Overview

Milícias is on the south coast of São Miguel, near Ponta Delgada. More sheltered than the north coast spots. Works with S-SW winds. Flat to small chop, rocky coastline with some sandy areas. Intermediate level. A local spot close to the island's main city.

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Spot forecast for Milicias / Sao Miguel

Sunrise 07:55 · Sunset 18:58

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

Next tides

High tide Tue 20 · 10:06 · 1.2 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 16:38 · 0.6 m
High tide Tue 20 · 22:44 · 1.1 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 04:38 · 0.6 m

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Milicias / Sao Miguel: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

203h

in January · 19.5 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are January, February and May, at 15 rideable days and 18 °C. The low point is August, at 3 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 55%13-20 knots · 41%21-30 knots · 4%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 55% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is March, at 16 °C. The wettest month is January, with 220 mm.

Monthly averages: Milicias / Sao Miguel

Monthly averages — Milicias / Sao Miguel — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	19.5	203 h	17 °C	220 mm
February	13.0	122 h	17 °C	167 mm
March	5.5	47 h	16 °C	129 mm
April	10.0	110 h	17 °C	137 mm
May	11.0	113 h	19 °C	167 mm
June	4.5	33 h	21 °C	55 mm
July	3.5	37 h	24 °C	68 mm
August	3.0	27 h	26 °C	46 mm
September	7.0	69 h	24 °C	71 mm
October	11.0	98 h	22 °C	162 mm
November	9.5	73 h	19 °C	140 mm
December	6.5	55 h	17 °C	108 mm

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Technical details of Milicias / Sao Miguel spot

The spot works with winds from SSE, S, SSW, SW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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