Swakopmund. Photo: Laika ac from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Swakopmund

Surf town · Namibia

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Beds: 80 places

80 places to stay within 2 km, 1 of them campsites.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 80 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 12 surf spots

Surf · this week

Point · about 10 min by car
52 out of 100
Pebbles · about 10 min by car
50 out of 100
Stink-piel · about 10 min by car
49 out of 100
Thicklip · about 5 min by car
49 out of 100
Vineta Point · about 10 min by car
49 out of 100
Wreck · about 5 min by car
49 out of 100
Wreck North · about 5 min by car
49 out of 100
Last toilet · about 20 min by car
48 out of 100

All 12 surf spots

Lockjoint · about 5 min by car
48 out of 100
Tiger Reef · about 5 min by car
48 out of 100
Guns · about 35 min by car · Not for intermediates
–, no score
Mussels · about 40 min by car · Not for intermediates
–, no score

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Swakopmund; a spot more than 20 km away stays here because Swakopmund is the nearest town with beds.

Places to eat

6 near Swakopmund

Places to eat near Swakopmund

Flydining SwakopmundTheme · 0.2 km from the centre
Yokohama Sushi BarSushi · 0.2 km from the centre
Desert Creek Spur Steak RanchSteakhouse · 0.4 km from the centre
Hungry Lion SwakopmundChicken · 0.4 km from the centre
Pizza at VinetaPizza · 0.4 km from the centre
Swakopmund BrauhausGerman · 0.4 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Swakopmund on Google Maps

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Swakopmund.

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Photos of Swakopmund

View from Dune 7 (on top) - panoramio — Photo: Tshidiso Moetapele, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Namib High School, Swakopmund (2014) — Photo: Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Namib High School, Swakopmund (Namibia) — Photo: Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Swakopmund

where it is, what is near

Swakopmund is a town in Erongo Region, Namibia.

From Swakopmund you can reach 12 surf spots, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away.

The nearest is Lockjoint, a surf spot 1 km from the centre.

Overture lists 80 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Walvis Bay International Airport (WVB), 36 km away.

In Erongo Region · Namibia

80 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: Walvis Bay International Airport (WVB), 36 km

Forecast updated Sun 1 Nov, 21:16 UTC. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).