Faja da Areia surf break

Faja da Areia surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 WEST
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Faja da Areia surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Faja da Areia sea temperature is
17.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Faja da Areia today?

The current surf forecast for Faja da Areia at 9AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (22 Apr)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
NNW
2.2
NNW
2
NNW
2
NW
2.2
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
1.3
NNW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
NW
2
WNW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121112111211111111111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17071384117710921291207819341870219619521567456455407133812421172973878791712698549478
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
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on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
1.78
6:42PM
1.89
7:29AM
1.61
7:58PM
1.77
8:57AM
1.53
9:25PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:16PM
0.47
1:09AM
0.44
1:26PM
0.62
2:38AM
0.54
2:57PM
0.69
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--7:31-------7:30-------7:28-----
Sunset-----8:43-------8:43-------8:44--
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clear
clear
part cloud
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141315171817161615151718191817171616182019191615
Feels °C (?)131213151616161614141617191717181616182019191614
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