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Back Wash surfForecast / Bight of Benin / Benin

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 19 Jan 2026 WAT
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Back Wash surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Back Wash sea temperature is
28.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Back Wash today?

The current surf forecast for Back Wash at 12PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s

Table - waves today at Back Wash. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.3
SSW
0.9
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010111111111111111010101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54535458858586868683771009873717168658583287137271259
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:47PM
1.43
5:25AM
1.50
6:19PM
1.49
6:00AM
1.50
6:52PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
0.08
11:25PM
0.44
11:47AM
0.06
12:02AM
0.42
12:19PM
0.06
12:40AM
0.40
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise--7:07-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset----6:54-------6:55-------6:55---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------2----
Temp. °C272728292928272727262828282727272727282929282727
Feels °C (?)303131313030292828283029282829292828293029302929
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