Buraco Surf Forecast

/ Luanda (6 surf breaks) /

Angola (10 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (9.03° S 13.00° E)

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Buraco surfForecast / Luanda / Angola

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 16 Aug 2025 WAT

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

Today's Buraco sea temperature is 18.9° C
(Which is 2.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Buraco today?

The current surf forecast for Buraco at 3PM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WAT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	17s
Afternoon (16 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	16s
Evening (16 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	16s

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

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	Saturday 16					Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	20
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	509	555	560	803	701	648	614	606	615	490	475	470	382	371	326	323	285	238	215	240	230	255	303	240
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	S	WNW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	NNW	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:54AM 1.22				9:24PM 1.03					10:07AM 1.14				10:57PM 0.99				11:32AM 1.11				12:28AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)			3:21PM 0.36				3:35AM 0.36					4:39PM 0.38				4:59AM 0.42				6:05PM 0.35				6:27AM 0.41

	Saturday 16					Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	20	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Feels °C (?)	20	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	18	18	18	17	19	20	19	18	18	17	18	19	20	20	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Luanda

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Buraco (moderate winds from the W at Luanda Airport 32 km from Buraco). 0.8m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 0.6m 16s long period groundswell from the WSW and a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SW as well as a 0.2m 2s local chop, also from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 5 minutes ago Buraco

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32 km away, 2 h 5 min ago

22 km/h

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18.9

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