Terceira - Contendas Surf Forecast

/ Azores (27 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (38.64° N 27.08° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Terceira - Contendas surfForecast / Azores / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 02 Oct 2025 +00

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Terceira - Contendas surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Terceira - Contendas sea temperature is 21.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Terceira - Contendas today?

The current surf forecast for Terceira - Contendas at 2AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm October 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+00) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (03 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (03 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

Table - waves today at Terceira - Contendas. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	157	149	101	97	58	38	20	48	69	175	204	188	239	312	347	336	326	390	530	594	576	604	528	439
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	S	SSW	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:22PM 1.09				11:42AM 1.25					12:07AM 1.21				12:22PM 1.39				12:46AM 1.34				1:00PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)				5:23AM 0.37				6:00PM 0.27					6:07AM 0.25				6:39PM 0.13				6:48AM 0.13

		Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Azores

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Terceira - Contendas (calm at Angra DO Heroismo (Acores) 13 km from Terceira - Contendas). 0.8m 10s swell from the NW with a 0.5m 9s swell from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 24 minutes ago Terceira - Contendas

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2 h 24 min ago

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Clean

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