Spencer Bay, Namibia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Lüderitz, is 109 km away. Nearest airport: LUD (LUD), 116 km.

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About Spencer Bay

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

The spot faces NW (326°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (146°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.1 km out (1 in 208). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 12°C in July, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 16°C in January, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Lüderitz, is 109 km away. Nearest airport: LUD (LUD), 116 km.

Water about 13°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast

Spencer Bay does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Spencer Bay, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	40, fair	6 ft11 ssoft	776kJ	wind from the south, 27 knots, offshore	14°C
Mon 19Oct	25, too small	4 ft10 ssoft	396kJ	wind from the south, 25 knots, offshore	14°C
Tue 20Oct	30, too small	5 ft6 smushy	151kJ	wind from the south, 16 knots, offshore	13°C
Wed 21Oct	25, too small	4 ft9 ssoft	234kJ	wind from the south, 18 knots, offshore	14°C
Thu 22Oct	28, too small	5 ft9 ssoft	368kJ	wind from the south, 20 knots, offshore	15°C
Fri 23Oct	25, too small	5 ft6 smushy	156kJ	wind from the south, 18 knots, offshore	16°C
Sat 24Oct	38, fair	6 ft6 smushy	272kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots, offshore	16°C
Sun 25Oct	40, fair	6 ft6 smushy	272kJ	wind from the south, 13 knots, offshore	14°C
Mon 26Oct	15, too small	3 ft8 ssoft	111kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 4 knots	13°C
Tue 27Oct	20, too small	4 ft8 smushy	141kJ	wind from the south, 19 knots, offshore	14°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 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 31 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Spencer Bay
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Spencer Bay
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 6 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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