Farol 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 6.42° S 34.98° W

Issued: 8 pm 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Farol sea temperature is

27.3°C

Farol 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 Farol today (24 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Farol at 2AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Afternoon (24 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Evening (24 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 23		Thursday 24								Friday 25
	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	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	397	179	176	126	119	119	90	119	119	112	108	469	444	113	163	150	150	150
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				2:21AM2.10m				2:45PM2.06m				2:54AM2.24m					3:17PM2.19m
Low Tide		8:13PM0.44m				8:37AM0.24m				8:46PM0.30m					9:09AM0.13m


	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	25	26	25	25	25	26	27	27	26	26
Feels °C	24	25	25	26	26	25	26	27	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	25
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 8	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 8	E 8	ESE 11	NNE 9	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11
kJ	7	179	176	126	119	119	90	119	119	112	108	120	116	64	8	40	24	22
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	NNE 8	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 10	NE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 9	N 18	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9
kJ	2	7	7	8	8	13	13	13	14	14	11	62	63	12	6	8	8	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 16	NE 11	NE 11	NE 8	NE 8	N 15	N 15	N 14	N 14	N 13	N 13	NNE 9	NE 8	N 19	N 13	NNE 18	NNE 17	NNE 17
kJ	5	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	7	11	7	4	31	30	27
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 7
kJ	397	48	56	59	50	73	76	42	44	42	42	469	444	113	163	150	150	150
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	1963	1609	1475	999	1015	1963	1649	1649	1623	1609	999	985	976	1609	1560	1560	1560	1560
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	5	4	9	7	5	4	4	4	4

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