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Faial surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 08 Feb 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
18.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Faial today?

The current surf forecast for Faial at 9PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.6m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)--
Afternoon (08 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (08 Feb)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
5
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
5
8
9
9
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
NW
2.2
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111010121918171616161514141414201918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1522121112261203100895488793797818643448722270606028507645473553319629493019325672411291812496
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SW
0
SSW
0
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
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off		glassoffglasscross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
1.63
6:32AM
1.56
7:06PM
1.51
7:39AM
1.42
8:30PM
1.44
9:21AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
0.67
12:40PM
0.71
1:17AM
0.80
1:49PM
0.83
2:56AM
0.86
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise------7:56-------7:54-------7:54-
Sunset-6:45-------6:45-------6:46------
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clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191817171717182020191818171717202018171616151619
Feels °C (?)191717161717182121201919181717222119181615141519
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