Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.31° N 8.74° W

Mindelo 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Mindelo sea temperature is
16.1°C
0.7° 

Mindelo surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Mindelo today (06 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Mindelo at 4AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (06 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (06 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
WNW
12
0.7
WNW
12
0.6
WNW
12
0.6
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
11
0.5
WNW
11
0.5
WNW
11
0.4
WNW
11
0.4
WNW
10
1.1
SW
8
1.3
SW
8
1.2
SW
7
1.1
SW
7
1
SW
7
0.8
SW
7
0.8
SW
6
0.8
SW
6
0.4
WNW
14
0.5
W
14
0.6
W
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
145
145
107
100
91
65
64
44
42
155
186
152
105
86
61
58
54
69
96
125
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
5
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:32AM2.62m
12:47PM2.78m
1:12AM2.75m
1:27PM2.83m
1:48AM2.85m
Low Tide
6:20PM0.39m
6:36AM0.47m
7:01PM0.31m
7:18AM0.35m
7:36PM0.27m
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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7:11
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7:13
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5:24
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5:22
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1
3
4
1
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Temp °C
12
12
11
11
12
14
13
11
11
13
14
15
15
16
17
18
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
11
10
9
8
9
10
10
7
8
10
11
13
13
15
16
16
16
16
14
14
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