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The best time to surf Praia do Ponta Ruiva is typically when swell comes from the W direction. Check the tide charts and wind forecasts above for optimal surfing conditions.

Praia do Ponta Ruiva Surf Report & Forecast

Name: Praia do Ponta Ruiva
Address: Vila do Bispo, Portugal

Vila do Bispo, Portugal

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Current Surf Conditions at Praia do Ponta Ruiva

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Surf Quality: FAIR

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🌬️ WIND

12
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🌊 SWELL

0.7
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SWELL
HEIGHT

0.7ft

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SWELL
PERIOD

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WIND GUSTS

17kt

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AIR TEMP

21°C

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SURF QUALITY

Fair conditions - still worth a paddle. Tiny waves under 1ft with quality 9s ground swell but pretty windy at 12kt Note: winds from SE would be better.

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Sunday

Aug 9

FAIR5 good hours

🌊 0.4-0.8ft 💨 8-16kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
3:52 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	11s	SW	8kt	W	12kt	25°C	18°C	0mm
4:52 AM	POOR	0.4ft	8s	SW	12kt	WNW	16kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
5:52 AM	POOR	0.6ft	12s	SW	12kt	SW	17kt	28°C	19°C	0mm
6:52 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	11s	SW	13kt	W	18kt	29°C	21°C	0mm
7:52 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	10s	SW	10kt	WSW	15kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
8:52 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	12s	SW	10kt	WSW	—kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
9:52 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	9s	SW	14kt	W	19kt	28°C	21°C	2mm
10:52 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	SW	13kt	WSW	18kt	27°C	18°C	0mm
11:52 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	10s	SW	13kt	WSW	—kt	25°C	18°C	0mm
12:52 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	8s	SW	12kt	WNW	17kt	23°C	19°C	3mm
1:52 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	9s	SW	12kt	W	17kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
2:52 PM	GOOD	0.7ft	9s	SW	12kt	WSW	—kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
3:52 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	8s	SW	14kt	WSW	20kt	17°C	21°C	0mm
4:52 PM	GOOD	0.8ft	8s	SW	12kt	WSW	16kt	15°C	20°C	0mm
5:52 PM	GOOD	0.8ft	10s	SW	12kt	WNW	—kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
6:52 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	10s	SW	13kt	SW	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
7:52 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	12s	SW	15kt	W	21kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
8:52 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	9s	SW	16kt	WSW	23kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
9:52 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	11s	SW	16kt	WSW	—kt	14°C	18°C	0mm
10:52 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	10s	SW	15kt	W	21kt	15°C	19°C	0mm
11:52 PM	POOR	0.8ft	10s	SW	16kt	WNW	22kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
12:52 AM	POOR	0.7ft	11s	SW	15kt	WNW	—kt	19°C	18°C	0mm
1:52 AM	POOR	0.7ft	11s	SW	16kt	WSW	—kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
2:52 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	10s	SW	15kt	WNW	21kt	23°C	20°C	0mm

Monday

Aug 10

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.1-0.8ft 💨 13-17kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
3:52 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	8s	SW	17kt	W	23kt	25°C	18°C	0mm
4:52 AM	POOR	0.7ft	9s	SW	17kt	NW	23kt	27°C	18°C	0mm
5:52 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	10s	SW	15kt	W	—kt	28°C	19°C	0mm
6:52 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	10s	SW	14kt	SW	20kt	29°C	18°C	0mm
7:52 AM	POOR	0.6ft	9s	SW	17kt	WNW	—kt	29°C	20°C	1mm
8:52 AM	POOR	0.6ft	11s	SW	16kt	WNW	23kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
9:52 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	11s	SW	14kt	SW	20kt	28°C	20°C	3mm
10:52 AM	POOR	0.5ft	9s	SW	16kt	WNW	—kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
11:52 AM	POOR	0.5ft	11s	SW	17kt	W	—kt	25°C	20°C	3mm
12:52 PM	POOR	0.4ft	9s	SW	17kt	WSW	—kt	23°C	19°C	0mm
1:52 PM	POOR	0.5ft	9s	SW	17kt	W	24kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
2:52 PM	POOR	0.4ft	11s	SW	15kt	WSW	—kt	19°C	21°C	0mm
3:52 PM	POOR	0.3ft	10s	SW	14kt	WNW	20kt	17°C	19°C	0mm
4:52 PM	POOR	0.2ft	9s	SW	17kt	WSW	—kt	15°C	19°C	0mm
5:52 PM	POOR	0.4ft	11s	SW	17kt	WNW	24kt	14°C	20°C	1mm
6:52 PM	POOR	0.4ft	8s	SW	15kt	WNW	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
7:52 PM	POOR	0.2ft	12s	SW	16kt	WNW	23kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
8:52 PM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	15kt	SW	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
9:52 PM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	13kt	SW	—kt	14°C	20°C	0mm
10:52 PM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	17kt	WNW	—kt	15°C	19°C	0mm
11:52 PM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	14kt	SW	20kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
12:52 AM	POOR	0.1ft	10s	SW	15kt	NW	21kt	19°C	21°C	0mm
1:52 AM	POOR	0.2ft	10s	SW	13kt	W	—kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
2:52 AM	POOR	0.2ft	8s	SW	13kt	WSW	18kt	23°C	20°C	0mm

