Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tarqua Bay today (16 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Tarqua Bay at 7AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (WAT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Jul) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (16 Jul) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 6s |
| Evening (16 Jul) | 5ft (1.6m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Tarqua Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 24°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Sat 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 6 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 243 | 187 | 164 | 181 | 181 | 175 | 162 | 139 | 156 | 165 | 177 | 177 | 219 | 237 | 318 | 240 | 130 | 263 | 337 | 337 | 446 | 441 | 416 | 416 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross |
High Tide | 5:20PM1.01m | 6:19AM0.99m | 6:08PM0.98m | 7:03AM1.00m | 6:54PM0.94m | 7:46AM0.99m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:51PM-0.22m | 12:13PM0.08m | 00:34AM-0.20m | 1:02PM0.08m | 1:16AM-0.16m | |||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  | |  | | | | |  | |  |  | | | | | | | |  | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:06 |
mm | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
Feels °C | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | S 14 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 16 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 6 | S 11 | S 11 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 6 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 243 | 187 | 97 | 146 | 152 | 157 | 113 | 110 | 112 | 108 | 73 | 147 | 219 | 237 | 73 | 112 | 108 | 263 | 337 | 337 | 446 | 58 | 416 | 416 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 19 | S 20 | S 12 | SW 12 | SSW 18 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 19 | SW 11 | SW 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 11 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 15 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 16 | S 10 | S 10 |
| kJ | 7 | 7 | 69 | 39 | 61 | 22 | 33 | 53 | 125 | 30 | 29 | 66 | 33 | 57 | 318 | 240 | 130 | 96 | 92 | 122 | 66 | 441 | 118 | 117 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 19 | SSW 10 | SSW 12 | SSW 18 | SSW 21 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 19 | SW 11 | SSW 19 | SSW 16 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | S 11 | SW 10 | SSW 18 | — | SW 10 | — | SW 10 | S 10 | WSW 5 | SW 5 |
| kJ | 7 | 19 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 61 | 63 | 72 | 31 | 74 | 50 | 29 | 45 | 42 | 81 | 25 | 104 | — | 25 | — | 15 | 90 | 20 | 25 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 5 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 5 | SSW 6 | W 5 | — | — |
| kJ | 140 | 164 | 164 | 181 | 181 | 175 | 162 | 139 | 156 | 165 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 146 | 39 | 99 | 124 | 136 | 96 | 77 | 105 | 28 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 2456 | 3008 | 1914 | 1158 | 1158 | 433 | 1158 | 1158 | 1158 | 1854 | 1158 | 646 | 433 | 364 | 364 | 433 | 1158 | 646 | 646 | 1158 | 1158 | 405 | 0 | 1158 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Lagos and West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tarqua Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest