Mindelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 WEST
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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: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 1.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)--
Afternoon (15 Apr)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
1
0
2
4
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
3
WNW
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
W
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212161515161515141414131313121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1356129011943745435344574697407834742850241018461400112784778178110161000872741681572485
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
E
5
NE
5
ENE
0
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
5
ENE
5
E
5
NNE
0
ESE
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:27PM
2.77
2:39AM
3.01
3:04PM
2.97
3:19AM
3.15
3:42PM
3.11
4:00AM
3.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28PM
0.28
8:53AM
0.05
9:08PM
0.10
9:31AM
-0.06
9:48PM
-0.03
10:10AM
-0.08
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:52-------6:50--
Sunset-8:14-------8:15-------8:15------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414141312131313131212111012141414131414131617
Feels °C (?)1113141413111310101099981010810101313121515
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