Luanda feb09 ost01 — Luanda, the nearest town, 10 km away. Photo: Lars Rohwer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Luanda

Luanda is a town in Luanda Province, Angola. From Luanda you can reach 2 surf spots, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Point of mussulo, a surf spot 10 km from the centre. Overture lists 81 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is LAD, 4 km away.

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Staying in Luanda

81 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: LAD, 4 km, NBJ, 37 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Luanda. Spots further out are listed below.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert

Spot

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Point of mussulo10.1 kmabout 20 min by carNeeds 5 ft+

2 ft90 kJ

2 ft110 kJ

3 ft145 kJ

3 ft85 kJ

2 ft51 kJ

2 ft30 kJ

2 ft29 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Point of mussulo, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	10, too small	2 ft9 s	90kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 6 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	7, too small	2 ft12 s	110kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	11, too small	3 ft9 s	145kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	10, too small	3 ft8 s	85kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 6 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	6, too small	2 ft8 s	51kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 6 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	4, too small	2 ft8 s	30kJ	wind from the west, 6 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	5, too small	2 ft8 s	29kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 7 knots	26°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Luanda, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Further out

This spot is more than 20 km from Luanda. It is the nearest town with beds, so it stays here.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

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Shipwreck41.2 kmabout 1h 15 by carIntermediate and up

4 ft261 kJ

3 ft269 kJ

5 ft316 kJ

4 ft235 kJ

3 ft134 kJ

3 ft83 kJ

3 ft78 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Shipwreck, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	49, good	4 ft9 smushy	261kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	35, too small	3 ft13 smushy	269kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 8 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	36, fair	5 ft9 smushy	316kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	37, fair	4 ft8 smushy	235kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	43, fair	3 ft8 smushy	134kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	24, too small	3 ft8 smushy	83kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 9 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	27, too small	3 ft8 smushy	78kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots	25°C

Places to eat near Luanda

Restaurante VenezaPortuguese · 0.5 km from the centre
Pizza Il FornoPizza · 0.6 km from the centre
Recantos da Bé - Gestão Hoteleira, LdaPortuguese · 0.6 km from the centre
O Madeirense CidadePortuguese · 0.7 km from the centre
Churrascaria Só FrangoChicken · 1.0 km from the centre
Arcam Gold FishVegetarian · 1.3 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Luanda, Angola