Ovahimba Point, Namibia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Henties Bay, is 415 km away.

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About Ovahimba Point

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

The spot faces SW (240°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (60°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 64). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 14°C in August, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 19°C in January, its warmest (2 mm shorty). 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 bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Henties Bay, is 415 km away.

Water about 15°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Ovahimba Point, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	19, too small	4 ft11 smushy	339kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots	20°C
Mon 19Oct	16, poor	7 ft9 smushy	738kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 19 knots	19°C
Tue 20Oct	26, poor	8 ft8 smushy	645kJ	wind from the south, 11 knots	19°C
Wed 21Oct	13, too small	4 ft8 smushy	167kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots	18°C
Thu 22Oct	14, too small	4 ft5 smushy	62kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	19°C
Fri 23Oct	19, too small	4 ft6 smushy	100kJ	wind from the south-west, 6 knots	20°C
Sat 24Oct	18, too small	3 ft8 smushy	118kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	20°C
Sun 25Oct	18, too small	5 ft7 smushy	205kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	20°C
Mon 26Oct	18, too small	5 ft6 smushy	178kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots	21°C
Tue 27Oct	30, too small	5 ft7 smushy	202kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	21°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.

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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 26 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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