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Teiki Mathieu Baillan surfing a self-made Alaya surfboard in Macaroni, Mentawaï, Indonesia. Photo by C. Naslain, 2009.
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Namibia
Africa
Cold water (The Benguela Current swings up from the southern antartic oceans...), lots of beasties in the water, great scenery and lots and lots of sand in the north (the Skeleton Coast). Probably lots more surf potential than the maps shows... but nobody ever goes there as the other areas are either very isolated or private (diamond mining companies) -or both...
Location: Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa
Geographic coordinates: 22° 0' S, 17° 0' E
Coastline km: 1,572 km km
Climate: desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic
Terrain:
Elevation:
Natural hazards: prolonged periods of drought. very limited natural fresh water resources; desertification; wildlife poaching; land degradation has led to few conservation areas
Currency: Namibian dollar (NAD); South African rand (ZAR)
Population:
Languages: English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)
Capital:
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| Water temp. | 8°C | 8°C | 6°C | 6°C | 8°C | 10°C |
| Air temp. | 14°C | 14°C | 11°C | 10°C | 12°C | 16°C |
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Seasonal swell & wind variations
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Quality | Direction | Type | Frequ | Experience |
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| Affenrucken point | 2 / - | 
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Left | Point-break | 
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Experienced surfers | |
| Angras Juntas left | 1 / - |
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| Bocock's Bay | - / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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| Cape Cross | 3 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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| Donkey Bay | - / - |
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Left | Sand-bar | 
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| East Hill Point | 1 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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| Elizabeth Bay | 1 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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| Guns | 8 / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky | Experienced surfers | ||
| Henties Bay | - / - | Left | Point-break |
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| Hottentot Bay | 2 / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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| Last toilet | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | ||
| Lockjoint | 1 / - | Left | Reef-rocky | 
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| Luderitz Wedge | - / - |
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Right | Don't know |
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| Mowe Bay | - / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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| Mussels Walvis Bay | - / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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| Oranjemund mouth | 3 / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| Ovahimba Point | - / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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| Panter Head | - / - |
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Left | Reef-rocky |
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Experienced surfers | |
| Pebbles | 3 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | |
| Pelican point | - / - |
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Left | Sand-bar |
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All surfers | |
| Pipeline | - / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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| Point | 1 / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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| Skeleton Bay | - / 1 |
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Left | Sand-bar |
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| Spencer Bay | - / - |
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Left | Point-break |
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| Stink-piel | - / - | Right | Point-break |
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| Thicklip | 1 / - | Left | Reef-rocky | Experienced surfers | |||
| Tiger Reef | 1 / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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| Torra Bay | - / - | Right and left | Beach-break |
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| Toscanini Point | - / - | Left | Point-break |
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| Vineta Point | 1 / - |
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Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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| Wreck | - / - | Right and left | Reef-rocky |
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All surfers | ||
| Wreck North | - / - | Left | Reef-rocky |
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Comments
By budthestud , 03-07-2011
Namibia Surf - Hi im planning a surf trip to namibia for july next year (heard its best season). Planning on going to luderitz and up the coast a while and then goin to walvis bay and up the coast from there till cape cross. ive heard and seen videos of a place called skeleton bay.. and my gosh it looks crazy . ive done some research on it and seems to be in the area neer walvis..? if anyone can give me some info on this spot or sumone i can contact it will be much appreciated.
e-mail= adamjwillemse@gmail.com
thanx adam.
By alexsom , 05-01-2011
Skeleton Coast - The basic wildlife attraction of the Skeleton Coast is Cape Cross, which we can see a seal colony numbering in the tens of thousands. The dunes are alive with insects and reptiles including geckos, wasps, snakes, spiders, beetles, and termites. Larger animals, such as black rhinos, elephant and lion migrates along the channels in search of food and water.
http://www.nomadictraveler.net/skeleton-coast-tourism.html
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