Faial - Praia do Norte 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 38.61° N 28.76° W

Issued: 5 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Faial - Praia do Norte sea temperature is

23.0°C

Faial - Praia do Norte 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 Norte today (01 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 13s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Faial - Praia do Norte at 12PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+00) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	10s
Afternoon (01 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s
Evening (01 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Fri night, min 20°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thursday 1							Friday 2								Saturday 3
	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)	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 11	N 11	N 10	N 11	N 12	N 12	N 13	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 13	N 12
Wave Graph
kJ	1071	783	601	711	776	819	1285	1768	1768	1559	1494	1290	891	760	633	510	493	485	493	600	591	610	333
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	E	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide						5:05PM1.10m				5:38AM1.08m					6:07PM0.98m				6:50AM1.01m				7:33PM0.90m
Low Tide				10:53AM0.21m				11:16PM0.23m				11:55AM0.30m					00:20AM0.33m				1:21PM0.38m


	—	7:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	22	23	23	23
Feels °C	15	16	16	16	17	18	22	25	25	25	24	23	21	22	22	23	22	24	23	22	24	24	24
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 11	N 11	N 10	N 11	N 12	N 12	N 13	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 13	N 12
kJ	1071	783	601	711	776	819	1285	1768	1768	1559	1494	1290	891	760	633	510	493	485	493	600	591	610	333
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	NW 10	NW 11	NW 10	NW 10	NW 10	W 10	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 6	NW 9	NW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	WSW 8	WSW 8	WSW 7	SSW 7	N 14
kJ	251	355	254	163	142	117	19	70	55	51	38	33	86	86	73	52	52	50	50	33	31	66	298
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	S 16	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	S 15	SE 6	SSE 6	W 9	WSW 8	WSW 8	WSW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	SSW 7
kJ	28	28	24	21	21	21	20	17	8	8	8	17	9	13	6	12	23	35	35	35	17	16	66
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 3	SSE 3	SSE 3	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 6	SW 6	SSW 6	SSW 5	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	—	SE 6
kJ	3	3	9	20	47	118	133	—	—	—	—	—	22	25	43	39	60	62	49	39	28	—	33
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	84	84	84	132	123	123	123	0	0	0	0	0	70	0	0	0	70	0	81	81	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	7	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5

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