Jam's Right, United Republic of Tanzania

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Dar es Salaam, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: DAR (DAR), 21 km.

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About Jam's Right

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces NE (53°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (233°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 700 m out (1 in 69). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 26°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May, June and July, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Dar es Salaam, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: DAR (DAR), 21 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 3 dive sites.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 26 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. ORD to DAR, changing at IST. About 8 flights a week that month.
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No stay checked for this site yet: Dar es Salaam, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: DAR (DAR), 21 km.
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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Jam's Right, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	34, poor	4 ft6 smushy	102kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 7 knots	27°C
Mon 19Oct	35, poor	4 ft7 smushy	122kJ	wind from the south-east, 6 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	37, fair	4 ft7 smushy	133kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	34, poor	3 ft7 smushy	80kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	23, too small	3 ft7 smushy	58kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	21, too small	2 ft6 smushy	40kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 5 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	27, too small	3 ft6 smushy	61kJ	wind from the south-east, 8 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	31, poor	4 ft7 smushy	144kJ	wind from the south, 11 knots	29°C
Mon 26Oct	38, fair	4 ft6 smushy	74kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots, offshore	26°C
Tue 27Oct	25, too small	2 ft6 smushy	32kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	26°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to DAR, changing at IST, then 40 min by road. About 26h 40 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Jam's Right
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Jam's Right
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Jam's Right
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Jam's Right
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, wind 8 kn (15 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to DAR, changing at IST, then 40 min by road. About 26h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,045–£2,090 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to DAR, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£755–£1,570
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£35–£60
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£1,045–£2,090

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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