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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	Thu	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Quicombo Benguela
Rating	0	0	2	3	0	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	17	15	14	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	145	300	283	587	419	406	580	393	373	315	325	247	68	246	379	383	454	495	82	324	102	71
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 1.34	4:40PM 1.42		4:50AM 1.28	5:09PM 1.36		5:26AM 1.24	5:39PM 1.28		5:59AM 1.16	6:09PM 1.20		6:37AM 1.08	6:45PM 1.11		7:14AM 0.98		7:26PM 1.04	8:16AM 0.92		8:27PM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)	10:23PM 0.15	10:28AM 0.12		10:52PM 0.15	10:55AM 0.14		11:24PM 0.16	11:28AM 0.21		11:56PM 0.20	12:00PM 0.28		12:28AM 0.26	12:37PM 0.36		1:10AM 0.33		1:19PM 0.44	2:01AM 0.40		2:15PM 0.52	3:11AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	4	15	14	-	-	16	13	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	4
High °C	26	29	28	26	28	27	26	24	24	24	28	27	25	28	28	26	27	27	25	28	27	25
Low °C	26	28	24	24	27	26	24	23	23	23	26	26	25	28	27	26	26	26	24	27	25	25
Chill °C (?)	26	29	28	26	28	27	26	24	24	24	28	27	25	28	28	26	27	27	25	28	27	25
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	15	14	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.4 NNE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.3 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	5	9	8	19	18	4	17	16	3	18	17	10	10	-	-	-	20	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	290	251	281	458	142	313	283	515	382	394	584	633	623	417	406	397	159	405	586	591	573	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:20AM 1.34				4:39PM 1.42				4:53AM 1.30				5:09PM 1.36				5:26AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 0.15				10:28AM 0.12				10:54PM 0.14				10:59AM 0.16				11:24PM 0.16				11:28AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	6	7	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	2	4	4	6	3	15
Temp. °C	27	26	26	26	26	29	28	26	24	25	26	25	27	28	27	26	26	26	25	24	24	23
Chill °C (?)	27	26	26	26	26	29	28	26	24	25	26	25	27	28	27	26	26	26	25	24	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	4	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	8	8	8	20	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	7	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 02				Friday 03
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	277	459	290	371	116	251	239	372	281	281	452	458	463	341	300	303	148	313	491	487	493	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	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	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)										4:22AM 1.34												4:39PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				10:22PM 0.15												10:28AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	28	28	29	27	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	28	28	29	27	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	10	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	3	10	-	3	-	3	3	10	7	7	-	4	4	4	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	10

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