Machico surf break

Machico surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 WEST
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Machico surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Machico sea temperature is
23.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Machico today?

The current surf forecast for Machico at 7PM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)--
Afternoon (14 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (14 Oct)1ft (0.3m)6s

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

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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.6
NW
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.8
NW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)666666661616115515151515141213136136
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1488877662525022214221212101717241727
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrossoffcross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:48PM
1.43
10:12AM
1.65
11:08PM
1.52
11:22AM
1.76
12:02AM
1.64
12:12PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:29PM
0.58
3:50AM
0.71
4:57PM
0.51
5:08AM
0.62
5:55PM
0.40
6:02AM
0.49
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise------8:10-------8:11-------8:11-
Sunset-7:35-------7:34-------7:32------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222120202020212222222121202021222322212221212223
Feels °C (?)212019192020222223232222212122212323212321212324
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Madeira

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Machico (moderate winds from the N at Funchal/S.catarina 3 km from Machico). 0.3m 4s local chop from the ESE to make surfable waves.

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3 h 10 min ago

22 km/h
N
Cross-Off
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