Praia Formosa Surf Forecast

/ Madeira (21 surf breaks) /

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

Surf Forecasts:

Praia Formosa surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 06 Nov 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 23.0° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm November 06). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (WET) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Afternoon (07 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (07 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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		Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	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	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	698	461	392	359	270	206	164	167	411	509	605	1672	1525	2336	2578	2400	2169	1983	1690	1533	1079	700	711	985
Wind (km/h)	ESE	NNE	N	NNW	WNW	WSW	W	W	NNW	NNE	NNW	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			2:20AM 2.23				2:46PM 2.11					3:06AM 2.17				3:36PM 1.95				3:55AM 2.06				4:30PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	8:05PM -0.03				8:32AM -0.04				8:49PM 0.07					9:21AM 0.04				9:35PM 0.22				10:15AM 0.18

		Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	18	19	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	21	22	21	21	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	19
Feels °C (?)	20	19	18	18	20	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	23	23	22	22	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19

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