Praia Formosa Surf Forecast

/ Madeira (21 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (32.64° N 16.95° W)

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Praia Formosa surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 WEST

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Praia Formosa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Praia Formosa sea temperature is 23.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Praia Formosa today?

The current surf forecast for Praia Formosa at 11PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	16s
Evening (17 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	16s

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

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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	151	146	131	85	129	140	186	125	121	167	165	163	163	160	154	143	139	137	137	99	98	98	85	74
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ESE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ESE	ESE	WSW	NNW	ESE	E	N	NNE	NE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				12:23AM 1.64				12:37PM 1.89					1:07AM 1.77				1:19PM 2.02				1:44AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		6:16PM 0.41				6:24AM 0.47					7:02PM 0.28				7:07AM 0.34				7:39PM 0.18				7:42AM 0.24

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-
Sunset	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	25	23	22	23	22	25	27	27	26	24	24	24	23	26	27	28	26	24	24	24	23	25	26
Feels °C (?)	26	26	24	22	23	22	25	27	28	27	25	24	24	24	26	29	30	28	26	25	25	24	26	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Madeira

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Praia Formosa (light winds from the NE at Funchal 5 km from Praia Formosa). 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.2m 17s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
3 hours 31 minutes ago Praia Formosa

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3 h 31 min ago

11 km/h

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