Faja da Areia Surf and Wind Quality by Season (Madeira, Portugal)

The charts below show frequency of occurrence of a certain swell or wind in Faja da Areia, broken down by both direction and strength (wave height).

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

Seasonal Faja da Areia Swell and Wind Distribution

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The graph shows the variation of swells directed at Faja da Areia over a normal norther... (show all text)

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The rose diagram illustrates the variation of swells directed at Faja da Areia through ... (show all text)

You can also compare this with Faja da Areia swell conditioned on favourable winds.

Also see overall Faja da Areia surf quality charts (on the guide page) and Faja da Areia surf quality by month.