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Faial surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 07 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 2PM is: 5.0m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 3.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 07). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (07 Feb)16ft (5.0m)13s
Evening (07 Feb)15ft (4.5m)13s

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

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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
5
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
5
6
5
5
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121213131313121212121212121211111111111219181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3235307276488342689355444486276719791722152212111226120310649929741440162317793484710171426028
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
0
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
W
5
SW
5
NW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrossglassglasscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30PM
1.76
5:47AM
1.75
6:12PM
1.63
6:32AM
1.56
7:06PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
0.41
11:29PM
0.51
11:55AM
0.57
12:14AM
0.67
12:40PM
0.71
1:17AM
0.80
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise7:58-------7:56-------7:56-------
Sunset---6:45-------6:45-------6:45----
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part cloud
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161919191717161717181918171717171820201918181818
Feels °C (?)131716171516151617191917171616161821212019191919
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