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Mindelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 05 Feb 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
13.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Mindelo today?

The current surf forecast for Mindelo at 2PM is: 5.5m 18s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)16ft (5.0m)19s
Afternoon (05 Feb)18ft (5.5m)18s
Evening (05 Feb)18ft (5.5m)17s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
8
4
!
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
5.5
W
4.5
W
Period(s) (?)191918171717161615151414141414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1842521667200141842718427171641375511782107148819787673147563790974567121668752374762437451117446110027315
Wind
(km/h)
50
WSW
50
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
WNW
30
W
35
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
S
30
SSE
30
E
20
ESE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18PM
2.77
5:33AM
2.93
5:53PM
2.63
6:09AM
2.70
6:30PM
2.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
0.14
11:16PM
0.28
11:44AM
0.32
11:52PM
0.45
12:18PM
0.53
12:31AM
0.66
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise7:41-------7:41-------7:39-------
Sunset--5:54-------5:55-------5:58-----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
322332233812232212123---
Temp. °C141313131212121111121211111111101010998998
Feels °C (?)545645655653345444543556
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