Surf Climatology
Best Time to Surf Porto da Cruz
Madeira, Portugal
Porto da Cruz is a surf break in Madeira, Portugal, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at Porto da Cruz is Feb & Mar, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.
Peak surf season: Feb & Mar.
Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.
Best time to visit
3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024
Peak surf season:FebMar
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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 7.9ft average swell at 9.5 s from the NNW.
Feb: 8.3ft average swell at 10.1 s from the NNW.
Mar: 9.7ft average swell at 9.9 s from the NW.
Apr: 6.9ft average swell at 8.4 s from the NNW.
May: 5.5ft average swell at 7.1 s from the NNW.
Jun: 5.3ft average swell at 6.7 s from the NNW.
Jul: 4.4ft average swell at 6.3 s from the N.
Aug: 4.9ft average swell at 6.8 s from the N.
Sep: 5.5ft average swell at 7.6 s from the NNW.
Oct: 7.3ft average swell at 8.6 s from the NNW.
Nov: 7.6ft average swell at 9.7 s from the NW.
Dec: 8.0ft average swell at 9.3 s from the NNW.
Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at 33.0°, -17.0°.
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