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Faial surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 WEST
How big are the waves at Faial today?
The current surf forecast for Faial at 1PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (WEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 11s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Faial. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 209 | 157 | 125 | 158 | 171 | 159 | 132 | 122 | 117 | 96 | 92 | 86 | 83 | 70 | 68 | 51 | 50 | 45 | 67 | 99 | 127 | 123 | 163 | 153 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | cross | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:44PM 1.98 | 1:14AM 1.86 | 1:26PM 2.11 | 1:51AM 1.97 | 2:02PM 2.19 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:32AM 0.49 | 7:09PM 0.29 | 7:15AM 0.35 | 7:46PM 0.18 | 7:51AM 0.25 | 8:18PM 0.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 8:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:07 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 21 |
| Feels °C (?) | 24 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 22 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Madeira
Continuing clean conditions at Faial (calm at Funchal 12 km from Faial). 0.7m 11s groundswell from the NW with a 0.5m 8s swell from the NNE and a 0.5m 6s windswell from the NE as well as a 0.4m 11s groundswell from the N. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 8 min ago
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