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São Vicente

Today · beginner: ideal · 0.6 m waist high · light wind

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0.6 m now

Now at the beach

Forecast for now

SURFBOOKING FORECAST 0.6m now at the spot Read at 20:30 (Madeira) Live

Small surf · favourable conditions for beginners · still refining

Soft 0.6 m waves with light wind. If it's your first time (or your first times), the sea works, and this day's reading is still firming up. The forecast may change: confirm two hours before.

★ The same beach is gold for one level and flat for another — we tell you which one is yours.

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Forecast · next 7 days

Now 0.6 m, the best day of the week.

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Suggestion by level

Wave 0.8m at the spot · swell NW 0.9m out at sea · 10sWind SW · 2 km/h

Best surf: done for today · tomorrow 08–10h

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Overall = wave quality · By level = whether it suits you

overall4.3 · 08h

Rock or reef bottom. The tide does not enter this beach's score.

Sea qualityGoodEpic

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.7

412

0.7

614

0.7

717

0.6

617

0.7

619

0.7

617

0.7

517

0.7

314

0.7

0.6

Wave height (m) · number and bar, hour by hourWind (km/h)Gusts

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Today's hourly

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Today's hourly

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Suggestion by level

Wave 0.4m at the spot · swell NW 0.4m out at sea · 10sWind N · 2 km/h

Best surf 08–10h

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Overall = wave quality · By level = whether it suits you

overall3.2 · 09h

Rock or reef bottom. The tide does not enter this beach's score.

Sea qualityGoodEpic

0.4

512

0.4

512

0.4

618

0.4

618

0.4

517

0.4

517

0.4

415

0.4

310

0.4

0.3

Wave height (m) · number and bar, hour by hourWind (km/h)Gusts

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Tuesday 3 November tomorrow

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Tuesday 3 November tomorrow

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Suggestion by level

Wave 0.3m at the spot · swell WNW 0.4m out at sea · 10sWind S · 2 km/h

Best surf 08–10h

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Overall = wave quality · By level = whether it suits you

overall3.5 · 08h

Rock or reef bottom. The tide does not enter this beach's score.

Sea qualityGoodEpic

0.3

410

0.3

413

0.3

616

0.3

617

0.3

517

0.3

616

0.3

616

0.3

315

0.3

212

0.3

0.4

613

Wave height (m) · number and bar, hour by hourWind (km/h)Gusts

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Wednesday 4 November in 2 days

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Wednesday 4 November in 2 days

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Suggestion by level

Wave 0.5m at the spot · swell NW 0.6m out at sea · 10sWind SSW · 7 km/h

Best surf 08–10h

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Overall = wave quality · By level = whether it suits you

overall3.5 · 08h

Rock or reef bottom. The tide does not enter this beach's score.

Sea qualityGoodEpic

0.5

822

0.5

722

0.4

621

0.4

521

0.4

622

0.4

523

0.4

826

0.5

626

0.5

624

0.5

523

0.5

623

0.5

623

0.5

728

0.5

928

Wave height (m) · number and bar, hour by hourWind (km/h)Gusts

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Thursday 5 November in 3 days

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Thursday 5 November in 3 days

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Suggestion by level

Wave 0.1m at the spot · wind sea WSW 0.7m out at sea · 4sWind SW · 12 km/h

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Overall = wave quality · By level = whether it suits you

overall0.5 · 08h

Rock or reef bottom. The tide does not enter this beach's score.

Sea qualityGoodEpic

0.1

1137

0.1

1237

0.1

1237

0.1

1132

0.1

932

0.1

832

0.1

831

0.1

831

0.1

831

0.1

827

0.1

727

0.1

727

0.1

726

0.1

726

Wave height (m) · number and bar, hour by hourWind (km/h)Gusts

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Friday 6 November in 4 days

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Friday 6 November in 4 days

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

wind sea SSW · 4sWind SW · 11 km/h

overall0.5 · 08h

Sea qualityGoodEpic

0.0

938

0.0

1138

0.0

1238

0.0

1350

0.0

1557

0.0

1665

0.0

1672

0.0

1472

0.0

1472

0.0

1477

0.0

1577

0.0

1677

0.1

1678

0.1

1778

Wave height (m) · number and bar, hour by hourWind (km/h)Gusts

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Saturday 7 November in 5 days

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Saturday 7 November in 5 days

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Suggestion by level

Wave 0.7m at the spot · swell W 1.9m out at sea · 8sWind SSW · 10 km/h

Best surf 16–18h

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Overall = wave quality · By level = whether it suits you

overall2.7 · 17h

Rock or reef bottom. The tide does not enter this beach's score.

Sea qualityGoodEpic

0.2

755

0.3

655

0.4

655

0.3

653

0.3

753

0.3

853

0.3

859

0.4

759

0.5

759

0.6

869

0.7

1069

0.8

1169

0.8

1387

0.9

1587

Wave height (m) · number and bar, hour by hourWind (km/h)Gusts

Technical detail

Sunday 8 November in 6 days

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

Sunday 8 November in 6 days

Waves (m) Wind (km/h) Gusts Tide (low → high)

The sea right now

Live map

This peak is sheltered from part of the swell by the coastline — SurfBooking Forecast already accounts for it, hour by hour.

Sea flow

The hour bar above moves both maps through the day — each arrow points its real direction, with the map north-up.

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About the beach

São Vicente

Left over uneven boulders on the north coast of Madeira, more accessible than the other lefts on this coast. Works on almost every tide, best on the rise. Boulders at the peak.

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Surfing São Vicente

São Vicente is a surf beach in Madeira, Portugal.

What level is São Vicente for?

São Vicente has no fixed level, and that is the question Surf Booking answers every day: the same sea suits a beginner and does not suit an advanced surfer, or the other way round. On this page the sea at this beach is read hour by hour and by level — beginner, intermediate and advanced — for the next 7 days, and the verdict is this beach's, not the region's.