Point
right
Level 6/10
Cap Blanc
Nouadhibou, Mauritania
🏝️Remote🦈Sharks
Cap Blanc is Mauritania's northernmost point, where the coastline juts into the Atlantic and catches NW swells. The wave is a quality right that breaks in front of a seal colony (and yes, sharks are a consideration). This is frontier surfing at its most remote—few surfers have ever ridden these waves.
3-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
Swell
0.6m
NW(317°)
Score: 2/25
Period
17s
Long period groundswell
Score: 25/25
Wind
9km/h
WSW(248°)
Score: 11/25
Weather
19°C
0.0mm88%
Secondary Swell
0.2mNNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
2:47 am
Low tide - -0.57m
9:12 am
High tide - 0.10m
2:50 pm
Low tide - -0.55m
9:12 pm
High tide - 0.30m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
30
PoorComponents
Swell Direction23/25
Swell Size2/25
Swell Period25/25
Wind11/25
Raw Score61/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-11
⚠️ Weak Component-5
🚫 Undersized Capmax 30
Adjusted Score45/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score30
🤢 Morning Sickness
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- NW (315°)
- Direction range
- 280° - 350°
- Size range
- 1m - 2.5m
- Ideal size
- 2.0m
- Height multiplier
- 0.97×
- Ideal period
- 14s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- E (90°)
- Offshore range
- 60° - 130°
- Best window
- morning
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- mid
- Optimal range
- 0.3m - 1.5m
Water temp
19°C
Wetsuit
3/2mm fullsuit
Difficulty
6/10
Crowd level
1/10
Access: Mauritania's northernmost point. Quality when clean.
Best Season
Peak: Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar
Secondary: Apr, Sep
Winter NW swells. Mauritania's northernmost point. Quality when clean.
Getting There
Airport
NDBDrive time
30 minData quality
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