5ft	11s	W	11kt	NNE	15kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	POOR	1.5ft	11s	W	12kt	NNE	16kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	1.4ft	11s	W	11kt	NNE	15kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 AM	POOR	1.3ft	11s	WSW	11kt	NNE	14kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	11s	WSW	11kt	NNE	13kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 AM	GOOD	1.2ft	11s	WSW	9kt	ENE	12kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
12:00 PM	GOOD	1.2ft	11s	WSW	8kt	ESE	10kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 PM	GOOD	1.2ft	11s	WSW	7kt	SE	8kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 PM	GOOD	1.2ft	11s	WSW	6kt	SSE	7kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	1.2ft	11s	WSW	5kt	S	6kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	1.2ft	11s	WSW	5kt	SSW	5kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
5:00 PM	FAIR	1.2ft	11s	WSW	6kt	SW	6kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	1.1ft	10s	WSW	7kt	WSW	7kt	18°C	17°C	0mm
7:00 PM	GOOD	1.1ft	10s	WSW	8kt	W	8kt	18°C	17°C	0mm
8:00 PM	GOOD	1.1ft	10s	WSW	7kt	WNW	8kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
9:00 PM	GOOD	1.1ft	10s	WSW	6kt	NNW	7kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
10:00 PM	GOOD	1.1ft	10s	WSW	6kt	N	6kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
11:00 PM	GOOD	1.1ft	10s	WSW	6kt	NNE	7kt	17°C	17°C	0mm

Saturday

Apr 4

GOOD4 excellent hours

🌊 1.1-2.4ft 💨 3-11kt 🌡️ 15-17°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	GOOD	1.1ft	10s	WSW	7kt	NNE	7kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
1:00 AM	GOOD	1.1ft	10s	WSW	7kt	NNE	8kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	1.1ft	11s	WSW	8kt	NE	10kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	1.1ft	11s	WSW	9kt	ENE	12kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	1.1ft	12s	W	10kt	E	15kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1.1ft	13s	WSW	10kt	E	15kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	1.2ft	13s	WSW	11kt	E	15kt	15°C	17°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	1.2ft	14s	WSW	11kt	E	16kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	13s	WSW	10kt	E	15kt	15°C	17°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	13s	WSW	10kt	E	15kt	15°C	17°C	0mm
10:00 AM	GOOD	1.4ft	13s	WSW	10kt	E	14kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
11:00 AM	GOOD	1.5ft	13s	WSW	10kt	E	14kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
12:00 PM	GOOD	1.5ft	13s	WSW	10kt	ESE	13kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 PM	GOOD	1.6ft	13s	WSW	9kt	ESE	12kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 PM	FAIR	1.9ft	10s	SSW	9kt	ESE	11kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	2.1ft	8s	S	8kt	SE	10kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
4:00 PM	GOOD	2.4ft	6s	SE	8kt	SE	9kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
5:00 PM	GOOD	2.3ft	6s	SE	6kt	ESE	7kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	2.2ft	6s	SE	5kt	ESE	5kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
7:00 PM	GOOD	2.1ft	6s	SE	4kt	E	4kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
8:00 PM	EXCELLENT	2.1ft	8s	S	4kt	E	4kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
9:00 PM	EXCELLENT	2.1ft	10s	SSW	4kt	E	4kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
10:00 PM	EXCELLENT	2.2ft	12s	WSW	4kt	E	4kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
11:00 PM	EXCELLENT	2.3ft	10s	SSW	3kt	ENE	3kt	16°C	17°C	0mm

Sunday

Apr 5

GOOD4 excellent hours

🌊 2.2-3.0ft 💨 2-11kt 🌡️ 15-17°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	EXCELLENT	2.4ft	8s	S	3kt	ENE	3kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
1:00 AM	GOOD	2.5ft	6s	SE	2kt	NE	3kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
2:00 AM	GOOD	2.7ft	6s	SE	3kt	NE	3kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 AM	GOOD	2.8ft	7s	SE	4kt	NNE	4kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 AM	GOOD	3ft	7s	SE	4kt	NNE	4kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 AM	GOOD	3ft	7s	SE	5kt	NNE	5kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	GOOD	3ft	7s	SE	6kt	NNE	6kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	GOOD	2.9ft	7s	SE	7kt	NNE	7kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	GOOD	2.8ft	6s	SE	7kt	NE	7kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 AM	GOOD	2.7ft	6s	SE	7kt	ENE	8kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 AM	GOOD	2.6ft	6s	SE	7kt	E	9kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 AM	GOOD	2.5ft	8s	S	9kt	ESE	10kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
12:00 PM	GOOD	2.4ft	10s	SSW	10kt	ESE	12kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
1:00 PM	FAIR	2.3ft	12s	WSW	11kt	ESE	13kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
2:00 PM	FAIR	2.3ft	12s	WSW	10kt	SE	13kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
3:00 PM	GOOD	2.4ft	12s	WSW	10kt	SE	12kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
4:00 PM	GOOD	2.4ft	12s	WSW	9kt	SE	12kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
5:00 PM	GOOD	2.3ft	11s	SW	8kt	ESE	10kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
6:00 PM	EXCELLENT	2.3ft	10s	SSW	7kt	ESE	8kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
7:00 PM	GOOD	2.2ft	9s	SSW	6kt	E	7kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
8:00 PM	EXCELLENT	2.3ft	10s	SSW	7kt	E	8kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
9:00 PM	EXCELLENT	2.4ft	12s	SW	8kt	ENE	10kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
10:00 PM	GOOD	2.5ft	13s	WSW	9kt	ENE	12kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
11:00 PM	GOOD	2.5ft	13s	WSW	9kt	ENE	12kt	16°C	16°C	0mm

Monday

Apr 6

FAIR5 good hours

🌊 2.1-2.9ft 💨 9-20kt 🌡️ 16-16°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	GOOD	2.5ft	13s	WSW	9kt	ENE	13kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 AM	GOOD	2.5ft	13s	WSW	9kt	ENE	14kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 AM	GOOD	2.6ft	12s	SW	10kt	E	16kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 AM	GOOD	2.7ft	10s	SW	11kt	E	18kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	2.8ft	9s	SSW	12kt	E	20kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	2.7ft	11s	SW	13kt	E	23kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	2.6ft	12s	SW	14kt	E	26kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	2.5ft	13s	WSW	15kt	E	29kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	2.4ft	13s	WSW	16kt	E	29kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 AM	POOR	2.4ft	13s	WSW	18kt	E	29kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 AM	POOR	2.4ft	13s	WSW	19kt	ESE	29kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 AM	POOR	2.4ft	13s	WSW	20kt	ESE	29kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	2.3ft	12s	WSW	20kt	E	29kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	2.3ft	12s	WSW	20kt	E	29kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	2.3ft	12s	WSW	18kt	ESE	26kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	2.2ft	12s	WSW	16kt	ESE	23kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	2.2ft	12s	WSW	13kt	ESE	20kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
5:00 PM	FAIR	2.2ft	12s	WSW	12kt	ESE	18kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	2.1ft	12s	WSW	11kt	SE	16kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	2.1ft	12s	WSW	11kt	SE	14kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
8:00 PM	GOOD	2.4ft	10s	SW	11kt	ESE	14kt	16°C	17°C	0.2mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	2.6ft	8s	S	11kt	E	13kt	16°C	17°C	0.3mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	2.9ft	6s	SE	11kt	ENE	12kt	16°C	17°C	0.5mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	2.5ft	8s	S	10kt	E	13kt	16°C	17°C	0.4mm

Tuesday

Apr 7

POOR5 good hours

🌊 1.9-6.0ft 💨 7-25kt 🌡️ 13-18°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	GOOD	2.2ft	10s	SW	10kt	ESE	14kt	16°C	17°C	0.3mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	1.9ft	12s	WSW	10kt	SE	15kt	16°C	17°C	0.2mm
2:00 AM	GOOD	2.1ft	10s	SW	9kt	SE	13kt	16°C	17°C	0.2mm
3:00 AM	GOOD	2.2ft	8s	S	8kt	SSE	12kt	16°C	17°C	0.1mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	2.4ft	6s	SE	7kt	SSE	10kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	2.3ft	6s	SE	7kt	SSW	11kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	2.2ft	5s	SE	8kt	WSW	12kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	POOR	2.1ft	5s	SE	9kt	NW	12kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	GOOD	2.1ft	10s	S	9kt	NW	12kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
9:00 AM	GOOD	2.1ft	15s	SW	9kt	NNW	13kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	2.1ft	19s	W	10kt	NNW	13kt	16°C	17°C	0.1mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	2.5ft	19s	W	10kt	NNW	12kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
12:00 PM	FAIR	2.9ft	18s	W	10kt	NNW	11kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
1:00 PM	FAIR	3.3ft	18s	W	10kt	NW	11kt	18°C	17°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	3.4ft	18s	W	13kt	NW	15kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	3.6ft	18s	W	17kt	NW	19kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	3.7ft	18s	W	21kt	NW	23kt	15°C	17°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	4.4ft	18s	W	22kt	NW	24kt	15°C	17°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	5.1ft	18s	WSW	24kt	NW	25kt	14°C	17°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	5.7ft	18s	WSW	25kt	NNW	27kt	14°C	17°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	5.8ft	17s	WSW	24kt	NNW	27kt	14°C	17°C	0mm
9:00 PM	POOR	5.9ft	17s	WSW	23kt	NNW	26kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	6ft	17s	WSW	22kt	NNW	26kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 PM	POOR	6ft	16s	WSW	20kt	NNW	25kt	13°C	16°C	0mm

