Ponta do Sol Surf Forecast

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Portugal (220 surf breaks)

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Ponta do Sol surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 18 Aug 2025 WEST

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Ponta do Sol surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Ponta do Sol sea temperature is 23.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ponta do Sol today?

The current surf forecast for Ponta do Sol at 3AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	16s
Evening (18 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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		Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	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	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	N	N	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	8	16	16	13	18	18	18	15	15	15	7	7	16	16	16	16	14	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	181	128	123	118	115	84	105	124	87	118	118	122	116	53	57	115	109	124	102	89	91	83	91	107
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	ENE	NNW	NNW	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	E	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:52PM 1.58					10:35AM 1.67				11:24PM 1.61				11:53AM 1.78				12:33AM 1.72				12:53PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)				4:07AM 0.65				5:07PM 0.58				5:34AM 0.60				6:22PM 0.45				6:38AM 0.48

		Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	21	21	24	26	26	24	22	21	21	21	22	24	24	24	21	20	20	20	22	23	24	23
Feels °C (?)	22	22	22	21	26	29	29	27	24	23	23	23	24	27	27	26	23	21	21	21	24	24	25	24

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Madeira

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ponta do Sol (calm at Funchal 11 km from Ponta do Sol). 0.7m 9s swell from the NW with a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 13 minutes ago Ponta do Sol

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2 h 13 min ago

3 km/h

NNE

Clean

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