Tuesday

Aug 11

POOR1 excellent hours

🌊 0.2-0.7ft 💨 7-13kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
3:52 AM	POOR	0.2ft	11s	SW	12kt	NW	—kt	25°C	21°C	0mm
4:52 AM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	13kt	W	—kt	27°C	20°C	1mm
5:52 AM	POOR	0.2ft	12s	SW	12kt	W	—kt	28°C	18°C	0mm
6:52 AM	POOR	0.3ft	11s	SW	13kt	W	18kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
7:52 AM	POOR	0.3ft	12s	SW	13kt	WNW	—kt	29°C	21°C	0mm
8:52 AM	POOR	0.2ft	12s	SW	13kt	NW	18kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
9:52 AM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	11kt	W	—kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
10:52 AM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	11kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
11:52 AM	POOR	0.4ft	9s	SW	13kt	WSW	—kt	25°C	20°C	0mm
12:52 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	11s	SW	11kt	NW	—kt	23°C	21°C	0mm
1:52 PM	POOR	0.4ft	8s	SW	13kt	SW	18kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
2:52 PM	POOR	0.4ft	9s	SW	13kt	W	18kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
3:52 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	12s	SW	10kt	SW	—kt	17°C	19°C	0mm
4:52 PM	POOR	0.4ft	9s	SW	12kt	WNW	16kt	15°C	20°C	0mm
5:52 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	8s	SW	12kt	WSW	—kt	14°C	20°C	3mm
6:52 PM	POOR	0.6ft	9s	SW	10kt	SW	14kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
7:52 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	12s	SW	11kt	WNW	—kt	13°C	18°C	0mm
8:52 PM	GOOD	0.5ft	10s	SW	9kt	WSW	12kt	13°C	18°C	0mm
9:52 PM	GOOD	0.6ft	9s	SW	10kt	NW	—kt	14°C	18°C	0mm
10:52 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	9s	SW	7kt	SW	—kt	15°C	20°C	0mm
11:52 PM	GOOD	0.7ft	11s	SW	9kt	SW	13kt	17°C	19°C	0mm
12:52 AM	GOOD	0.7ft	11s	SW	10kt	WNW	—kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
1:52 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	11s	SW	8kt	NW	12kt	21°C	19°C	1mm
2:52 AM	GOOD	0.7ft	12s	SW	9kt	W	13kt	23°C	19°C	1mm

