San Miguel - Ribeira Grande surf break

San Miguel - Ribeira Grande surfForecast / Azores / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 +00
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San Miguel - Ribeira Grande surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's San Miguel - Ribeira Grande sea temperature is
23.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at San Miguel - Ribeira Grande today?

The current surf forecast for San Miguel - Ribeira Grande at 7AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (+00) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (15 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (15 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

Table - waves today at San Miguel - Ribeira Grande. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NNW
1.1
NW
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
N
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
W
Period(s) (?)141312121112121111111010101010119111211101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)105880363562529280274863158248536330625520016015696137161149133107110165
Wind
(km/h)
0
N
5
NE
5
SE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
NNE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffglassglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38AM
1.18
9:33PM
1.08
10:14AM
1.21
11:00PM
1.14
11:26AM
1.31
12:00AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
0.47
3:17PM
0.46
3:48AM
0.48
4:52PM
0.40
5:09AM
0.41
5:56PM
0.31
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
Sunrise--7:22-------7:24-------7:24-----
Sunset-----7:51-------7:49-------7:46--
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212021222222222120202123232321222121222323232222
Feels °C (?)242223242424252321212223232422232121222222222222
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Azores

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at San Miguel - Ribeira Grande (light winds from the N at Ponta Delgada/Nordela Acores Airport 17 km from San Miguel - Ribeira Grande). 1.2m 10s swell from the WNW with a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the NW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
N
0.0
23.1
Air / Water (°C)
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