Faial surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 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
18.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Faial today?

The current surf forecast for Faial at 11PM is: 5.5m 13s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)--
Afternoon (08 Apr)15ft (4.5m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)18ft (5.5m)14s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
NNW
5
NNW
5.5
NNW
5.5
NNW
5.5
NNW
5.5
N
5
N
4.5
N
4.5
N
3
NNE
2.5
NNW
3
N
3
N
3
N
3.5
NNW
3.5
N
3.5
N
3
N
3
N
2.5
N
1.6
NW
1.7
NNW
2.5
N
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)1414141312121211111112121289910101091615914
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88411030510855103489401888567474950424919942037252425681251187222072098172514331190117811581026817
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
30
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
30
NNE
25
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
1.60
7:08AM
1.41
7:45PM
1.50
8:41AM
1.33
9:24PM
1.48
10:22AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55AM
0.74
1:06PM
0.81
2:20AM
0.83
2:40PM
0.87
4:06AM
0.80
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise------7:45-------7:43-------7:43-
Sunset-8:31-------8:31-------8:32------
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-11111222---2211--------
Temp. °C151515141414151515161414151516171717161514141617
Feels °C (?)910977791010121011111012131314131110101314
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