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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	Sat	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07
	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	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	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo 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	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela
Rating	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	16	17	16	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	14	12
Energy(?)	165	223	81	233	170	147	157	228	461	461	362	53	111	276	283	230	197	157	172	142	133	123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:14AM 1.27		2:52PM 1.31	2:57AM 1.35		3:34PM 1.40	3:36AM 1.40		4:10PM 1.45		4:13AM 1.42	4:44PM 1.47		4:47AM 1.40	5:15PM 1.45		5:21AM 1.35	5:46PM 1.39		5:49AM 1.26	6:16PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		8:34AM 0.12		9:00PM 0.26	9:19AM 0.05		9:41PM 0.21	9:56AM 0.01		10:13PM 0.17	10:30AM 0.01		10:52PM 0.17	11:01AM 0.04		11:24PM 0.18	11:32AM 0.09		11:56PM 0.21	11:59AM 0.15		12:28AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	28	27	25	28	27	25	28	28	25	28	27	25	28	27	25	28	27	25	28	27	25
Low °C	24	27	26	23	27	26	25	27	26	25	26	26	24	27	25	24	27	25	24	27	25	24
Chill °C (?)	25	28	27	25	28	27	25	28	28	25	28	27	25	28	27	25	28	27	25	28	27	25
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	17	16	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	17	16	16	15	15	14	16	9	9	8	7	16	13	13	12	18	12	16	4	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.7 SW	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	2	4	-	9	-	-	3	-	-	3	4	-	3	4	-	4	4

	Sat	Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	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	Sumbe 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	Sumbe Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	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	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	18	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	17	14	16	17
Energy(?)	176	64	243	281	223	231	256	255	266	67	226	223	170	184	147	138	157	157	202	35	228	291
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on
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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:12AM 1.27				2:54PM 1.31				2:58AM 1.35				3:34PM 1.40				3:36AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	8:12PM 0.32				8:38AM 0.12				9:00PM 0.26				9:19AM 0.05				9:41PM 0.21				9:56AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	25	25	24	27	28	27	25	25	24	24	23	27	28	27	26	25	25	25	24	27	28
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	24	27	28	27	25	25	24	24	23	27	28	27	26	25	25	25	24	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	4	9	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	9	8	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	17	9	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	4	4	-	-	4

	Saturday 28				Sunday 01
	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	Sumbe 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	Sumbe Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	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	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 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	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	158	31	211	176	165	165	165	168	168	46	224	281	277	226	223	238	233	231	230	82	256	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								2:14AM 1.27												2:48PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		8:08PM 0.31												8:38AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	25	26	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	25	26	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 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	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	7	7	11	7	7	7	7	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	9	7	11	11	11	11	7	7	6	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2

Benguela Surf Breaks

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