Rural village near Sumbe, Angola — Sumbe, the nearest town. Photo: jlrsousa, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Sumbe

Sumbe is a town in Cuanza Sul Province, Angola. From Sumbe you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Sumbe, a surf spot 0.6 km from the centre. Overture lists 4 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is CBT, 147 km away.

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Staying in Sumbe

4 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: CBT, 147 km, NBJ, 242 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Sumbe.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Sumbe too.

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.

Spot

Sun 18

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Tue 20

Wed 21

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Fri 23

Sat 24

Quicombo14.9 kmabout 30 min by car

2 ft58 kJ

2 ft72 kJ

3 ft102 kJ

2 ft58 kJ

2 ft28 kJ

2 ft22 kJ

1 ft19 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Quicombo, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	17, too small	2 ft9 shollow	58kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	15, too small	2 ft10 shollow	72kJ	wind from the west, 8 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	29, too small	3 ft8 smushy	102kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	24°C
Wed 21Oct	20, too small	2 ft8 smushy	58kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 7 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	14, too small	2 ft7 shollow	28kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	10, too small	2 ft7 shollow	22kJ	wind from the west, 8 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	10, too small	1 ft8 shollow	19kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots	25°C

Sumbe0.6 kmabout 5 min by car

2 ft41 kJ

2 ft44 kJ

2 ft73 kJ

2 ft39 kJ

1 ft19 kJ

1 ft15 kJ

1 ft13 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Sumbe, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	15, too small	2 ft9 smushy	41kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 5 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	12, too small	2 ft9 smushy	44kJ	wind from the west, 8 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	24, too small	2 ft8 ssoft	73kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots	24°C
Wed 21Oct	16, too small	2 ft8 smushy	39kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	12, too small	1 ft7 smushy	19kJ	wind from the west, 5 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	8, too small	1 ft7 smushy	15kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	8, too small	1 ft8 smushy	13kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots	25°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Sumbe, 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).

Sumbe, Angola

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Where it is

Surf within 20 km