La Meduse surf break

La Meduse surfForecast / Bight of Benin / Benin

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 WAT
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La Meduse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Meduse sea temperature is
29.0° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at La Meduse today?

The current surf forecast for La Meduse at 6AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.8
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)12121212121313131111111111111212121211511111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)855757588693585834493131314834353524262739383631
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
0
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:07PM
1.25
12:07PM
0.97
12:08AM
1.21
1:33PM
0.99
1:12AM
1.21
2:37PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:49AM
0.56
5:20PM
0.65
6:55AM
0.51
6:34PM
0.67
7:54AM
0.44
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise----7:03-------7:05-------7:05---
Sunset------6:51-------6:52-------6:52-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272726262728282727272626272828272726262627282827
Feels °C (?)293128313130292929302930303129292927282929292928
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