Wednesday

Apr 8

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 4.0-6.2ft 💨 12-22kt 🌡️ 12-15°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	POOR	5.9ft	16s	WSW	18kt	NNW	24kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 AM	POOR	5.9ft	16s	WSW	16kt	NNW	22kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	5.8ft	16s	WSW	16kt	NNW	22kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	5.7ft	16s	WSW	16kt	NNW	22kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	5.6ft	16s	WSW	17kt	NNW	22kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	5.8ft	16s	WSW	16kt	NNW	22kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	6ft	15s	WSW	15kt	NNW	22kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	POOR	6.2ft	15s	WSW	14kt	NNW	21kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	5.9ft	15s	WSW	15kt	NNW	22kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 AM	POOR	5.5ft	15s	WSW	16kt	NNW	23kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 AM	POOR	5.2ft	15s	WSW	17kt	NNW	24kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 AM	POOR	5.1ft	15s	WSW	19kt	NNW	24kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	5ft	15s	WSW	20kt	NW	25kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	4.9ft	15s	WSW	22kt	NW	25kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	4.9ft	15s	WSW	22kt	NW	26kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	4.8ft	15s	WSW	22kt	NW	27kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	4.7ft	15s	WSW	22kt	NW	28kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	4.6ft	15s	WSW	19kt	NW	25kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	4.6ft	15s	WSW	16kt	NW	21kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	4.5ft	15s	WSW	12kt	NNW	18kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	4.4ft	15s	WSW	13kt	NNW	19kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 PM	POOR	4.3ft	15s	WSW	13kt	NNW	20kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	4.1ft	15s	WSW	14kt	NNW	22kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 PM	POOR	4ft	14s	WSW	16kt	NNW	23kt	13°C	16°C	0mm

Thursday

Apr 9

POOR1 excellent hours

🌊 2.7-3.8ft 💨 8-21kt 🌡️ 12-18°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	POOR	3.8ft	13s	WSW	17kt	NNW	24kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 AM	POOR	3.7ft	12s	WSW	19kt	NNW	25kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	3.6ft	12s	WSW	18kt	NNW	25kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	3.5ft	12s	WSW	17kt	NNW	24kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	3.4ft	12s	WSW	16kt	NNW	24kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	3.3ft	12s	WSW	18kt	NNW	25kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	3.2ft	12s	WSW	19kt	NNW	27kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	POOR	3.1ft	11s	WSW	21kt	NNW	28kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	3ft	11s	WSW	20kt	NNW	27kt	12°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 AM	POOR	2.9ft	11s	WSW	19kt	N	26kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 AM	POOR	2.8ft	11s	WSW	18kt	N	25kt	13°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 AM	POOR	2.8ft	11s	WSW	17kt	N	23kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	2.7ft	11s	WSW	16kt	N	22kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	2.7ft	11s	WSW	16kt	NNE	20kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	2.8ft	11s	W	13kt	NNE	17kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	3ft	11s	W	10kt	NNE	13kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
4:00 PM	EXCELLENT	3.1ft	11s	W	8kt	NNE	9kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 PM	GOOD	3.1ft	12s	W	8kt	NNE	10kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 PM	GOOD	3.1ft	12s	W	9kt	N	11kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 PM	GOOD	3ft	13s	WSW	10kt	NNW	12kt	18°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 PM	FAIR	3.1ft	13s	WSW	11kt	NNW	14kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	3.1ft	13s	WSW	12kt	NNW	16kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	3.1ft	13s	WSW	13kt	NNW	17kt	15°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	3.1ft	13s	WSW	12kt	NNW	16kt	15°C	16°C	0mm

Forecast Summary

Best Day:Check forecast for optimal conditions

Average Swell:1.5ft @ 11s

Wind Conditions:3-12kt N

Water Temperature:16-17°C

Local Knowledge & Surf Guide

Local Knowledge

Praia da Galé in the Algarve is a semi-exposed beach break that offers fairly consistent surf, working best with west to southwest swells and offshore winds from the east or northeast. The long sandy beach produces a mix of lefts and rights, with shifting sandbars that tend to perform best around mid tide. While summer can be slower, autumn and winter swells often deliver clean, well-shaped waves suitable for most skill levels. Crowds vary but generally stay moderate due to the beach’s wide, open layout. The best month for consistent, clean surf is typically December.

Best Swell Direction: SW

Bottom Type: Sand

Ideal Conditions

This spot performs best under these specific conditions. Forecasts take these into account when rating surf quality.

Ideal Swell DirectionSW

Ideal Wind DirectionE

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