Wednesday

Aug 12

EXCELLENT16 excellent hours

🌊 0.5-0.9ft 💨 3-8kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
3:52 AM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	10s	SW	7kt	WNW	10kt	25°C	20°C	0mm
4:52 AM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	11s	SW	6kt	WNW	8kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
5:52 AM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	12s	SW	5kt	SW	—kt	28°C	21°C	0mm
6:52 AM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	10s	SW	5kt	W	—kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
7:52 AM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	12s	SW	5kt	SW	7kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
8:52 AM	GOOD	0.9ft	12s	SW	6kt	WNW	—kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
9:52 AM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	9s	SW	8kt	SW	—kt	28°C	19°C	0mm
10:52 AM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	9s	SW	6kt	W	8kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
11:52 AM	GOOD	0.7ft	10s	SW	5kt	W	—kt	25°C	20°C	0mm
12:52 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	11s	SW	5kt	W	6kt	23°C	19°C	0mm
1:52 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	10s	SW	7kt	WSW	—kt	21°C	18°C	0mm
2:52 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	9s	SW	6kt	WSW	—kt	19°C	18°C	3mm
3:52 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	12s	SW	4kt	NW	6kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
4:52 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	10s	SW	3kt	SW	5kt	15°C	21°C	0mm
5:52 PM	EXCELLENT	0.6ft	9s	SW	4kt	W	—kt	14°C	20°C	0mm
6:52 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	8s	SW	3kt	WNW	—kt	13°C	21°C	0mm
7:52 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	10s	SW	5kt	WSW	—kt	13°C	19°C	2mm
8:52 PM	GOOD	0.7ft	11s	SW	6kt	SW	8kt	13°C	21°C	2mm
9:52 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	11s	SW	3kt	W	—kt	14°C	18°C	1mm
10:52 PM	GOOD	0.6ft	8s	SW	4kt	W	—kt	15°C	19°C	2mm
11:52 PM	GOOD	0.6ft	10s	SW	6kt	W	—kt	17°C	19°C	0mm
12:52 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	10s	SW	3kt	WNW	—kt	19°C	18°C	0mm
1:52 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	10s	SW	6kt	SW	8kt	21°C	20°C	1mm
2:52 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	9s	SW	4kt	W	—kt	23°C	20°C	0mm

Thursday

Aug 13

GOOD14 good hours

🌊 0.1-0.5ft 💨 3-8kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
3:52 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	9s	SW	3kt	WNW	—kt	25°C	19°C	0mm
4:52 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	11s	SW	3kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	19°C	1mm
5:52 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	11s	SW	3kt	WSW	5kt	28°C	19°C	0mm
6:52 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	12s	SW	3kt	NW	—kt	29°C	20°C	3mm
7:52 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	9s	SW	6kt	WNW	8kt	29°C	18°C	0mm
8:52 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	10s	SW	5kt	NW	7kt	29°C	18°C	0mm
9:52 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	9s	SW	3kt	NW	4kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
10:52 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	11s	SW	3kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	21°C	0mm
11:52 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	11s	SW	5kt	SW	8kt	25°C	19°C	0mm
12:52 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	9s	SW	6kt	WSW	8kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
1:52 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	12s	SW	3kt	WNW	4kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
2:52 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	8s	SW	5kt	WNW	7kt	19°C	19°C	2mm
3:52 PM	FAIR	0.1ft	9s	SW	6kt	W	9kt	17°C	19°C	0mm
4:52 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	11s	SW	5kt	NW	7kt	15°C	21°C	0mm
5:52 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	9s	SW	8kt	NW	11kt	14°C	18°C	2mm
6:52 PM	FAIR	0.1ft	11s	SW	6kt	NW	—kt	13°C	19°C	3mm
7:52 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	8s	SW	8kt	W	11kt	13°C	21°C	1mm
8:52 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	11s	SW	5kt	NW	7kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
9:52 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	10s	SW	7kt	W	—kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
10:52 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	9s	SW	8kt	SW	—kt	15°C	20°C	0mm
11:52 PM	GOOD	0.3ft	11s	SW	7kt	SW	9kt	17°C	21°C	1mm
12:52 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	8s	SW	7kt	WNW	10kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
1:52 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	11s	SW	6kt	WNW	—kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
2:52 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	10s	SW	8kt	W	—kt	23°C	21°C	0mm

