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Cap Lopez ratings
Quality on a good day: 5.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Cap Lopez Surf Forecast / Gabon – Ogooue Maritime / Gabon

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 07 am Sunday 03 Jun 2012

Cap Lopez surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.6
SSW
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Period (s) (?) 14 13 13 12 11 12 11 11 10 10 15 14 13 13 14 14 13 13
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Max-energy 972 632 585 392 251 293 191 146 135 94 104 151 202 199 341 257 202 156
Wind
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SW 15
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Cap Lopez blow from the SE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Cap Lopez sea temperature is 26.4 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 25.3 max: 27.6 min: 24.2 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm air temperatures (max 27°C on Sun afternoon, min 25°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed morning. Warm air temperatures (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 23°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.
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Summary rain shwrs rain shwrs clear some clouds clear rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) 4 1 - - - 3 10 4 2 1 - - - - - - - -
High °C 26 27 26 25 27 25 26 26 25 26 27 26 25 26 24 24 25 24
Low °C 26 27 25 25 26 25 25 26 25 25 27 24 24 25 24 23 25 23
Chill °C (?) 26 27 26 25 27 25 26 26 25 26 27 26 25 26 24 24 25 24
Sunrise 7:20 - - 7:20 - - 7:20 - - 7:20 - - 7:20 - - 7:20 - -
Sunset - 19:25 - - 19:25 - - 19:25 - - 19:25 - - 19:25 - - 19:25 -
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