Would winds have favored European explorers seeking to travel along the west coast of south africa?
Question by snpbd29: Would winds have favored European explorers seeking to travel along the west coast of south africa?
tword the cape of good hope? name the wind belt
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Answer by J Alves
The southwest coast of the continent — Angola, Namibia and South Africa — is cooled by the Benguela Current. Prevailing winds here are out of the south and contribute to significant upwelling, which makes this part of the Atlantic very lively. However, from May to September the SW swell consistently delivers surf in the two to three-meter range.
Winters in South Africa are cold and windy with pumping SW swell. In the summers, swell and wind come from the SE. The area between Cape Town and Durban is the region’s best surf. Here the Antarctic winds deliver waves in the two to five-meter zone with offshore winds in the mornings. In the summer water temperatures climb to 21C/70F and in the winter drop to 15C/59F.
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