Farol Surf Break

Lat Long: 12.96° S 38.37° W

Farol 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Farol sea temperature is
26.5°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 (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Farol at 5AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (11 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (11 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 26°C on Fri morning, min 23°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
ESE
7
1.1
E
7
1.3
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
7
1.4
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
7
1.4
ESE
7
1.4
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
8
1.5
E
8
1.4
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.2
ESE
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.3
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
197
117
163
163
193
167
193
193
181
173
265
232
202
173
172
172
142
186
Wind (km/h)
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
ESE
15
E
20
E
25
ENE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
1:51AM2.37m
2:20PM2.17m
2:37AM2.31m
3:04PM2.13m
Low Tide
7:24PM0.08m
7:55AM0.01m
8:10PM0.11m
8:40AM0.09m
8:57PM0.15m
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:31
5:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:29
5:29
 mm
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
25
25
24
24
24
25
26
26
25
25
24
24
23
25
25
26
25
25
Feels °C
25
26
25
26
26
26
25
24
23
24
25
25
24
28
26
26
25
25
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Farol surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest