Dungeons • Statistics for January

January: The Mid-Summer Lull and the Cape Doctor

January is the heart of the austral summer at Dungeons, and while the South Atlantic is far from asleep, the reefs are catching the leftovers rather than the main courses. Average swell height holds at 7.5ft (2.3m) and period 11.1s, which means the energy is still powerful but not the XL monsters of winter. The dominant swell directions are SW (27.6%) and SSW (17.8%), with most waves arriving in the 5-8ft (1.5-2.5m) range and only a small percentage exceeding 8ft (2.5m). Good, solid Dungeons shape is definitely possible. The main issue is wind: SSE winds dominate at 37.1%, with SE at 14.2% and S at 17.9%, and these blow 20-40kph a good share of the time. That puts a cross-shore/sideshore texture on faces and keeps ideal N-NE offshore windows at just 5% of the time. Water temp is 17.2°C, air temp averages 20.0°C (14.8-27.1), and precipitation is low at 0.39mm/day. Catch a fleeting NE offshore and a clean SSW swell, and Dungeons will still show its teeth, but be prepared to pick your windows carefully.