Back Wash Surf Forecast

/ Bight of Benin (3 surf breaks) /

Benin (3 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Back Wash surfForecast / Bight of Benin / Benin

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 19 Oct 2025 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 27.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Back Wash today?

The current surf forecast for Back Wash at 8AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WAT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Evening (19 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

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	Sunday 19							Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed 22
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	15	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	20	20	19	18	18
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	79	99	125	167	165	107	103	94	60	281	281	515	499	469	432	411	341	216	214	276	276	259	311	307
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	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	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					3:40PM 1.35				3:51AM 1.55					4:13PM 1.39				4:18AM 1.56				4:45PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			9:32AM 0.33				9:27PM 0.32					10:01AM 0.25			9:58PM 0.31					10:30AM 0.19				10:29PM 0.32

	Sunday 19							Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed 22
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	27	28	28	27	27	27
Feels °C (?)	29	29	30	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	29	30	30	29	29	30	28	29	30	30	29	29	30	30

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Bight of Benin

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Back Wash (light winds from the WNW.(Wind varies from 260 to 320 degs) at Cotonou/Cadjehoun Airport 14 km from Back Wash). 0.7m 9s swell from the SSW with a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the S and a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.3m 3s local chop from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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