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 6 am Monday 20 Oct 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 23.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Praia Formosa today?

The current surf forecast for Praia Formosa at 10AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (WEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Evening (20 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

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	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thu 23
	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	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	79	78	56	106	126	198	194	191	229	216	212	255	270	281	279	279	279	443	492	812	915	786	715	692
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	SW	SSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	NNW	ENE	SE	SSW	WNW	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:48AM 1.94				1:58PM 2.02				2:17AM 1.99				2:29PM 2.01				2:46AM 2.00				2:59PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			7:49AM 0.23				8:07PM 0.15				8:19AM 0.19				8:34PM 0.15				8:49AM 0.18				9:01PM 0.19

	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thu 23
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	23	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	23	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	23	25	24	23	22	22
Feels °C (?)	24	24	26	27	26	26	27	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	27	25	24	25	25	27	26	25	25	25

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Madeira

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Praia Formosa (calm at Funchal 4 km from Praia Formosa). 0.7m 9s swell from the W with a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the WNW and a 0.3m 10s swell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
49 minutes ago Praia Formosa

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Actual: 49 min ago

3 km/h

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