Best time to fish in Mindelo
Today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · local time (GMT-1) · São Vicente, Cabo Verde Today, Wed, Oct 28 · GMT-1- High tides
- 9:23 am and 9:35 pm
- Major periods
- 1:06–3:06 am and 1:38–3:38 pm
- Solunar activity
- Medium
- Sun
- 6:36 am–6:11 pm
Today, Wednesday, October 28, the best time to fish in Mindelo is 2:30 pm to 3:40 pm, with the 3:29 pm low tide, a major period, a light onshore breeze and some swell. It's a good day (8/10). Today is the best day this week.
Your day in Mindelo at a glance
The strip runs from midnight to midnight, local time. Night in gray, daylight in yellow; the blue curve is the tide; below, the solunar periods and the best windows.
Fishing forecast for the next 7 days
| Day | Rating | Best times | High tides | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 8good day | 2:30–3:40 pm8:30–9:30 am | ▲ 9:23 am ▲ 9:35 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Thu 29 | 8good day | 3:10–4:40 pm3:00–4:10 am | ▲ 10:08 am ▲ 10:20 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Fri 30 | 7good day | 3:50–4:30 am3:50–5:50 pm | ▲ 10:56 am ▲ 11:12 pm | Waning gibbous |
| Sat 31 | 6average day | 4:50–6:30 pm4:40–6:40 am | ▲ 11:51 am | Waning gibbous |
| Sun 1 | 8good day | 5:40–6:30 pm6:20–7:20 am | ▲ 12:14 am ▲ 12:59 pm | Last quarter |
| Mon 2 | 6average day | 6:20–8:10 am6:50–8:30 pm | ▲ 1:28 am ▲ 2:25 pm | Waning crescent |
| Tue 3 | 5average day | 8:30–9:20 pm7:00–10:00 am | ▲ 2:49 am ▲ 3:52 pm | Waning crescent |
Each day's rating comes from the tide, the solunar periods, the light and, when we have the forecast, the weather.
Piers, ramps and tackle shops nearby
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Artificial reefs and wrecks to fish from a boat
Artificial reefs and wrecks draw fish, so they make good spots to fish from a boat. The nearest ones, within 16 mi.
Check the rules before you go: some have closed seasons, protected zones or banned gear. Wreck and reef positions are approximate and not for navigation; a wreck’s depth runs from the top of the hull to the seabed.
Wrecks: EMODnet Human Activities (AND-International), from UK Hydrographic Office data, CC BY 4.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How we work out the best time
We score every moment of the day, every 10 minutes, with simple rules anglers have used for decades:
- Tide: 2 to 3.5 points in the hour before and the hour after each high and low tide. Spring tides (high coefficient) score more, because the water moves faster.
- Solunar: 2.5 points in the major periods (moon overhead or underfoot) and 1.5 in the minor ones (moonrise and moonset).
- Light: 2 points at dawn and dusk, from first light to the end of the morning golden hour and from the evening golden hour to the end of twilight.
- Weather: falling pressure adds 1 point and rising pressure takes 1 away; wind takes points away from force 4 (about 12 mph), up to 5 points in a gale; waves of 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft add half a point (they stir up the water) and from 8.2 ft they take points away (up to 4).
- Best windows: the stretches of 40 minutes to 3 hours with the most points, at least an hour apart.
- Day's rating out of 10: the best window (up to 5), the moon (up to 2, near new or full moon), the tide coefficient (up to 2) and whether a solunar period lines up with sunrise or sunset (1). Without a tide, we score out of 8 and scale it to 10. Good weather adds up to 1 point and bad weather pulls it down.
Today: best window 4.3 of 5, moon 1 of 2, coefficient 2 of 2 and lineup 0 of 1; the weather adds 1.
It's a guide, not a guarantee: fish don't read tide tables. Always check the sea conditions and local fishing rules before you go.
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Questions about fishing in Mindelo
What's the best time to fish in Mindelo today?
2:30 pm to 3:40 pm, with the 3:29 pm low tide, a major period, a light onshore breeze and some swell. Also 8:30 am to 9:30 am and 2:20 am to 3:10 am. Today's rating: 8/10 (good day).
What about tomorrow? When's the best time to fish in Mindelo?
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29: 3:10 pm to 4:40 pm, with a rating of 8/10.
Which day this week is best for fishing in Mindelo?
Wednesday, October 28, at 8/10. Its best window is 2:30 pm to 3:40 pm.
When are the solunar periods in Mindelo today?
Major: 1:06–3:06 am and 1:38–3:38 pm. Minor: 8:27–9:27 am and 7:47–8:47 pm. Solunar activity today: medium.
Does the tide affect fishing in Mindelo?
Yes. Today high tide is at 9:23 am and 9:35 pm and low tide at 3:17 am and 3:29 pm, with a tide coefficient of 102 (big spring tides). The hours around each tide change tend to fish best, because moving water carries food.
How is the rating worked out?
From the tide, the solunar periods, the light at dawn and dusk, the moon phase and, when we have the forecast, the pressure, the wind and the waves. Each factor gives a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.
Does it take the weather into account?
Yes. During today's best window: steady pressure (29.97 inHg), light onshore wind (10 mph) and some swell (2.9 ft waves) to stir the water. Strong wind and big waves lower the rating; falling pressure raises it a little.
More about Mindelo today
Our own calculation: tide from Porto Grande (TICON-4), sun and moon with astronomy-engine and, when available, weather and sea from Open-Meteo (ECMWF, NOAA GFS and Copernicus Marine, CC BY 4.0). Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database). Source: Hart-Davis, M., Dettmering, D., Seitz, F. (2025), TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records, SEANOE, https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: see https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database#modifications-to-source-data