Top Surfing Beaches in Cape Verde
Located on the southern end of the island of Sal, Praia de Santa Maria – also called Santa Maria Beach, Santa Maria Cape Verde Beach, and Santa Maria Cabo Verde Beach – is a popular and beautiful curve-shaped two-kilometers-long beach with light brown sand and a few rocks in Cabo Verde. This beach is located near the city center of the city of Santa Maria.
TripAdvisor listed this beach as one of the best beaches in Africa in 2020 as a part of its annual Travellers’ Choice awards and had also earlier listed this beach as one the top 10 beaches in the world in 2016. Praia de Santa Maria is also a favorite of Randall Kaplan, the world’s foremost beach expert who is known as Mr. Beach.