Santa Maria - Praia Formosa Surf Forecast

/ Azores (27 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (36.95° N 25.10° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Santa Maria - Praia Formosa surfForecast / Azores / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 26 Sep 2025 +00

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Santa Maria - Praia Formosa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Santa Maria - Praia Formosa sea temperature is 23.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Santa Maria - Praia Formosa today?

The current surf forecast for Santa Maria - Praia Formosa at 12AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 26). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+00) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (27 Sep)	-	-
Evening (27 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s

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

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	Friday 26			Saturday 27								Sunday 28								Monday 29
	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	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	16	8	8	7	10	7	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	0	253	181	140	8	48	0	0	292	240	136	100	0	0	0	0	0	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:45PM 1.42				5:06AM 1.39				5:21PM 1.35				5:44AM 1.34					6:07PM 1.27				6:35AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)				10:53PM 0.59				11:11AM 0.64				11:27PM 0.66				11:55AM 0.69					12:11AM 0.73

	Friday 26			Saturday 27								Sunday 28								Monday 29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Feels °C (?)	16	16	18	20	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Azores

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Santa Maria - Praia Formosa (light winds from the E at Santa Maria Island Airport 7 km from Santa Maria - Praia Formosa). 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 12 minutes ago Santa Maria - Praia Formosa

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1 h 12 min ago

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Clean

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