Algarve DailyFaro · Algarve · Portugal

Weather · sea · tides

Beach weather, hour by hour

IPMA's official forecast for every Algarve beach — waves, wind, water temperature, tides and UV — read the way a beach day actually gets planned.

IPMA forecast

Live · IPMA

Right now at Praia da Rocha

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Next 48 hours

Plan the day

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Hourly forecast
TimeAir °CRain %WindWaves mSea °C

Wind band coloured by Beaufort force · arrows show wind direction · wave lane covers the next 3 days

Tides & sky

The sea's timetable

Tide today
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Sea state

What the water's doing

Total sea vs swell

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Wave direction

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direction the swell arrives from

Wave energy

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kW per metre of wave front — under 3 is gentle, over 15 is serious surf

Water temperature

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last 30 days

Air & pollen

What you're breathing

Air quality

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European AQI · next 48 h below

Saharan dust

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µg/m³ — calima events push this past 50

Pollen

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grains/m³ · olive peaks May–June, grass in spring

Fine particles

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PM2.5 µg/m³ — WHO daily guideline is 15

Air & pollen data © Open-Meteo / Copernicus CAMS

Best beach right now

Where to go for…

Scoring every beach from live conditions…

Wind & heat map

The region at a glance

Wind & heat animated from IPMA point data (34 beach forecasts + 13 live stations) · rain radar © RainViewer · satellite © EUMETSAT

Further out

10-day outlook

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Forecast & observations © IPMA · Tides © TideCheck · Buoy © Instituto Hidrográfico · Fires © VOST Portugal · Bathing water © APA · Days 4–10 are air-only; sea detail covers the next 3 days.