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Mindelo surfForecast / Douro & Minho / Portugal

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 13 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 3PM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 16s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (13 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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)
1
1
1
2
4
4
3
4
4
4
2
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
4
3
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.1
W
2.2
W
2
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
W
1.5
W
0.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)101212121413131212121111121212122221191817171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)119913571401110331043075372733852732197913119948577436286043761614315136434393659254615007
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
ESE
20
NNW
15
NNW
5
NE
10
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
40
S
45
S
35
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:58AM
2.07
11:34PM
2.19
12:05PM
2.13
12:31AM
2.32
12:58PM
2.24
1:17AM
2.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
1.00
5:54AM
0.97
6:10PM
0.93
6:48AM
0.84
7:00PM
0.81
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise7:58-------7:58-------7:58-------
Sunset--5:27-------5:28-------5:29-----
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
7222221----------89-1124
Temp. °C121313121212101111121212111112121210131212121111
Feels °C (?)610109101079911891087541767876
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