Cape Verde is a developing island and you will see a lot of new hotels and infrastructure being built within the town.

The windsurfing facilities in Santa Maria are some of the best.  The Club Mistral windsurfing and kitesurfing centre is located in front of the Hotel Belorizonte on the superb endless beach.  The centre offers plenty of space, with a boutique, showers and toilets, Atlantis Bar & Restaurant and ‘Internet-Cafe’.  The bay is situated on the south coast of the island and the white sands stretch for over 4 kms. The prevailing Northeast Trade winds that blow move down to Cabo Verde during the winter months. Due to the mechanics of wind zone movements over the earth, Cabo Verde are blessed with consistent winds from October to June.

The sailing areas of Santa Maria are well defined. In front of the centre, the water is a little choppy outside the shorebreak. If the shorebreak becomes too strong, then launching further upwind nearer the village jetty, makes getting away more comfortable. Once past the jetty and the local fishing boat moorings upwind, the conditions getter flatter but with the new developments has created a wind shadow. But keep sailing upwind and the swells get better along with a cleaner wind, perfect for wave riding.

To round off the variety of conditions Sal has to offer, the Club Mistral team also make special excursions to the wave spot at Rife.  Even then, Cabo Verde has even one more treasure to give, that of Punta Preta where the conditions both of wind and wave are one of those special spots in the world (sailing is undertaken totally at one’s own risk).

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