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Mindelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 06 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 3AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
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
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
0.8
WNW
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
1.4
W
1.9
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)98813789899111111877810111313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107686734110209302262216106911262921191733788221293171725392469208916781499
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SSE
25
S
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
W
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24AM
3.07
5:51PM
2.62
6:08AM
2.89
6:36PM
2.48
6:53AM
2.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03PM
0.26
11:42AM
0.21
11:47PM
0.40
12:26PM
0.39
12:31AM
0.58
1:11PM
0.58
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----8:00-------8:00-------8:00---
Sunset------5:21-------5:22-------5:22-
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-151--------111121------
Temp. °C9887810121211111010101414141413131313121313
Feels °C (?)6554577889775997891088678
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