Chefs Surf Forecast

/ West (10 surf breaks) /

Madagascar (18 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (23.68° S 43.63° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Chefs surfForecast / West / Madagascar

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 04 Sep 2025 EAT

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Chefs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Chefs sea temperature is 24.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chefs today?

The current surf forecast for Chefs at 12PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EAT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	14s
Afternoon (04 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	14s
Evening (04 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s

Table - waves today at Chefs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 04						Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun 07
	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	3	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1226	1271	1154	1034	1075	1226	1062	1214	1384	1725	1584	1738	1685	1598	1696	1748	1449	1309	1162	990	1028	1216	1611	1728
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	WSW	SW	SSW	S	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	E	ESE	ESE	SSW	S	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					3:51PM 1.99				4:04AM 2.00				4:21PM 2.26				4:33AM 2.25				4:49PM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)			9:36AM 0.77				10:03PM 0.66				10:08AM 0.51				10:31PM 0.41				10:37AM 0.27				10:59PM 0.19

	Thursday 04						Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun 07
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	19	18	21	25	24	23	22	21	20	20	25	30	28	31	28	25	24
Feels °C (?)	22	23	22	21	21	20	20	18	17	20	23	21	19	18	18	18	18	23	26	23	26	24	23	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Recent clean conditions at Chefs have likely become affected by the arrival of onshore winds (light winds from the SW at ASCATB43E24S 139 km from Chefs). A 1.5m groundswell from the SSW
3 hours 38 minutes ago Chefs

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