Praia Formosa surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 14 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
23.6° 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 6AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 14). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (14 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (14 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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

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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.3
NW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)101515101010101010101919181814181818171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8442222232777629303030292650505050
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
1.66
8:07PM
1.50
8:48AM
1.57
9:53PM
1.43
10:28AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
0.52
1:41PM
0.55
2:13AM
0.68
3:29PM
0.62
4:02AM
0.71
5:10PM
0.54
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise----7:50-------7:50-------7:50---
Sunset-------8:15-------8:14-------8:13
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212120202225242321212121222525232121212122242422
Feels °C (?)222221202326252421212121222524222020202022232422
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Madeira

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Praia Formosa (calm at Funchal 4 km from Praia Formosa). 0.2m 10s swell from the SSW to make surfable waves.

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Actual: 37 min ago

3 km/h
NNW
Clean
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