Lagos Coast

The Lagos coast fronts the Bight of Benin, a part of the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic tidal regime at Lagos is mixed semidiurnal with a mean spring range of approximately 1.0-1.5m — moderate by Atlantic standards. The Lagos coastline is a barrier island system — a series of narrow sand islands separated the Atlantic from the Lagos Lagoon complex, one of West Africa's largest coastal lagoon systems. Victoria Island, Lagos Island, and Lekki Peninsula all sit on this barrier island chain. The surf on the Atlantic side is persistent year-round, driven by South Atlantic trade wind swells and occasional Atlantic storms; July-September brings the largest swells. The Niger Delta, 300km east, is one of the world's largest and most ecologically important delta systems, supporting mangrove, freshwater swamp, and deltaic coast habitats. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) are the national authorities for weather and maritime data. Open-Meteo Marine provides gridded predictions for TideTurtle pages.