Panter Head, Namibia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Lüderitz, is 118 km away. Nearest airport: LUD (LUD), 112 km.

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About Panter Head

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

The spot faces W (279°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (99°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–15 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 800 m out (1 in 79). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 13°C in July, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 17°C in January, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Lüderitz, is 118 km away. Nearest airport: LUD (LUD), 112 km.

Water about 14°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Lüderitz, is 118 km away. Nearest airport: LUD (LUD), 112 km.
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Forecast

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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Panter Head, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	35, poor	7 ft9 ssoft	721kJ	wind from the south-east, 16 knots, offshore	19°C
Mon 19Oct	27, poor	6 ft10 ssoft	612kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots, offshore	19°C
Tue 20Oct	21, too small	4 ft9 ssoft	307kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots, offshore	20°C
Wed 21Oct	23, too small	5 ft8 smushy	257kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots, offshore	20°C
Thu 22Oct	25, too small	6 ft9 ssoft	424kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots, offshore	22°C
Fri 23Oct	18, too small	5 ft9 ssoft	291kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots, offshore	25°C
Sat 24Oct	13, too small	4 ft7 smushy	152kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots, offshore	25°C
Sun 25Oct	19, too small	6 ft6 smushy	241kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots, offshore	21°C
Mon 26Oct	12, too small	4 ft6 smushy	142kJ	wind from the south-east, 18 knots, offshore	21°C
Tue 27Oct	12, too small	5 ft6 smushy	163kJ	wind from the south-east, 16 knots, offshore	24°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
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Panter Head
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
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