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About Pointe-Noire

Pointe-Noire is a town in Pointe-Noire District, Congo. From Pointe-Noire you can reach 4 surf spots. The nearest is Cote sauvage, a surf spot 2.7 km from the centre. Overture lists 28 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is PNR, 5 km away.

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Staying in Pointe-Noire

28 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: PNR, 5 km, CAB, 97 km, SZA, 160 km

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Where it is

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

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Pointe-Noire each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Pointe-Noire 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

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Mvassa9.5 kmabout 20 min by car

3 ft113 kJ

4 ft267 kJ

4 ft230 kJ

4 ft177 kJ

3 ft82 kJ

2 ft37 kJ

2 ft61 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Mvassa, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	14, too small	3 ft8 smushy	113kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	18, too small	4 ft10 smushy	267kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	21, too small	4 ft9 smushy	230kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	18, too small	4 ft8 smushy	177kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	11, too small	3 ft7 smushy	82kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	7, too small	2 ft6 smushy	37kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	8, too small	2 ft9 smushy	61kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	27°C

Cote sauvage2.7 kmabout 5 min by car

3 ft113 kJ

4 ft267 kJ

4 ft230 kJ

4 ft177 kJ

3 ft82 kJ

2 ft37 kJ

2 ft61 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Cote sauvage, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	14, too small	3 ft8 smushy	113kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	15, too small	4 ft10 smushy	267kJ	wind from the south, 9 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	19, too small	4 ft9 smushy	230kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	18, too small	4 ft8 smushy	177kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	10, too small	3 ft7 smushy	82kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	7, too small	2 ft6 smushy	37kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	8, too small	2 ft9 smushy	61kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	26°C

Le piege3.9 kmabout 10 min by car

3 ft127 kJ

4 ft305 kJ

4 ft251 kJ

4 ft216 kJ

3 ft99 kJ

3 ft44 kJ

2 ft71 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Le piege, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	14, too small	3 ft9 s	127kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	16, too small	4 ft10 s	305kJ	wind from the south, 8 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	19, too small	4 ft9 s	251kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	19, too small	4 ft8 s	216kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	10, too small	3 ft7 s	99kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	7, too small	3 ft6 s	44kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	8, too small	2 ft9 s	71kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C

Djeno rocher16.8 kmabout 30 min by car

2 ft84 kJ

3 ft214 kJ

3 ft169 kJ

3 ft139 kJ

3 ft62 kJ

2 ft34 kJ

2 ft51 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Djeno rocher, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	11, too small	2 ft9 smushy	84kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	3 ft10 smushy	214kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	17, too small	3 ft9 smushy	169kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	15, too small	3 ft8 smushy	139kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	9, too small	3 ft7 smushy	62kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	6, too small	2 ft7 smushy	34kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	8, too small	2 ft9 smushy	51kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	26°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Pointe-Noire, 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).

Places to eat near Pointe-Noire

Le KactusPizza · 0.4 km from the centre
Restaurant TchikoboPizza · 0.5 km from the centre
Loving Hut, Restaurant Végétalien, Pointe Noire, Congo BrazzavilleVegetarian · 0.6 km from the centre
La Perla RestaurantFrench · 1.0 km from the centre
L'ArbaleteFrench · 0.1 km from the centre
Mokaby Garden Lounge0.1 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

Pointe-Noire, Congo