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Point of mussulo 83.8

#599 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇦🇴 Angola · Luanda · near Luanda

Works almost every day, clean mornings are the norm, no off season.

Works all yearWarm waterBeginner friendlyBeginner
Surf score83.8 /100
Surfable days99% of the year
Clean days69% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell70% period 11 s+
Typical size0.9 m 3.0 ft median
Water25°C a rash vest or 2 mm

Best time to surf Point of mussulo

The best time to surf Point of mussulo is June, July, August. The season runs Feb to Dec. In July the water sits around 20°C, so pack a 2 mm shorty, and the typical wave is 1.1 m. The nearest airport is LAD (9 km) and the nearest town is Luanda (9 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan95%39%0.8 m26°Cboardies
Feb99%48%0.8 m28°Cboardies
Mar100%63%0.8 m27°Cboardies
Apr99%75%1.0 m27°Cboardies
May100%80%1.0 m25°Cboardies
Jun100%84%1.1 m23°Cvest
Jul100%95%1.1 m20°C2mm
Aug100%88%1.1 m20°C2mm
Sep100%69%1.0 m22°Cvest
Oct99%76%1.0 m25°Cvest
Nov100%64%0.9 m26°Cboardies
Dec98%49%0.8 m26°Cboardies

What is under Point of mussulo

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 57 m.

Depth 8 km out57 m
Depth 4 km out29 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 83.8

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
24.1
Best days 22.4%
6.6
Clean days 18.4%
18.4
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
5.1
Access 4.1%
4.1

The detail

Faces 45° with 56% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 100% of days. Mean peak period 12.6 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.3 m, with a peak period of 14 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 83%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates -8.862, 13.156 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,100/ month
typically €963 – €1,230
Rent, one bedroom€572
Groceries€228
Eating out€129
Getting around€74
Phone + internet€80
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,140/ month
typically €1,880 – €2,400
Somewhere to stay€1,260
Eating out€449
Car, transfers, fuel€289
Data + extras€135
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Airport and town on the doorstep, so the local estimate is 23% above the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Angola (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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