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Faial - Praia do Norte surf break

Faial - Praia do Norte surfForecast / Azores / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 12 Feb 2026 -01
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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
16.2° 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 3PM is: 4.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-01) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)13ft (4.0m)13s
Afternoon (12 Feb)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (12 Feb)15ft (4.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
WNW
3
W
3
W
3
NW
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.4
N
2
W
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)131212121111121212121111111111121014141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5438557554015409491946362524238621161570126511379248627625747842452352040674606413530822587
Wind
(km/h)
45
W
45
WNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
0.85
10:45PM
0.94
11:01AM
0.92
11:30PM
1.03
11:42AM
1.00
12:06AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17PM
0.42
4:59AM
0.42
5:08PM
0.34
5:41AM
0.34
5:47PM
0.25
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise7:50-------7:48-------7:47-------
Sunset---6:28-------6:30-------6:30----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
21----------------------
Temp. °C151415141415141414141414141414141414141514141515
Feels °C (?)75545778101111111099999898788
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