====== Cape Verde Surfski ======

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**East Coast Kite Downwinder**

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Wikipedia:

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Cape Verde, is an archipelago and island country in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands. Independence from Portugal was attained in 1975. Cape Verde (Republic of Cabo Verde) is the farthest south grouping of volcanic islands in the Macaronesian ecoregion (Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira, Savage Islands, and Cape Verde)

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===== Downwinds/Paddles =====

We haven't found surfski videos yet (2021), but obviously there is good wind and other wind sports - windsurfing, kite surfing are very popular on Cape Verde.

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  * **Pedra de Lume - Santa Maria**  23 km [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pf7jVzmuho|kite surfing downwind video]]
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===== Races =====

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[[:races:race_calendars|Worldwide Race Calender Page]]

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===== Conditions =====

  * **Weather**
      * Windguru: [[https://www.windguru.cz/map/?lat=16.676977575323487&lon=-24.227600097656254&zoom=9|Cape Verde]]
      * Windytv: [[https://www.windy.com/-Webcams/Cape-Verde/Sal/Palmeira/Kite-Beach-Sal-Cape-Verde-Sal/webcams/1569335254?16.626,-24.548,8|Cape Verde]]
  * **Tides/Swell**
      * [[https://www.tideschart.com/Cabo-Verde/Porto-Novo/|Porto Novo Tides]]

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===== Resources =====

  * Association of Rowing and Canoeing (ARCA) [[https://www.facebook.com/ARCA-Santiago-2322340038084862/?ref=page_internal|Santiago Facebook]]
  * [[:darwincapeverde|Charles Darwin's Cape Verde Visits]]
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===== Other Islands in Macaronesia =====

  * [[:azores|Azores]], [[:madeira|Madeira]], [[:canary_islands|Canary Islands]] ([[:canary_islands#fuerteventura|Fuerteventura]], [[:canary_islands#grand_canary|Gran Canaria]], [[:canary_islands#lanzarote|Lanzarote]], [[:canary_islands#tenerife|Tenerife]])

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