Benguela Surf

Detailed Benguela surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Benguela. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Benguela. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Benguela over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Benguela and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

Benguela Surf Forecast

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Benguela Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Benguela Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Benguela coastline are also listed below.

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	Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela
Rating	1	0	1	2	2	2	4	1	3	3	1	4	4	1	4	4	1	4	3	0	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW
Period(s)	14	18	16	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	19	18	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12
Energy	752	695	419	488	1208	516	1074	642	562	659	1791	1532	1728	757	1366	1248	1138	1289	656	560	488	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	cross	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:49AM 1.21		11:52PM 1.05	12:36PM 1.21		12:47AM 1.07		1:21PM 1.27	1:40AM 1.11		1:57PM 1.28	2:22AM 1.14		2:32PM 1.25	3:01AM 1.15		3:10PM 1.28	3:37AM 1.16		3:45PM 1.27		4:11AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)		6:06PM 0.46		6:02AM 0.31	6:57PM 0.40		6:53AM 0.32		7:43PM 0.33	7:38AM 0.31		8:21PM 0.27	8:19AM 0.30		8:57PM 0.22	8:57AM 0.28		9:30PM 0.19	9:34AM 0.28		10:06PM 0.16	10:07AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	25	24	28	25	24	25	25	23	27	24	23	26	24	23	26	24	23	26	24	22	25
Low °C	26	24	23	28	24	24	25	24	22	25	23	22	24	23	22	24	23	22	24	23	21	25
Chill °C (?)	26	25	24	28	25	24	25	25	23	27	24	23	26	24	23	26	24	23	26	24	22	25
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	16	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	18	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	6	18	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	20	19	12	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 25					Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela
Rating	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	4	4	2	1	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	14	14	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	752	630	695	686	419	419	394	1082	488	1008	1208	467	443	516	1211	1211	1074	1188	642	626	676	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:51AM 1.21				11:52PM 1.05				12:38PM 1.24				12:47AM 1.07					1:21PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)				6:06PM 0.46				6:04AM 0.32				6:54PM 0.39				6:53AM 0.32					7:43PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	28	25	24	23	23	23	22	28	26	25	24	24	24	23	23	25	25	25	24	23	22
Chill °C (?)	26	28	25	24	23	23	23	22	28	26	25	24	24	24	23	23	25	25	25	24	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	6	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	14	18	18	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela
Rating	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	4	4	2	1	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	320	365	752	551	509	630	630	968	695	693	683	686	1059	418	419	419	736	419	418	1075	394	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)					11:51AM 1.21												11:58PM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)												6:06PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	26	28	28	28	27	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	24	25	26	28	28	28	27	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	14	15	6	6	6	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Benguela Surf Breaks

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