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Faial surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
21.9° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Faial today?

The current surf forecast for Faial at 2PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am November 23). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (23 Nov)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (23 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.1
N
1
N
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.8
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
Period(s) (?)9811111111811111111116614131212111010998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2582173632972422421181121128358583938178461557623478360264243203157
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
N
5
NNE
15
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:29PM
1.77
3:45AM
1.90
4:06PM
1.68
4:26AM
1.83
4:50PM
1.61
5:12AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
0.37
9:25PM
0.43
9:59AM
0.45
10:03PM
0.51
10:43AM
0.53
10:46PM
0.58
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise7:43-------7:45-------7:46-------
Sunset---6:01-------6:01-------6:01----
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clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C161819171717171717191918171616161720201918181818
Feels °C (?)141618161617171717181918171515151719191918181716
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