Barra da Cuanza surfForecast / Benguela / Angola

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 28 Aug 2025 WAT
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Barra da Cuanza surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Barra da Cuanza sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Barra da Cuanza today?

The current surf forecast for Barra da Cuanza at 9AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (28 Aug)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (28 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

Table - waves today at Barra da Cuanza. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sun
31
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121212111111121211111111111010101018171616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)417468430378372364382407346347343352363444423422463529419540415639601562
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
S
10
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
5
S
0
W
10
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossononononononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
1.27
6:40PM
1.15
7:06AM
1.18
7:17PM
1.05
7:43AM
1.09
8:02PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43PM
0.31
12:49AM
0.28
1:20PM
0.36
1:25AM
0.36
2:04PM
0.42
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sun
31
Sunrise-6:11-------6:11-------6:09------
Sunset----6:05-------6:05-------6:05---
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202021222119191919182121201919181818202120191918
Feels °C (?)212121202019191920192120181919171920202019191919
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Benguela

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind reported 58 km from Barra da Cuanza (light winds from the ESE.(Wind varies from 090 to 150 degs) at Luanda Airport 58 km from Barra da Cuanza). 1.1m 12s groundswell from the SW with a 0.3m 15s groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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