Praia Formosa surfForecast / Madeira / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 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
18.1° 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 11AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
5
5
4
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
NW
1.8
NW
1.3
WNW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.2
S
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)111111111111105681114161615151313141212141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8176767978655983167428366313738763373294227086969162929161514
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
15
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.76
5:04PM
1.79
5:24AM
1.61
5:40PM
1.66
6:03AM
1.47
6:26PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:48AM
0.39
11:14PM
0.43
11:21AM
0.52
11:54PM
0.57
12:00PM
0.66
12:47AM
0.71
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise--7:50-------7:48-------7:47-----
Sunset-----8:30-------8:30-------8:31--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C151516181817161514131315151513131213141517161515
Feels °C (?)15151515131313111099121211910910111214131111
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