Faja da Areia 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.81° N 17.05° W

Issued: 6 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Faja da Areia sea temperature is

23.6°C

Faja da Areia surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Faja da Areia today (13 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with NW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with NW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Faja da Areia at 11AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (13 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

Table - waves today at Faja da Areia. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 13							Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 11	NW 10	NW 10	NW 9	NW 10	NW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	NW 14	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NNW 13	NW 13	NW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	140	124	122	81	160	192	168	196	139	127	101	113	196	480	456	548	642	746	891	816	760	828	975
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	3:52AM2.10m					4:10PM1.98m				4:24AM2.00m				4:44PM1.83m				4:58AM1.88m				5:20PM1.67m
Low Tide			9:58AM0.19m					10:09PM0.27m				10:32AM0.30m				10:41PM0.40m				11:09AM0.43m


	—	8:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	20	21	22	20	20	19	18	18	20	23	23	21	19	19	19	19	21	24	25	23	21
Feels °C	17	17	20	20	22	20	20	19	18	18	20	24	25	22	20	20	20	20	23	26	27	26	24
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 11	NW 10	NW 10	NW 9	NW 10	NW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 9	WNW 9	WNW 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NNW 13	NW 13	NW 14
kJ	140	124	122	81	160	192	168	196	139	127	101	70	57	480	456	414	642	746	891	816	760	828	975
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 12	N 12	N 12	NW 10	N 11	N 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	WNW 9	WNW 12	ENE 6	NNW 14	NW 14	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 11	NE 6
kJ	46	72	70	51	63	62	40	40	37	35	34	101	196	41	352	548	329	239	100	133	133	88	39
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 14	WNW 11	NW 9	NNW 11	S 13	S 11	S 11	S 12	S 12	WNW 14	NW 13	WNW 13	WNW 9	NW 15	N 10	N 9	NE 6	N 9	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	WNW 10
kJ	16	12	23	41	3	2	3	3	3	21	46	113	84	176	16	16	32	6	2	30	25	25	82
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 5	NE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	ENE 6	ENE 6	—	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	—
kJ	19	23	21	39	45	54	66	97	87	87	75	—	—	—	41	40	—	32	36	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ponta do Sol Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Faja da Areia Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Faja da Areia Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira	Madalena do Mar Madeira
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	1	1
Distance (km)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	0	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	0	14	14	14
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	4	7	5	9	5	5	5	5	5

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