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Mindelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 15 Mar 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
13.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Mindelo today?

The current surf forecast for Mindelo at 11PM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)--
Afternoon (15 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (15 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
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)
1
1
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
2
4
2
4
4
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)131212131313212018171616161515141414151414151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)126912561056968848679141023863355422534282961229516221693106812471189120911141262195522032383
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
30
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
W
5
NNW
10
NE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
10
E
10
S
10
WSW
5
SE
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
25
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcrosscross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		onglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:53PM
2.30
1:05AM
2.60
1:29PM
2.52
1:40AM
2.84
2:03PM
2.73
2:15AM
3.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
0.72
7:22AM
0.50
7:28PM
0.49
7:55AM
0.27
8:02PM
0.28
8:28AM
0.07
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise------6:46-------6:43-------6:41-
Sunset-6:39-------6:42-------6:43------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------1--
Temp. °C151315131313131817161715141314181615151415131418
Feels °C (?)9712101010101614141512111011151314131213111014
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