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Mindelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 19 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
13.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Mindelo today?

The current surf forecast for Mindelo at 1AM is: 2.1m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (20 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (20 Jan)11ft (3.5m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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)
2
2
3
2
4
4
5
4
0
2
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.6
WNW
2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
Period(s) (?)101010191816161616161615151414141413131313141515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)396370326804156721892716345634153622434346194682455547004832367536193944515974829916103369970
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
0
N
5
NNE
20
NNW
15
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
15
SSE
20
S
15
WSW
10
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
35
SSW
45
S
25
SSW
25
SW
35
WSW
40
W
45
W
45
WNW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:29PM
2.66
3:43AM
2.97
4:02PM
2.70
4:16AM
3.01
4:37PM
2.71
4:51AM
3.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
0.32
9:27PM
0.33
9:57AM
0.25
10:00PM
0.28
10:30AM
0.21
10:34PM
0.28
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise7:56-------7:56-------7:54-------
Sunset--5:34-------5:35-------5:37-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------24221591021222211
Temp. °C99111211991011121212131212131414131211111111
Feels °C (?)781077777781088549107532234
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