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Faial Surf Forecast / Madeira / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 30 Mar 2023 WEST
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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 19.3 °C (Statistics for 30 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 17.9 max: 18.7 min: 17.3 °C)
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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 19.3 °C (Statistics for 30 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 17.9 max: 18.7 min: 17.3 °C)

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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Faial (light winds from the ENE at Funchal/S.catarina 13 km from Faial).

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1 h 53 min ago

Light
11 km/h
ENE
Cross-On
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How big are the waves at Faial today?

The current surf forecast for Faial at 10PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)--
Afternoon (30 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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

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Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Fri
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
555554444553433222222332223332111135554433321223203443233333
Swell
Height Map
T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.3.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.6.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.9.cc23
T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.12.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.15.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.21.cc23
T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.36.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.39.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.45.cc23
T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.60.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.63.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.69.cc23
T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.84.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.87.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.93.cc23
T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.108.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.111.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.117.cc23
T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.132.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.135.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.141.cc23
T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.156.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.159.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.165.cc23
T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.180.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.183.cc23T azoresportugal.htsgw.metric.189.cc23
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.6
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
1.5
WNW
2
NW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
0.9
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
2.4
NE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
NE
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1212121212121216151313121212111111111111101212121111121212121177718171615141414131313788888888888881313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)147114711496154614301299119712252579183116096471111467350314278273263234225436405385340180317322298233221255255237839275831182887215215561122950781587556851904973982129815261554135111631068969791675615528
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
ononononononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:03PM
1.52
11:51AM
1.46
12:05AM
1.65
12:37PM
1.60
12:47AM
1.80
1:12PM
1.74
1:21AM
1.94
1:43PM
1.87
1:52AM
2.06
2:12PM
1.99
2:22AM
2.15
2:41PM
2.07
2:52AM
2.19
3:11PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:36PM
0.88
5:41AM
0.73
5:50PM
0.76
6:30AM
0.60
6:35PM
0.62
7:06AM
0.46
7:10PM
0.48
7:36AM
0.32
7:41PM
0.35
8:05AM
0.21
8:11PM
0.24
8:33AM
0.13
8:41PM
0.17
9:01AM
0.08
9:12PM
0.13

Note: the tide data above is for Santana which is 3 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Faial.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Faial blow from the SW

Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Fri
07
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Rain (mm)
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Sunrise------7:56-------7:56-------7:54-------7:52-------7:52-------7:50-------7:48-----
Sunset-8:24-------8:25-------8:27-------8:27-------8:28-------8:29-------8:29-------8:30--

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