Cape Verde

Cape Verde is a WNW-facing reef break in Praia da Cruz, Boa Vista Municipality, Cabo Verde. It picks up swell from N to NNE and SW to WNW and WNW to N, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 45% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the ESE: light winds or ESE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while WNW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: a gap beside Santiago lets in swell from 199.8° (SSW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 142 km out. How slot swells work

Rare slot: a gap between Santiago and Fogo lets in swell from 223.8° (SW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 204 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Reef

Faces

WNW (283°)

Best swell

SW to WNW (234°–284°) or WNW to NNW (298°–334°), 11 s or longer

Best wind

ENE to SSE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

4–10 ft at the beach

Swell window

N to NNE (10° to 24.5°); SW to WNW (234° to 283.5°); WNW to N (298° to 356°)

Rare slot

gap beside Santiago, 199.8° SSW

Rare slot

gap between Santiago and Fogo, 223.8° SW

Offshore wind

ESE

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

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