Albufeira, Portugal
Photo: Conor Rees / UnsplashSurf, 3/2–4/3 water by season, quiet nomad scene.
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At a glance
Peak season—Peak consistency 9% · below our season threshold
Suits—no month clears our bar
Boardlongboard · bothbreak type not yet verified
Water15.6–19.4°C3/2–4/3 most of the year
Internet261 Mbpsmedian download · Ookla
Cost / mo$1,750+all-in, estimated
Where you'll surf — and work, eat, train
1 spot within 25 km · 1 with own season dataspot in season nowout of seasonno dot — no per-spot season data
Hazards
Spot details
- xflow SurfSpotPortugal0 km
3 coworking · 3 cafés · 3 gymsPowered by Google — ratings and maps are live from Google Maps. SurfBase doesn't edit or rank the reviews.
All places (9)
Coworking3 listed
- COWO Coworking & CaféView on Google
- Albufeira CoworkingView on Google
- Ti-Co-WorkingView on Google
Cafés3 listed
- antisocial - we are not a brunch or a coffee shop. We are a concept.View on Google
- Bubble chai & CaféView on Google
- Kofe - coffee & food – Brunch & Breakfast AlbufeiraView on Google
Gyms3 listed
- Crossport AlbufeiraView on Google
- Authentic FitnessView on Google
- Memou Fitness Club - GYMView on Google
The surf year
Peak consistency 9% · below our season thresholdSurfable days by month · intermediateNo reliably surfable season in our model
9peak · Feb
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Swell
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Wind ok
75%70%75%74%79%84%92%90%80%65%72%67%
Water
16°16°16°17°17°19°19°19°18°19°18°17°
Barsless surfablemore
Water4/3 wetsuit13–16°3/2 wetsuit17–19°
How we compute this
Computed from hourly ERA5 / ERA5-Ocean reanalysis (2015–2024): swell reaching this coast × wind quality × size for the chosen level, over daylight hours. Sea temperature 2023–2025.model v3 · computed 2026-09-22 · no forecast — a historical climatologyFull methodology
Surfable days by level, month by month
| Level | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 15% | 15% | 14% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 10% | 11% | 17% |
| Intermediate | 8% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% |
| Advanced | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% |
Working from here
median 261 Mbps · no known coworking · from $990 a month · lively sceneInternet speedmedian download · Ookla261 Mbps
Coworking spacesknown in OpenStreetMap0
Quiet ↔ Party81 / 100
Rent rangework-ready studio, monthly · USD$990–$1,870
Month all-inrent + living, modeled · USD≈ $1,750–$2,900
Estimated — modeled, not sourcedFind a place to stay
Monthly-stay searches for Albufeira.We link out — we don't book. Prices and availability live on Agoda, Booking.com and Airbnb. Some links may earn SurfBase a commission — the advice stays free and unchanged.
Getting there
Nearest airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport
CodeFAO
Distance24 km
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Sources & confidence
AI-seeded · not yet human-checkedSee the full methodology for how every figure is computed.Town references: osm · openwateratlas · wikidata · open-meteo · osm-coworking · ourairports · ookla · google-places · open-meteo-skill · osm-poi · ookla-wifi · wb-price-level
Updated 2026-09-22Suggest a correction