Beach
both
Level 5/10
Tarrafal de Monte Trigo
Santo Antão, Cape Verde
🏝️Remote🚶Difficult access
Tarrafal de Monte Trigo is a remote fishing village on Santo Antão Island accessible only by boat or a long hike. The remoteness means you'll likely surf alone, with powerful waves breaking on volcanic rock. The NE trade winds blow offshore here, creating excellent conditions when swells arrive.
3-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
Swell
1.4m
NNE(18°)
Score: 11/25
Period
13s
Medium period swell
Score: 23/25
Wind
14km/h
NNE(33°)
Score: 5/25
Weather
23°C
0.0mm76%
Windswell Component
0.3mNE@2s
Secondary Swell
0.8mNNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 10 km/h NE|PM: 15 km/h NNE
10 km/h vs 15 km/h afternoon
Tide at 6am (0.1m)
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
6:36 am
High tide - 0.14m
12:10 pm
Low tide - -0.37m
6:43 pm
High tide - 0.33m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
19
PoorComponents
Swell Direction0/25
Swell Size11/25
Swell Period23/25
Wind5/25
Raw Score39/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-10
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score19/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score19
🤢 Morning Sickness
Location & Conditions
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- NW (315°)
- Direction range
- 280° - 350°
- Size range
- 1m - 3m
- Ideal size
- 2.4m
- Height multiplier
- 0.97×
- Ideal period
- 14s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- E (90°)
- Offshore range
- 60° - 130°
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- mid
- Optimal range
- 0.3m - 2m
Water temp
23°C
Wetsuit
Springsuit / 2mm
Difficulty
5/10
Crowd level
1/10
Access: N and S exposure, dead offshore in NE trades.
Best Season
Peak: Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar
Secondary: Apr, Sep
Winter NW swells. N and S exposure, dead offshore in NE trades.
Getting There
Airport
VXEDrive time
180 minBoat required
$50
Data quality
verified