Faial - Praia do Almoxarife 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 38.56° N 28.61° W

Issued: 5 am 19 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Faial - Praia do Almoxarife sea temperature is

24.5°C

Faial - Praia do Almoxarife surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Faial - Praia do Almoxarife today (19 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with NNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with NNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Faial - Praia do Almoxarife at 12PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+00) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	12s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Evening (19 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	12s

Table - waves today at Faial - Praia do Almoxarife. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat morning, min 22°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 19							Sunday 20								Monday 21
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
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	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 13	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 12	NNW 9	N 11	N 11	NW 12	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NW 11	NNW 13	NNW 13	WNW 11	WNW 10	WNW 10	NW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	85	127	109	140	143	173	196	56	62	59	39	98	148	160	200	151	169	269	206	214	194	183	361
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			8:14AM1.26m				8:39PM1.15m					9:35AM1.28m				10:04PM1.18m				10:40AM1.33m
Low Tide	1:26AM0.85m				2:53PM0.91m				2:49AM0.87m					4:17PM0.88m				4:06AM0.84m				5:13PM0.82m


	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:53	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23
Feels °C	23	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	22	23	24	24	24	25
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 13	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 12	NNW 9	N 11	N 11	NW 8	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NW 11	NNW 13	WNW 11	WNW 11	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10
kJ	85	127	109	140	143	173	196	56	62	59	24	98	148	160	200	151	169	269	149	214	194	183	163
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	ENE 8	N 14	N 13	N 13	WNW 8	WNW 8	N 12	NW 9	NW 8	N 11	NW 8	NW 8	SSW 6	N 10	NNW 14	NNW 14	S 5	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NW 16
kJ	35	14	63	32	31	13	13	45	39	35	37	23	9	13	8	110	110	18	206	167	158	153	361
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 15	WNW 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	WNW 8	ENE 8	ENE 6	NNW 10	WNW 8	WNW 8	NW 12	N 11	N 10	N 10	S 10	SSW 6	SW 6	WNW 9	SSW 6	S 10	SSW 6	SSW 7	NNW 11
kJ	39	16	15	15	14	7	4	20	6	6	39	21	18	17	8	12	10	58	17	7	14	15	140
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	S 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	S 6	SE 4	SE 5	SSE 5
kJ	9	7	10	21	24	17	12	10	8	11	36	48	49	30	30	19	11	10	7	31	9	14	24
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Distance (km)	14	79	120	120	120	79	14	79	120	120	120	126	111	111	111	14	79	58	14	14	76	14	14
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