Friday

Aug 14

GOOD11 good hours

🌊 0.4-0.9ft 💨 6-16kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
3:52 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	10s	SW	6kt	WNW	9kt	25°C	20°C	3mm
4:52 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	11s	SW	8kt	SW	12kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
5:52 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	9s	SW	8kt	WNW	—kt	28°C	18°C	0mm
6:52 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	12s	SW	8kt	W	—kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
7:52 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	9s	SW	9kt	WSW	12kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
8:52 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	10s	SW	9kt	WNW	—kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
9:52 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	9s	SW	9kt	WSW	—kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
10:52 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	11s	SW	10kt	W	—kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
11:52 AM	GOOD	0.7ft	11s	SW	11kt	SW	—kt	25°C	18°C	0mm
12:52 PM	POOR	0.5ft	11s	SW	13kt	WNW	18kt	23°C	18°C	0mm
1:52 PM	POOR	0.5ft	9s	SW	12kt	W	17kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
2:52 PM	GOOD	0.6ft	11s	SW	12kt	W	—kt	19°C	21°C	0mm
3:52 PM	GOOD	0.6ft	9s	SW	10kt	W	—kt	17°C	21°C	0mm
4:52 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	9s	SW	12kt	W	—kt	15°C	21°C	0mm
5:52 PM	GOOD	0.6ft	12s	SW	11kt	SW	—kt	14°C	20°C	0mm
6:52 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	9s	SW	12kt	WNW	—kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
7:52 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	9s	SW	14kt	WSW	19kt	13°C	21°C	0mm
8:52 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	8s	SW	15kt	WSW	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
9:52 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	10s	SW	14kt	SW	20kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
10:52 PM	POOR	0.8ft	11s	SW	16kt	W	22kt	15°C	18°C	0mm
11:52 PM	POOR	0.7ft	10s	SW	16kt	WNW	—kt	17°C	18°C	0mm
12:52 AM	POOR	0.7ft	9s	SW	16kt	W	—kt	19°C	20°C	1mm
1:52 AM	POOR	0.9ft	8s	SW	16kt	W	22kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
2:52 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	11s	SW	13kt	W	—kt	23°C	19°C	3mm

Saturday

Aug 15

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.2-0.9ft 💨 13-18kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
3:52 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	10s	SW	13kt	WSW	19kt	25°C	19°C	0mm
4:52 AM	POOR	0.9ft	10s	SW	15kt	WNW	—kt	27°C	20°C	2mm
5:52 AM	POOR	0.8ft	9s	SW	14kt	NW	—kt	28°C	19°C	0mm
6:52 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	9s	SW	14kt	SW	—kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
7:52 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	9s	SW	14kt	WSW	—kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
8:52 AM	POOR	0.7ft	9s	SW	17kt	WNW	24kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
9:52 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	8s	SW	15kt	W	22kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
10:52 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	9s	SW	16kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
11:52 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	12s	SW	14kt	W	—kt	25°C	20°C	0mm
12:52 PM	POOR	0.7ft	12s	SW	17kt	WNW	23kt	23°C	19°C	0mm
1:52 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	9s	SW	14kt	W	—kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
2:52 PM	POOR	0.5ft	9s	SW	16kt	NW	22kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
3:52 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	11s	SW	15kt	WNW	20kt	17°C	19°C	2mm
4:52 PM	POOR	0.5ft	9s	SW	18kt	W	25kt	15°C	19°C	0mm
5:52 PM	POOR	0.4ft	10s	SW	14kt	W	20kt	14°C	20°C	2mm
6:52 PM	POOR	0.5ft	11s	SW	17kt	W	—kt	13°C	18°C	0mm
7:52 PM	POOR	0.5ft	9s	SW	15kt	WSW	21kt	13°C	21°C	0mm
8:52 PM	POOR	0.4ft	9s	SW	16kt	NW	—kt	13°C	18°C	0mm
9:52 PM	POOR	0.3ft	11s	SW	17kt	SW	24kt	14°C	20°C	3mm
10:52 PM	POOR	0.3ft	10s	SW	18kt	WNW	—kt	15°C	21°C	0mm
11:52 PM	POOR	0.3ft	8s	SW	16kt	W	—kt	17°C	21°C	0mm
12:52 AM	POOR	0.4ft	10s	SW	15kt	WSW	—kt	19°C	21°C	0mm
1:52 AM	POOR	0.2ft	10s	SW	16kt	SW	22kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
2:52 AM	POOR	0.3ft	11s	SW	17kt	WSW	—kt	23°C	19°C	0mm

Forecast Summary

Best Day:Check forecast for optimal conditions

Average Swell:0.6ft @ 10s

Wind Conditions:8-17kt W

Water Temperature:18-21°C

Local Knowledge & Surf Guide

Local Knowledge

Praia do Ponta Ruiva is an exposed reef break in The Algarve that offers pretty consistent surf, with autumn being the optimum time of year for waves. The most favorable conditions are a Northwest swell from windswells or groundswells combined with offshore winds from the Southeast. The break provides good surf at all stages of the tide. The spot is unlikely to be crowded, even when the surf is up. Surfers should be aware of rocks and locals. The best time for consistent, clean waves is typically in October.

Best Swell Direction: W

Bottom Type: Reef

Ideal Conditions

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

Ideal Swell DirectionNW

Ideal Wind DirectionSE

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