Mowe Bay, Namibia

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Henties Bay, is 346 km away.

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About Mowe Bay

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

The spot faces W (259°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (79°). 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 17). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. 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 month is usually June, 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 346 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 intermediate surfers at Mowe Bay, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	43, fair	3 ft13 shollow	356kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	16°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	7 ft8 smushy	564kJ	wind from the south, 19 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	7 ft7 smushy	417kJ	wind from the south, 12 knots	15°C
Wed 21Oct	29, poor	5 ft8 smushy	238kJ	wind from the south, 14 knots	15°C
Thu 22Oct	38, fair	4 ft5 smushy	62kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots	16°C
Fri 23Oct	49, good	4 ft6 smushy	109kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots	15°C
Sat 24Oct	48, good	3 ft6 smushy	69kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots	16°C
Sun 25Oct	47, fair	4 ft8 shollow	158kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 knots	16°C
Mon 26Oct	43, fair	5 ft6 smushy	151kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	17°C
Tue 27Oct	30, poor	5 ft6 smushy	182kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	17°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 intermediate 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 0 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Mowe Bay
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 4 ft at 5 s, wind 10 kn (19 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Mowe Bay
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Mowe Bay
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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