Ponta Delgada Surf Forecast

/ Madeira (21 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks)

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Ponta Delgada surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 17 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 11AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Evening (17 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	10s

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

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	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	517	450	259	365	286	274	260	214	173	157	120	153	165	159	129	122	115	96	90	84	83	81	70	67
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ESE	E	E	ENE	E	ENE	E	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				11:50AM 1.80				12:30AM 1.71				12:43PM 1.96					1:14AM 1.84				1:25PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)		5:35AM 0.63				6:22PM 0.42				6:32AM 0.48					7:08PM 0.29				7:14AM 0.35				7:45PM 0.18

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	25	28	27	26	23	23	24	23	27	30	30	27	25	24	25	25	27	29	28	28	24	24
Feels °C (?)	21	20	26	29	29	29	26	24	25	23	28	31	32	29	26	25	25	25	27	31	30	30	26	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Madeira

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ponta Delgada (calm at Funchal 17 km from Ponta Delgada). 1.2m 10s swell from the NNW with a 1.1m 6s windswell from the NE and a 0.5m 13s groundswell from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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