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Mindelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 25 Jan 2026 WET
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Mindelo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mindelo sea temperature is
13.2° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mindelo today?

The current surf forecast for Mindelo at 10PM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)--
Afternoon (25 Jan)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (25 Jan)13ft (4.0m)16s

Table - waves today at Mindelo. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
!
!
!
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
W
2.3
WNW
3
W
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
6.5
W
7.5
W
Period(s) (?)141416161514141313111212131312141414151616191817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6334677080647220510737532136352939933525541774157441655741098249835283528584966810358182752749430475
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
15
W
10
SW
15
S
25
SSE
35
S
40
SW
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
60
SSW
45
WSW
45
WNW
25
W
25
SW
40
W
40
WNW
25
W
30
SW
35
S
55
SSE
55
WSW
55
W
45
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		onononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25PM
2.45
7:49AM
2.50
8:29PM
2.36
9:02AM
2.35
9:48PM
2.33
10:30AM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09PM
0.51
1:29AM
0.67
2:07PM
0.66
2:39AM
0.79
3:21PM
0.78
4:07AM
0.81
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise------7:52-------7:50-------7:50-
Sunset5:40-------5:43-------5:44-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----31041410173136112281021
Temp. °C131212111013141515141413111110101110101010131212
Feels °C (?)791085778854525412332-1312
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