La Meduse surf break

La Meduse surfForecast / Bight of Benin / Benin

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 09 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 2AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)141314141013161515151515141414141313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3635363637544842424255551207977105102101139156154989586
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassonononcross-
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
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
1.45
8:39AM
1.19
9:32PM
1.38
9:31AM
1.09
10:16PM
1.31
10:38AM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
0.55
2:42PM
0.37
3:43AM
0.58
3:25PM
0.48
4:42AM
0.59
4:16PM
0.58
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise----7:03-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset------6:50-------6:51-------6:51-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C272727262829282727272726272828272727272627282827
Feels °C (?)302930283231292828293029303029282928302930302929
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