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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Benguela Wavefinder

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	Monday 13			Tue		Wed				Thu		Fri				Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Quicombo Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Quicombo Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela
Rating	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	14	13	16	12	14	13	13	15	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	258	253	257	249	108	307	423	418	838	453	431	1083	585	1236	386	789	981	350	912	280	158	613
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														2:10AM 0.60		2:20PM 1.07			2:49PM 1.15			3:21PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)														8:33PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	27	29	15	19	27	18	27	29	28	16	27	28	26	28	27	25	28	26	25	28
Low °C	28	27	26	28	15	16	27	18	26	28	26	14	27	27	25	28	26	25	27	25	25	26
Chill °C (?)	29	29	27	29	15	19	27	18	27	29	28	15	27	28	26	28	27	25	28	26	25	28
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	6:45	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	6:46	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	14	13	16	12	14	13	13	15	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	5	5	6	7	10	9	11	16	10	10	18	-	7	8	6	7	20	19	18	16	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

	Monday 13							Tuesday 14						Wed	Tue	Wednesday 15						Thu
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	3:30AM	10PM	9:30AM	4AM	7AM	6:30PM	1PM	4PM	3:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Quicombo 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	Miradouro Luanda	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Quicombo Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Miradouro Luanda	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	19	13	18	13	17	16	12	16	15	16
Energy(?)	143	262	258	255	253	259	259	257	212	228	249	458	420	124	328	307	642	610	403	456	379	490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	high	-	low	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	high
High Tide / height (m)														12:57AM 0.68								1:22AM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)																7:16AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	26	28	29	29	27	27	27	26	27	28	29	29	15	26	16	26	26	18	27	28	18
Chill °C (?)	25	26	28	29	29	27	27	27	26	27	28	29	29	15	26	16	26	26	18	27	28	18
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	18	13	17	16	12	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 W	0.7 SW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	-	18	6	6	7	7	7	7	10	11	9	11	11	16	11	21	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-

	Monday 13															Tue	Mon		Tue	Mon		Tue
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	11:30PM	4PM	1:30AM	6PM	7PM	4:30AM	9PM	10PM	7:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Quicombo 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	Miradouro Luanda	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Quicombo Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Miradouro Luanda	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 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	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	12	16	13	13	16	12	12	15
Energy(?)	181	302	302	302	303	262	262	258	258	259	259	388	252	249	114	248	270	259	233	108	114	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																12:31AM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)																						7:26AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	28	29	15	28	15	28	27	15	27	27	15
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	28	29	15	28	15	28	27	15	27	27	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 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	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	12	16	13	13	16	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	-	11	5	-	11	6	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	-	-	-	-

Benguela Surf Breaks

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