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Mindelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 24 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
13.2° 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 7PM is: 5.5m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)20ft (6.0m)16s
Afternoon (24 Jan)20ft (6.0m)17s
Evening (24 Jan)16ft (5.0m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
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)
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0
0
!
0
0
0
!
!
!
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4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
6
W
6
W
6
W
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
W
5
WNW
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
WSW
3
SW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
W
Period(s) (?)16171716161615151414141416161514141313910111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)175632129219823156281239898971094275786243585160296864767567625025395337623078344613801782504551656235
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSE
40
NNW
35
NW
25
WNW
30
WSW
30
W
35
W
25
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
20
W
10
W
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
30
S
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
40
SSW
50
SSW
60
SSW
60
SW
45
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcrosscrosscrosscrossonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
2.82
6:34PM
2.55
6:52AM
2.67
7:25PM
2.45
7:49AM
2.50
8:29PM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:22PM
0.37
12:34AM
0.53
1:09PM
0.51
1:29AM
0.67
2:07PM
0.66
2:39AM
0.79
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------
Sunset--5:39-------5:40-------5:43-----
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
light rain
Rain (mm)
-31-4632-1-----4823221551
Temp. °C81112121113131212131312121112121515151515151511
Feels °C (?)6346587767991088710111186441
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