Surf Break

Lat Long: 12.96° S 38.37° W

Farol 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Farol sea temperature is
27.2°C
1.0° 

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 (29 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Farol at 3AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (29 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (29 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 27°C on Fri morning, min 23°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat morning).

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
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
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
S
7
1.4
S
7
1.4
SSE
7
1.3
SSE
7
1.3
SSE
7
1.2
SSE
7
1.1
SSE
7
1
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
269
203
203
166
166
139
118
112
136
131
102
201
205
180
184
140
107
94
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
10
W
5
SW
15
SSE
15
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
ENE
20
E
30
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:04PM2.07m
4:46AM1.99m
4:59PM1.99m
5:49AM1.89m
6:04PM1.95m
Low Tide
10:05PM0.16m
10:29AM0.40m
11:03PM0.25m
11:29AM0.51m
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
25
26
25
25
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26
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27
27
25
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Feels °C
26
27
26
27
29
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25
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