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Mindelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 07 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
13.5° 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: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
W
1.8
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)9999111111877910111313121212121212121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28625821610698254260901733208481320168927242779227720551881176316651517105614501420
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
5
E
10
SE
15
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
15
NW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
N
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		onononcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:51PM
2.62
6:08AM
2.89
6:36PM
2.48
6:53AM
2.67
7:23PM
2.33
7:42AM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47PM
0.40
12:26PM
0.39
12:31AM
0.58
1:11PM
0.58
1:20AM
0.76
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-
Sunset5:21-------5:22-------5:22-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------11-32------------
Temp. °C121211101010101314141313131213131312121212121111
Feels °C (?)88887758977101077776789999
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