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Beach 2

Kinondoni Municipal, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Beach 2 2 photos

  • Small shed on Bongoyo island

    Small shed on Bongoyo island. mwanasimba from La Réunion, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • View from Bongoyo island

    View from Bongoyo island. mwanasimba from La Réunion, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Best: 8 am to 1 pm, sunset 6:16 pm
6 am
8.7
9 km/h6 mph wind, Excellent
7 am
9.0
10 km/h6 mph wind, Excellent
Now
9.3
9 km/h6 mph wind, Excellent
9 am
9.5
9 km/h6 mph wind, Excellent
10 am
8.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
11 am
8.9
17 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
12 pm
8.6
21 km/h13 mph wind, Excellent
1 pm
8.4
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
2 pm
7.9
25 km/h15 mph wind, Great
3 pm
7.7
27 km/h17 mph wind, Great
4 pm
7.9
27 km/h17 mph wind, Great
5 pm
8.1
29 km/h18 mph wind, Great
6 pm
8.3
29 km/h18 mph wind, Great

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 8 am to 1 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
27°C80°F
Water
28°C82°F
Wind
96 km/hmph S
Gusts
159 km/hmph
Waves
0.7 m2 ft
UV
2 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:16 pm
Today
8.7Excellent6 am96
9.0Excellent7 am106
9.3ExcellentNow96
9.5Excellent9 am96
8.7Excellent10 am117
8.9Excellent11 am1711
8.6Excellent12 pm2113
8.4Great1 pm2012
7.9Great2 pm2515
7.7Great3 pm2717
7.9Great4 pm2717
8.1Great5 pm2918
8.3Great6 pm2918
Sat
9.0Excellent6 am117
8.8Excellent7 am117
8.6Excellent8 am96
8.2Great9 am95
7.1Great10 am138
5.2Fair11 am1711
4.3Fair12 pm2012
4.3Fair1 pm1610
4.4Fair2 pm2214
4.9Fair3 pm2314
5.8Good4 pm2314
7.0Great5 pm2515
8.0Great6 pm2516
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 2 pm, 1.6 m. Low at 8 pm, -0.7 m. High at 2 am, 2.0 mHigh 2 pm, 1.6 m5 ftLow 8 pm, -0.7 m2 ftHigh 2 am, 2.0 m6 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • High 2 pm, 1.6 m5 ft
  • Low 8 pm, -0.7 m2 ft
  • High 2 am, 2.0 m6 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

Facilities

  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town
9.8 km6.1 miKinzudi (village)
Nearest airport
21 km13 miJulius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Beach 2.

Partner links

Beachfront rooms go first on warm weekends.

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat9.0 ExcellentBest 6 am to 10 amWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 95%
  • Sun6.4 GoodBest 6 pm to 7 pmWind up to 31 km/h19 mph, rain 82%
  • Mon7.5 GreatBest 5 pm to 7 pmWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 51%
  • Tue7.7 GreatBest 6 am to 1 pmWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 27%
  • Wed8.5 ExcellentBest 6 am to 1 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 32%
  • Thu7.8 GreatBest 6 am to 7 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 39%