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Faial surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 17 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 8AM is: 4.5m 15s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)16ft (5.0m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)13ft (4.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
0
5
5
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
NNW
4.5
NNW
5
NNW
4.5
NNW
4
NNW
4
NNW
4
NNW
4.5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
4.5
NNW
4
NNW
4
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.1
NNW
2
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.5
NW
Period(s) (?)151515141414131312121212121211111111111110101017
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)828498681015687487339664462677111687466075778473142013253275724601549126711349808706986701336
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
25
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		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)
1:02AM
1.92
1:22PM
1.82
1:38AM
2.03
1:56PM
1.89
2:12AM
2.11
2:30PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:16AM
0.38
7:21PM
0.36
7:51AM
0.29
7:55PM
0.28
8:25AM
0.22
8:28PM
0.22
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--8:08-------8:08-------8:08-----
Sunset-----6:24-------6:25-------6:27--
clear
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-1---11221--------------
Temp. °C151515161616161717161616161514141313141616151413
Feels °C (?)109101112121212121111111111101099111313121110
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