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Mindelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 12 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
13.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Mindelo today?

The current surf forecast for Mindelo at 2PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
4
5
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
2.3
SW
2
W
2.1
W
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)11111111111110109121212121313121212111112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)201223662568233723792615254915108821253127719662947394937752972229717751274966833743569384
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
20
S
15
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
N
5
E
10
S
15
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45AM
2.11
10:27PM
2.13
10:58AM
2.07
11:34PM
2.19
12:05PM
2.13
12:31AM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
1.00
4:44AM
1.05
5:10PM
1.00
5:54AM
0.97
6:10PM
0.93
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise7:58-------7:58-------7:58-------
Sunset--5:25-------5:27-------5:28-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---133331222-------------
Temp. °C141314141213121213131313121111101112121211111211
Feels °C (?)7566442579101110998911111010996
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