Cais do Funchal Surf Forecast

/ Madeira (21 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Cais do Funchal surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 WEST

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Cais do Funchal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Cais do Funchal sea temperature is 23.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cais do Funchal today?

The current surf forecast for Cais do Funchal at 9PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	15s
Evening (18 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	14s

Table - waves today at Cais do Funchal. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	121	167	165	163	163	160	154	143	139	137	137	99	98	98	78	74	110	72	71	70	71	132	128	90
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ESE	SE	WSW	E	WNW	NNE	NE	NNE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					1:09AM 2.11				1:18PM 2.34				1:45AM 2.21				1:55PM 2.43				2:17AM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		7:00PM 0.58					7:07AM 0.67				7:38PM 0.48				7:44AM 0.56				8:11PM 0.42				8:16AM 0.49

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	25	23	24	24	24	25	27	27	26	25	24	24	23	24	25	25	23	22	21	21	21	21	21
Feels °C (?)	27	25	24	25	24	25	26	28	29	28	27	25	25	23	24	25	27	25	23	21	20	20	21	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Madeira

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Cais do Funchal (light winds from the NE at Funchal 2 km from Cais do Funchal). 0.6m 4s local chop from the E with a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 53 minutes ago Cais do Funchal

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1 h 53 min ago

11 km/h

Cross-Off

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