Faial - Praia do Norte Surf Forecast

/ Azores (27 surf breaks) /

Portugal (226 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (38.61° N 28.76° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Faial - Praia do Norte surfForecast / Azores / Portugal

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 +00

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

Today's Faial - Praia do Norte sea temperature is 23.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Faial - Praia do Norte today?

The current surf forecast for Faial - Praia do Norte at 3AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+00) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Evening (16 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	9s

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

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		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	W	W	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	N	N	N	N	NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	11	11	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	911	776	669	605	553	374	642	668	1039	1035	1035	829	772	1072	1116	1199	1097	809	557	540	318	413	365	467
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	NNW	WNW	WNW	NW	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		9:17PM 0.88				10:04AM 0.99				10:46PM 0.93				11:16AM 1.08				11:46PM 1.00					12:07PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)				3:35AM 0.40				4:41PM 0.36				4:57AM 0.34				5:45PM 0.27				5:52AM 0.26

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20
Feels °C (?)	22	22	19	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	22	21	22	22	21	18	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Azores

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Faial - Praia do Norte (light winds from the WSW at Pasteleiro wx 13 km from Faial - Praia do Norte). 1.3m 10s swell from the NNW with a 0.6m 7s swell from the WSW and a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
35 minutes ago Faial - Praia do Norte

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Actual: 35 min ago

18 km/h

WSW

Cross-Off

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