San Miguel - Populo Surf Forecast

/ Azores (27 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (37.75° N 25.62° W)

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San Miguel - Populo surfForecast / Azores / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 +00

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San Miguel - Populo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's San Miguel - Populo sea temperature is 23.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at San Miguel - Populo today?

The current surf forecast for San Miguel - Populo at 3PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+00) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	9s

Table - waves today at San Miguel - Populo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	S	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	16	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	45	41	27	40	15	51	123	204	185	251	232	245	361	203	230	220	205	238	226	169	164	129	124	110
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	NW	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:46AM 1.49				10:31PM 1.39				10:57AM 1.55				11:38PM 1.44				11:55AM 1.62					12:30AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				4:22PM 0.59				4:39AM 0.63				5:29PM 0.52				5:40AM 0.57					6:23PM 0.45

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	21	22	23	22	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	24	24	23	22	20	20	19
Feels °C (?)	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	22	21	22	21	22	22	22	22	24	24	24	23	20	20	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Azores

Wind Update Wind reports 6 km away suggest it is still onshore at San Miguel - Populo (light winds from the SSW at Ponta Delgada/Nordela Acores Airport). 0.4m 10s swell from the NW with a 0.4m 3s local chop from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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