Sal, Kite Beach · Cape Verde

Sal, Kite Beach in March

Sea, with a tide. What an average March looks like here, from five years of weather history.

Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
14.0
Model gust, kn
25.8
Windy days (model, twintip 14 kn)
25
Direction
NE
Waves, m
1.7
Water °C
22
Air °C
24
Sunny days
18
Rain days
0
Wetsuit
shorty

By the model, March is the 2nd windiest month here: 14.0 kn mean against 12.2 kn over the year. Best for wind: Feb, Mar and May.

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Season

Best for wind: Feb, Mar and May

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind, shape of the year
Model: weather history 2021 to 2025
Model mean, kn
13.3
14.9
14.0
13.2
13.3
12.3
9.2
9.0
10.8
11.3
12.1
13.1
Model gust, kn
24.2
26.8
25.8
24.7
24.8
23.4
19.0
18.5
20.8
21.6
22.1
23.0
Windy days (model, twintip 14 kn)
23
25
25
24
25
20
9
8
15
17
19
22
Direction
NE
NE
NE
NNE
NNE
NNE
NNE
NNE
NE
NE
NE
NE
Waves, m
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.5
Water °C
24
23
22
23
24
24
26
27
28
28
27
25
Air °C
25
24
24
25
26
26
27
29
29
29
28
26
Sunny days
14
15
18
16
13
16
9
3
5
10
11
13
Rain days
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
9
8
1
2
1

Wind bar: the month's model mean wind between 09:00 and 18:00 against the windiest month here (full bar). Model rows: daytime (09:00 to 18:00) means; a windy day has 2 hours or more at the sport's minimum; a surf day 2 daylight hours of waves of 0.5 m or more; sunny: daytime cloud 30 % or less; rain: 1 mm or more.

From weather models 2021 to 2025. At spots with thermal wind or sea breeze the model reads several knots low; the bars show the shape of the year, riders know the numbers.

Source: Open-Meteo historical weather and marine archive (CC BY 4.0), weather 2021 to 2025, waves and water 2021 to 2025.