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.

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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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	Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue
	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	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo 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	Barra da Cuanza Benguela
Rating	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	252	293	260	175	77	266	201	339	232	282	140	569	606	413	579	387	373	120	287	255	264	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:07PM 1.41	3:13AM 1.34		3:39PM 1.45	3:49AM 1.35		4:10PM 1.45		4:22AM 1.34	4:39PM 1.42		4:55AM 1.30	5:06PM 1.33		5:23AM 1.22	5:37PM 1.25		6:01AM 1.16	6:11PM 1.20		6:37AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)			9:19PM 0.22	9:24AM 0.10		9:53PM 0.17	9:54AM 0.08		10:22PM 0.15	10:28AM 0.12		10:52PM 0.15	10:59AM 0.16		11:19PM 0.16	11:25AM 0.19		11:50PM 0.20	12:02PM 0.28		12:30AM 0.26	12:37PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	13	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	4	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	27	27	27	27	26	28	27	27	28	27	27	26	28	26	29	28	26	29	28	26	29
Low °C	26	26	24	25	26	26	28	27	26	27	26	25	26	27	26	27	27	26	28	27	25	28
Chill °C (?)	28	27	27	27	27	26	28	27	27	28	27	27	26	28	26	29	28	26	29	28	26	29
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	18	17	16	16	18	15	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	19	18	18	17	16	16	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-

	Tuesday 31							Wednesday 01								Thursday 02
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	286	277	252	348	293	289	75	218	245	202	252	252	187	45	63	54	54	87	201	201	275	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on
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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:36AM 1.29				3:07PM 1.41				3:12AM 1.34				3:39PM 1.45				3:43AM 1.33					4:10PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			8:51AM 0.12				9:15PM 0.21				9:24AM 0.10				9:48PM 0.17				9:57AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	3	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	26	27	27	27	26	26	25	24	25	27	28	26	26	26	26	26	28	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	27	27	27	26	26	25	24	25	27	28	26	26	26	26	26	28	28	28	27
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	4	5	4	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-

	Tuesday 31
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Miradouro Luanda	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Quicombo Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela	Barra da Cuanza Benguela
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	220	251	286	382	277	277	117	260	341	248	353	348	293	79	78	78	78	78	252	261	221	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:36AM 1.29													3:02PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)								8:51AM 0.12													9:19PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	26	26	26	27	26	26	25	26	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	27	26	26	25	26	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-

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