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Praia Formosa surf Forecast / Madeira / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 29 Nov 2023 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 22.6°C (Statistics for 29 Nov 1981-2005 - mean: 20.3 °C max: 21.4 °C min: 19.2 °C)
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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 22.6°C (Statistics for 29 Nov 1981-2005 - mean: 20.3 °C max: 21.4 °C min: 19.2 °C)


How big are the waves at Praia Formosa today?

The current surf forecast for Praia Formosa at 3PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am November 29). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (29 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (29 Nov)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tuesday
05
Wednesday
06
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
SW
1.5
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
Period(s) (?)111111116688888877777899998877771512121113131212121112121111111111111111111110101013101011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)17316713313318214348355551736442325014016993998912115812913477543719141372114142435355658581151501711732381301351359166664644424039573838168165140140
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
10
E
10
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
NNW
5
ENE
5
E
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
15
SSE
5
SE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:54PM
1.84
3:09AM
1.98
3:34PM
1.73
3:49AM
1.89
4:16PM
1.61
4:33AM
1.78
5:03PM
1.50
5:22AM
1.68
5:57PM
1.41
6:19AM
1.60
7:03PM
1.36
7:23AM
1.55
8:14PM
1.37
8:29AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:43AM
0.17
8:49PM
0.28
9:24AM
0.26
9:27PM
0.38
10:07AM
0.37
10:07PM
0.49
10:53AM
0.49
10:52PM
0.59
11:47AM
0.59
11:45PM
0.68
12:51PM
0.65
12:50AM
0.75
1:59PM
0.67
2:05AM
0.76
3:02PM
0.63
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tuesday
05
Wednesday
06
Sunrise7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:52-------7:52-------7:54-------7:54-------7:54---
Sunset---6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00
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Rain (mm)
111111223342-----11-----------------------2211211-------1---
Temp. °C212121212120202019202019191919181818171717161616161818181717171717192018181818191920191919191919192020191919191920212119
Feels °C (?)222121202019191817181919181919171616141414131314141617171616171717181918181818202121202020201919192122202019201920212120

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