Praia dos Moinhos

Ribeira Grande, Portugal

Sand

Right now

The conditions at the spot at 7:00 AM Azores Summer Time.

Poor

Waist-high (1.2 m) at 5 s going to W, moderate cross-onshore wind going to WSW

Swell

1.2 m

W

5 s

Wind

17 km/h

WSW

Cross-onshore

Tide

1.1 m

Falling

Weather

21 °C

Mostly clear

24 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

1.1 m · 5 s

W

15 km/h · 45 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.5 m

Light drizzle · 22 °C

1 AM

Poor

1.1 m · 5 s

W

15 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.7 m

Light drizzle · 22 °C

2 AM

Poor

1.1 m · 5 s

W

16 km/h · 47 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 22 °C

3 AM

Poor

1.2 m · 5 s

W

16 km/h · 48 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 21 °C

4 AM

Poor

1.2 m · 5 s

W

16 km/h · 48 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

1.3 m

Light drizzle · 21 °C

5 AM

Poor

1.2 m · 5 s

W

17 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 21 °C

6 AM

Poor

1.2 m · 5 s

W

16 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

1.3 m

Clear · 21 °C

7 AM

Poor

1.2 m · 5 s

W

17 km/h · 51 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

1.1 m

Mostly clear · 21 °C

8 AM

Poor

1.1 m · 5 s

W

16 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.8 m

Mostly clear · 21 °C

9 AM

Poor

1.1 m · 5 s

W

17 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.6 m

Partly cloudy · 22 °C

10 AM

Poor

1.1 m · 5 s

W

19 km/h · 55 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.4 m

Light drizzle · 23 °C

11 AM

Poor

1.1 m · 6 s

W

18 km/h · 55 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.4 m

Light drizzle · 23 °C

12 PM

Poor

1.1 m · 6 s

W

18 km/h · 54 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.5 m

Light drizzle · 24 °C

1 PM

Poor

1.1 m · 6 s

W

17 km/h · 53 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.6 m

Light drizzle · 24 °C

2 PM

Poor

1.1 m · 6 s

W

16 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 24 °C

3 PM

Poor

1.1 m · 6 s

W

15 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 24 °C

4 PM

Poor

1.2 m · 6 s

W

14 km/h · 45 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 24 °C

5 PM

Poor

1.2 m · 5 s

W

14 km/h · 42 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

1.3 m

Light drizzle · 23 °C

6 PM

Poor

1.2 m · 5 s

W

14 km/h · 41 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

1.2 m

Drizzle · 22 °C

7 PM

Poor

1.2 m · 5 s

W

14 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 21 °C

8 PM

Poor

1.2 m · 5 s

W

14 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

0.9 m

Mostly clear · 21 °C

9 PM

Poor

1.2 m · 5 s

W

14 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

0.7 m

Clear · 21 °C

10 PM

Poor

1.1 m · 5 s

W

13 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

0.5 m

Mostly clear · 20 °C

11 PM

Poor

1.1 m · 5 s

W

13 km/h · 38 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

0.4 m

Clear · 20 °C

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