Surf Break

Lat Long: 12.96° S 38.37° W

Farol 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Farol sea temperature is
27.0°C
1.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Farol today (03 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Farol at 9PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)--
Afternoon (03 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (03 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 24°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
10
0.8
E
6
0.9
E
6
1
E
6
1.1
E
6
1.5
E
7
1.7
E
7
1.5
E
7
1.4
E
7
1.3
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.2
E
6
1.2
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.2
E
7
1.3
E
7
1.3
E
7
1.3
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
57
57
43
54
69
95
192
263
198
173
144
123
119
123
127
131
131
158
162
172
Wind (km/h)
15
E
25
ESE
25
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
E
15
E
20
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
8:46PM2.05m
9:30AM2.02m
9:43PM2.15m
10:23AM2.09m
Low Tide
2:16PM0.44m
2:52AM0.20m
3:15PM0.36m
3:49AM0.12m
4:08PM0.26m
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clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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3
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Temp °C
27
27
26
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
25
25
Feels °C
29
27
26
25
25
25
24
23
23
24
24
24
23
24
24
25
26
24
24
24
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