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Praia de Carquejinha

Boa Vista, Cape Verde

Praia de Carquejinha 2 photos

  • Boa Vista Beach Waves

    Boa Vista Beach Waves. SimonWaldherr, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Boa Vista Beach 2

    Boa Vista Beach 2. SimonWaldherr, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 7 am to 10 am, sunset 6:05 pm
7 am
6.1
20 km/h13 mph wind, Good
8 am
5.8
25 km/h15 mph wind, Good
9 am
5.8
26 km/h16 mph wind, Good
10 am
5.8
26 km/h16 mph wind, Good
11 am
5.4
29 km/h18 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
5.3
30 km/h19 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
5.3
29 km/h18 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
5.3
30 km/h19 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
5.2
32 km/h20 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
5.2
32 km/h20 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
5.2
32 km/h20 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
5.2
30 km/h18 mph wind, Fair

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
26°C79°F
Water
28°C82°F
Wind
2314 km/hmph NE
Gusts
3522 km/hmph
Waves
1.1 m3 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
6%
Sunset
6:05 pm
Today
6.1Good7 am2013
5.8Good8 am2515
5.8Good9 am2616
5.8Good10 am2616
5.4Fair11 am2918
5.3Fair12 pm3019
5.3Fair1 pm2918
5.3Fair2 pm3019
5.2Fair3 pm3220
5.2Fair4 pm3220
5.2Fair5 pm3220
5.2Fair6 pm3018
Sat
6.7Good7 am2616
7.0Great8 am3019
7.2Great9 am3220
7.2Great10 am3421
6.2Good11 am3622
5.6Good12 pm3823
4.8Fair1 pm3824
4.9Fair2 pm3824
4.9Fair3 pm3723
5.0Fair4 pm3522
5.0Fair5 pm3321
5.0Fair6 pm3220
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 11 am, -0.4 m. High at 5 pm, 0.3 m. Low at 11 pm, -0.4 mLow 11 am, -0.4 m1 ftHigh 5 pm, 0.3 m<1 ftLow 11 pm, -0.4 m1 ftNow11 am5 pm11 pm5 am
  • Low 11 am, -0.4 m1 ft
  • High 5 pm, 0.3 m<1 ft
  • Low 11 pm, -0.4 m1 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun9.1 ExcellentBest 6 pm to 7 pmWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon9.1 ExcellentBest 10 am to 12 pmWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue8.9 ExcellentBest 7 am to 10 amWind up to 27 km/h16 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed9.2 ExcellentBest 10 am to 1 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 0%
  • Thu8.6 ExcellentBest 7 am to 7 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 2%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Praia de Carquejinha

Praia de Carquejinha is a beach in Cape Verde, located on the island of Boa Vista. It is 842 meters from Praia de Santa Mónica, another nearby beach. The nearest airport is Aeroporto Internacional Aristides Pereira, 19 kilometers away.

From Wikipedia

Praia de Carquejinha is a beach on the south coast of the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde Neighboring beaches are Praia de Santa Mónica to the west and Praia de Curral Velho to the east. The beach is about 8 km long.

Source: Praia de Carquejinha on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
19 km12 miAeroporto Internacional Aristides Pereira (BVC)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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