Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at San Miguel - Ribeira Grande today (30 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 12s period with NNW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 12s period with NNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 12s period with NNW swell.
The current surf forecast for San Miguel - Ribeira Grande at 3PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (+00) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (30 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (30 Sep) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at San Miguel - Ribeira Grande. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 19°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 30 | Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 11 | NNW 11 | NNW 11 | NNW 11 | NNW 11 | N 11 | N 12 | N 13 | N 14 | N 14 | N 14 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2081 | 2081 | 1855 | 1694 | 1471 | 1104 | 885 | 854 | 813 | 792 | 776 | 865 | 1329 | 1603 | 1563 | 1352 | 1144 | 878 | 760 | 653 | 564 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:33PM1.45m | 4:58AM1.42m | 5:22PM1.33m | 5:52AM1.32m | 6:25PM1.20m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:22AM0.14m | 10:43PM0.17m | 11:10AM0.23m | 11:32PM0.28m | 12:11PM0.34m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 7:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 7:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:23 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Feels °C | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 11 | NNW 11 | NNW 11 | NNW 11 | NNW 11 | N 11 | N 12 | N 13 | N 14 | N 14 | N 14 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 |
| kJ | 2081 | 2081 | 1855 | 1694 | 1471 | 1104 | 885 | 854 | 813 | 792 | 776 | 865 | 1329 | 1603 | 1563 | 1352 | 1144 | 878 | 760 | 653 | 564 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | N 14 | N 13 | S 9 | S 9 | S 16 | S 8 | S 8 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 |
| kJ | 32 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 138 | 88 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 9 | S 9 | W 12 | S 16 | W 12 | S 16 | S 16 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | — | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 |
| kJ | 15 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 2 | S 8 | S 3 | S 4 | S 4 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | SSW 6 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 83 | 146 | 167 | 212 | 265 | 330 | 227 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 11 | 11 | 163 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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