About Tarrafal

Tarrafal is a town in Tarrafal, Cabo Verde. From Tarrafal you can reach 1 surf spot and 7 dive sites. The nearest is Tuna Point, a dive site 0.8 km from the centre. Overture lists 14 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is RAI, 47 km away.

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Staying in Tarrafal

14 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: RAI, 47 km, MMO, 59 km, BVC, 133 km

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Where it is

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

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for the level each spot suits. Pick your level for the days that suit you.

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.

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Cadjau1 kmabout 5 min by car

2 ft125 kJ

2 ft32 kJ

2 ft82 kJ

2 ft95 kJ

2 ft60 kJ

3 ft48 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Cadjau, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	22, too small	2 ft11 shollow	125kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots, offshore	27°C
Mon 19Oct	14, too small	2 ft6 shollow	32kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots, offshore	28°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	2 ft12 shollow	82kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots, offshore	27°C
Wed 21Oct	21, too small	2 ft11 shollow	95kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots, offshore	28°C
Thu 22Oct	19, too small	2 ft9 shollow	95kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 15 knots, offshore	28°C
Fri 23Oct	16, too small	2 ft9 shollow	60kJ	wind from the north-east, 12 knots, offshore	28°C
Sat 24Oct	23, too small	3 ft5 shollow	48kJ	wind from the north-east, 13 knots, offshore	28°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Tarrafal, 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 Tarrafal

Tuna Point 0.8 km · stays here
Franciscus 0.9 km · stays here
Chinese Wall 1.1 km · stays here
King Fisher Wall 1.1 km · stays here
Colonato 1.8 km · stays here
Agu Doli 2.1 km · stays here
Lighthouse 2.5 km · stays here