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Faial surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 13 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
18.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Faial today?

The current surf forecast for Faial at 1PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 2.1m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (13 Feb)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (13 Feb)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
NNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
2
NNE
2.2
NNE
2.2
NNE
2.2
NNE
2.3
NNE
2.3
NNE
2.2
NNE
2.1
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.6
NNE
Period(s) (?)141414141313111311111111121212121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40102343291826442390210317641815165817241541151280866011451338130212591505153014261160777572
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononononononcross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
11:47AM
1.56
12:05AM
1.76
12:28PM
1.70
12:43AM
1.92
1:03PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40AM
0.67
5:48PM
0.63
6:22AM
0.52
6:28PM
0.48
6:58AM
0.37
7:02PM
0.34
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
Sunrise--7:52-------7:52-------7:50-----
Sunset-----6:50-------6:51-------6:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171414161715131312121315151412121111121515141312
Feels °C (?)13981012119109910121312101089101313121110
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