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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Waiting for live data…
Next 48 hours
Plan the day
| Time | Air °C | Rain % | Wind | Waves m | Sea °C |
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Wind band coloured by Beaufort force · arrows show wind direction · wave lane covers the next 3 days
Tides & sky
The sea's timetable
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Sea state
What the water's doing
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direction the swell arrives from
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kW per metre of wave front — under 3 is gentle, over 15 is serious surf
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last 30 days
Air & pollen
What you're breathing
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European AQI · next 48 h below
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µg/m³ — calima events push this past 50
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grains/m³ · olive peaks May–June, grass in spring
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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
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.