Praia Formosa surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 05 Dec 2025 WET
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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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Praia Formosa today?

The current surf forecast for Praia Formosa at 2PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 05). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (05 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (05 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SE
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1
WNW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109131313131515141414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)585756395838371917281441412041123992978733701351382486521545
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
E
5
E
5
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
0
W
0
SSW
0
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:49PM
2.09
2:10AM
2.22
2:39PM
2.03
2:58AM
2.20
3:29PM
1.93
3:47AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
-0.01
7:53PM
0.06
8:26AM
-0.02
8:39PM
0.11
9:17AM
0.04
9:26PM
0.20
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise7:54-------7:54-------7:56-------
Sunset---6:00-------6:00-------6:00----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151718171615151516181818161616161719191817161616
Feels °C (?)141617171514141415171717151616161618181817151515
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