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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	Mon		Tue	Wednesday 13			Thu					Fri	Sat	Fri	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	Sumbe Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	3	3	0	0	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	14	13	12	20	18	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	13	15
Energy	334	209	301	77	78	644	380	1007	732	653	206	578	586	706	702	803	576	541	299	523	470	383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:31PM 1.06	12:25PM 1.26	12:23PM 0.70				12:32PM 0.85		1:56PM 1.45	2:09AM 1.26			3:02AM 1.33		3:21PM 1.52	3:50AM 1.36		4:04PM 1.47		4:38AM 1.36	4:50PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	5:34PM 0.48		5:45AM 0.29	5:32AM 0.33		6:37AM 0.22	5:37AM 0.30		7:27AM 0.16		8:07PM 0.17	8:16AM 0.10	6:14AM 0.19	8:59PM 0.08	9:05AM 0.07		9:44PM 0.02	9:53AM 0.07		10:29PM 0.00	10:43AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	26	21	22	26	21	20	26	26	24	27	20	24	27	24	24	26	25	24	27	25
Low °C	23	23	25	19	22	25	19	20	24	24	23	25	18	23	25	24	23	25	24	23	26	24
Chill °C (?)	24	23	26	21	22	26	21	20	26	26	24	27	20	24	27	24	24	26	25	24	27	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	7:07	-	6:11	7:07	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	7:09	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	5:54	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	13	12	20	18	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	23	6	7	7	7	18	16	3	-	-	20	18	-	17	16	16	15	14	-	10	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	-	-	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	9:30AM	12:30PM	7AM	6:30PM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	9:30AM	12:30PM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Quicombo Benguela
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	20	19	13
Energy	334	324	347	400	352	351	199	319	409	414	469	77	76	263	82	692	770	839	1143	380	819	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:35PM 1.08				12:25PM 1.26					12:23PM 0.70				1:11PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 0.48				5:45AM 0.29				6:33PM 0.39				6:34AM 0.21					7:23PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	26	24	23	23	19	21	23	22	26	25	24	24	19	21	23
Chill °C (?)	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	26	24	23	23	19	21	23	22	26	25	24	24	19	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	6:11
Sunset	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	20	19	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	23	22	21	21	21	7	6	7	20	16	7	7	7	6	18	18	18	18	18	16	4	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	7	7	-	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Monday 11										Tuesday 12
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	9:30AM	10:30AM	3AM	12:30PM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	5:30PM	6:30PM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Quicombo Benguela
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	17	17	13
Energy	402	398	334	330	329	324	209	320	347	347	349	136	134	206	135	352	351	351	502	117	118	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	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	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											11:35PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)					5:34PM 0.48												5:45AM 0.29				6:09PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	17	17	23	18	23	23	23	23	19	19	25
Chill °C (?)	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	17	17	23	18	23	23	23	23	19	19	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	17	17	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	23	23	23	23	22	22	6	21	21	21	21	20	19	5	19	21	7	7	7	13	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 E	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	3	3	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	2	-

Benguela Surf Breaks

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