Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fontana today (08 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with NNE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with NNE swell.
The current surf forecast for Fontana at 10PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (-01) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 Oct) | 5ft (1.5m) | 6s |
| Evening (08 Oct) | 5ft (1.5m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Fontana. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 26°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Sun morning). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 8 | Friday 9 | Saturday 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | NE 7 | NE 7 | SW 6 | N 14 | N 13 | N 13 | N 12 | NE 7 | N 12 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 159 | 170 | 181 | 199 | 198 | 209 | 215 | 237 | 62 | 64 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-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 | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:19PM0.77m | 7:29AM0.91m | 7:55PM0.83m | 8:07AM0.92m | 8:28PM0.86m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:03PM0.09m | 1:01AM0.12m | 1:38PM0.06m | 1:43AM0.07m | 2:10PM0.03m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
Feels °C | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 9 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | S 15 | S 15 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | S 14 | S 14 |
| kJ | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 62 | 64 | 71 | 116 | 121 | 50 | 68 | 66 | 50 | 34 | 100 | 93 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSW 15 | SE 9 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 7 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 |
| kJ | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 47 | 22 | 62 | 61 | 29 | 28 | 19 | 28 | 22 | 121 | 112 | 106 | 104 | 103 | 29 | 20 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 10 | N 10 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SE 9 | SSW 15 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | S 10 | SE 6 | SSE 8 | SW 6 | N 14 | N 13 | N 13 | N 12 | SE 9 | N 12 |
| kJ | 17 | 8 | 42 | 44 | 22 | 47 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 |
| kJ | 159 | 170 | 181 | 199 | 198 | 209 | 215 | 237 | 289 | 331 | 355 | 340 | 311 | 289 | 318 | 322 | 341 | 357 | 398 | 410 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 210 | 625 | 625 | 625 | 625 | 5 | 626 | 625 | 623 | 625 | 625 | 625 | 626 | 626 | 623 | 623 | 623 | 682 | 1413 | 1412 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape-Verde - Sal | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Verde | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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 Fontana 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