SURF ATLAS/ AFRICA
Ponta Preta
🇨🇻 Sal Island, Cape Verde
A world-class right point on the desert island of Sal, Cape Verde. Atlantic swell wraps the volcanic point into long, fast, barrelling walls in warm, dry, trade-wind conditions. A dependable winter gem off the coast of West Africa.
REGION
Africa
BREAK
Point Break
LEVEL
Advanced
SEASON
Nov–Mar
BEST SWELL
N–NW groundswell
BEST WIND
NE offshore (trades)
WATCH FOR
Rocks, rip, localism
LIVE REPORT
reading the buoys…
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