Faial surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 19 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
17.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Faial today?

The current surf forecast for Faial at 12AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
1.9
WNW
2.4
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.1
NNW
2
NNW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)106661099999996810101010101312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8810113215994666565645757382606401591204018641461112422421707129911771180
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
S
10
SW
5
W
10
SW
15
W
10
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
W
5
S
10
WSW
10
SW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:06PM
2.27
4:30AM
2.17
4:51PM
2.18
5:20AM
1.99
5:42PM
2.05
6:18AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:16PM
0.02
10:34AM
0.12
11:05PM
0.13
11:21AM
0.29
12:00AM
0.29
12:16PM
0.47
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise------7:31-------7:31-------7:30-
Sunset-8:39-------8:39-------8:40------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222220191818202120201817171615151615141414131517
Feels °C (?)212119171717202119191714121211111212121313111316
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