Faial Surf Forecast

/ Madeira (21 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Faial surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 29 Oct 2025 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 23.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Faial today?

The current surf forecast for Faial at 7AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 29). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WET) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	8s
Afternoon (29 Oct)	8ft (2.4m)	9s
Evening (29 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	9s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Wednesday 29							Thursday 30								Friday 31								Sat 01
	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	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	11	15	14	13	13	12	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1229	977	657	616	921	1376	1109	796	677	494	380	273	182	191	164	146	235	647	2863	3294	2677	2445	2103	2278
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	W	SSW	SW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:40AM 1.55				7:33PM 1.39				8:07AM 1.58				9:00PM 1.48					9:20AM 1.69				10:04PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	12:02AM 0.79				1:15PM 0.77				1:32AM 0.81				2:44PM 0.70				2:58AM 0.74					3:50PM 0.55

	Wednesday 29							Thursday 30								Friday 31								Sat 01
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	21	22	21	20	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	19	19	19	19	20	22	22	21	20	19
Feels °C (?)	19	18	19	20	19	19	19	20	21	20	20	21	21	22	19	19	19	19	19	21	21	20	19	18

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