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Faial surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 14 Jan 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
18.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Faial today?

The current surf forecast for Faial at 11AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (14 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (14 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
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)
1
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
5
5
5
3
3
0
3
2
2
5
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NNW
3
NNW
1.9
NW
2
N
2.1
N
2.2
N
2.1
N
2
N
1.9
N
1.4
NW
2.1
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
Period(s) (?)131212121212111212121121191817161515141413131615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3686282424052037990106611341448116610769061747313640844621504150604284361933252354194453195975
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:12AM
1.55
11:39PM
1.69
12:03PM
1.63
12:23AM
1.80
12:45PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
0.70
5:18PM
0.65
5:55AM
0.60
6:05PM
0.56
6:38AM
0.49
6:45PM
0.45
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise--8:10-------8:10-------8:08-----
Sunset-----6:22-------6:22-------6:23--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C131213161615131313121316171716171615151616151514
Feels °C (?)8810131313111111101014161614161513111211101110
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