Ponta Delgada surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 WEST
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Ponta Delgada surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ponta Delgada sea temperature is
23.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ponta Delgada today?

The current surf forecast for Ponta Delgada at 2AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
N
0.6
WNW
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
Period(s) (?)10101010101111111010101099999910815141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)260214173157120153165159129122115969084837068495045676389123
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
0
ESE
0
NNE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
WNW
0
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
0
N
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:30AM
1.71
12:43PM
1.96
1:14AM
1.84
1:25PM
2.09
1:50AM
1.95
2:01PM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
0.48
7:08PM
0.29
7:14AM
0.35
7:45PM
0.18
7:50AM
0.24
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----7:52-------7:52-------7:54---
Sunset-------8:09-------8:08-------8:07
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232324222729292824242425272929282424242325262623
Feels °C (?)262425232830302926242527273031312625262427272825
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Madeira

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ponta Delgada (calm at Funchal 17 km from Ponta Delgada). 1.0m 10s swell from the NNW with a 0.8m 6s windswell from the NE and a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the NW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0 km/h
NNW
0.0
23.7
Air / Water (°C)
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