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Faial surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 WET
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Faial surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Faial sea temperature is
18.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Faial today?

The current surf forecast for Faial at 2AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.7
NW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NW
0.7
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NNW
1
NNW
1.1
NW
0.9
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)111414131312121212121214141313131212121113121210
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)931941231381702272553043252474771047907767569462339222158113149384937917
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
0
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		onglassoncross-
on		onglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
1.66
6:43AM
1.75
7:21PM
1.57
7:41AM
1.61
8:26PM
1.52
8:52AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
0.59
1:03PM
0.58
1:19AM
0.71
2:01PM
0.68
2:33AM
0.78
3:10PM
0.73
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----8:10-------8:10-------8:10---
Sunset-------6:19-------6:19-------6:20
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151514141416171615151515151717161615151515181817
Feels °C (?)141413131415171615151516151718161614141414171615
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