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San Miguel - Ribeira Grande surf break

San Miguel - Ribeira Grande surfForecast / Azores / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 05 Feb 2026 -01
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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
15.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

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

The current surf forecast for San Miguel - Ribeira Grande at 9AM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 1.9m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 19s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-01) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)13ft (4.0m)14s
Afternoon (05 Feb)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (05 Feb)15ft (4.5m)13s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
4
W
4
W
4
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
3
W
3
WSW
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
3.5
W
3
WSW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)1615151414131312121213129101111111112121212118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1504611576668757946729642560565723524549422702212423323403442744083145213625482171167712911436822
Wind
(km/h)
45
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
40
W
35
W
40
SW
50
W
45
WSW
55
WSW
50
W
35
WNW
25
NW
10
WNW
10
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32AM
1.60
3:51PM
1.39
4:08AM
1.49
4:28PM
1.32
4:44AM
1.37
5:06PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48AM
0.11
9:52PM
0.16
10:23AM
0.20
10:28PM
0.26
10:58AM
0.30
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--7:43-------7:41-------7:41-----
Sunset-----6:08-------6:09-------6:10--
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11213111---842221-----12
Temp. °C131312121112121212131313151516161413131415161716
Feels °C (?)465432223566776888111212131210
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