Quimavongo, Angola

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Luanda, is 135 km away. Nearest airport: LAD (LAD), 138 km.

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About Quimavongo

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

The spot faces W (249°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (69°). 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 750 m out (1 in 74). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 21°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually July, with about 4 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Luanda, is 135 km away. Nearest airport: LAD (LAD), 138 km.

Water about 26°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 26 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to NBJ, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS).
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Getting there. 3 h 10 from the airport to Quimavongo.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Luanda, is 135 km away. Nearest airport: LAD (LAD), 138 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 Quimavongo, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	50, good	4 ft10 smushy	278kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	34, poor	3 ft7 smushy	88kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	47, fair	4 ft10 smushy	321kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	47, fair	4 ft8 smushy	251kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	40, fair	4 ft8 smushy	148kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	28, too small	3 ft8 smushy	89kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	25, too small	2 ft9 smushy	83kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	31, too small	3 ft8 smushy	77kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	16, too small	2 ft8 smushy	46kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots	26°C
Tue 27Oct	18, too small	2 ft7 smushy	40kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 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 NBJ, changing at LIS, then 3h 10 by road. About 26h 35 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Quimavongo
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Quimavongo
Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Quimavongo
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to NBJ, changing at LIS, then 3h 10 by road. About 26h 35 door to door

Rough cost

About £985–£1,945 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 NBJ, estimated from distance and season, changing at LIS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£660–£1,370
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£985–£1,945

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

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