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Madeira and Canaries

ERA5 reanalysis 2015-2024, 10 years

Roughest in Mar

50%

Week 9 · 2.6 m

Calmest in Aug

1%

Week 33 · 1.5 m

Week by week

Days above 2.5 m

Jan
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Dec

Rough end of the range — At the same height a long swell is a slow roll and a short chop is a hammering. Anything under about 6 seconds is chop.

Typical wave height

1.8 m

Wave period

8.6 s

Mean wind

26 km/h

Air temperature

20°C

Sailings that cross this water