About Mindelo

Mindelo is a town in São Vicente, Cabo Verde. From Mindelo you can reach 2 surf spots and 1 dive site. The nearest is Laginha, a surf spot 1.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 48 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is VXE, 9 km away.

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Staying in Mindelo

48 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: VXE, 9 km, SNE, 82 km, SID, 217 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Mindelo.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Mindelo too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert Intermediate

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Laginha1.1 kmabout 5 min by carNeeds 5 ft+

2 ft58 kJ

2 ft27 kJ

2 ft52 kJ

2 ft78 kJ

2 ft72 kJ

2 ft58 kJ

2 ft38 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Laginha, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	8, too small	2 ft10 shollow	58kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots	27°C
Mon 19Oct	6, too small	2 ft8 shollow	27kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	9, too small	2 ft10 shollow	52kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	9, too small	2 ft10 shollow	78kJ	wind from the north-east, 10 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	6, too small	2 ft10 shollow	72kJ	wind from the north-east, 14 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	4, too small	2 ft9 shollow	58kJ	wind from the north-east, 16 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	2, too small	2 ft9 shollow	38kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 17 knots	28°C

Sandy Beach - Sao Vincente11.7 kmabout 25 min by carIntermediate and up

2 ft65 kJ

3 ft51 kJ

2 ft46 kJ

2 ft56 kJ

2 ft77 kJ

2 ft26 kJ

3 ft49 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Sandy Beach - Sao Vincente, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	16, too small	2 ft11 s	65kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	31, poor	3 ft5 s	51kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots	29°C
Tue 20Oct	18, too small	2 ft9 s	46kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	18, too small	2 ft8 s	56kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	16, too small	2 ft9 s	77kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	29°C
Fri 23Oct	9, too small	2 ft5 s	26kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 14 knots	29°C
Sat 24Oct	12, too small	3 ft6 s	49kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 14 knots	29°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Mindelo, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Dive near Mindelo

Ponta Noh Jon 7 km · stays here

Mindelo, Cabo Verde