Madalena do Mar

Madalena do Mar is an SSW-facing reef break in Madalena do Mar, Madeira, Madeira, Portugal. It picks up swell from ESE to SE and S and S to NW. Offshore wind here blows from the NNE: light winds or NNE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSW onshores chop it up.

Break

Reef

Faces

SSW (200°)

Best swell

S to WSW (191°–251°) or SSE (153°–159°), 11 s or longer

Best wind

NNW to ENE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

4–10 ft at the beach

Swell window

ESE to SE (108.5° to 136°); S (182.5° to 187.5°); S to NW (191° to 315.5°)

Offshore wind

NNE

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

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