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Lat Long: 8.83° S 13.20° E

Chicala 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 08 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Chicala sea temperature is
26.3°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Chicala today (08 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Chicala at 2PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (08 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (08 Nov)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue morning, min 24°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SW
11
1
SW
11
1
SW
11
1
SW
11
1
SW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.9
SW
10
0.9
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
9
0.7
SW
9
0.8
SSW
9
0.8
SSW
9
0.8
SSW
9
0.8
SSW
9
0.8
SSW
9
0.8
SSW
10
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
11
0.5
SW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
250
246
242
237
237
211
163
139
175
175
175
171
154
81
101
101
101
108
110
117
169
167
109
72
239
219
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
10
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
S
10
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
10
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
2:59AM1.78m
3:16PM1.64m
3:31AM1.79m
3:52PM1.64m
4:02AM1.78m
4:27PM1.63m
4:34AM1.75m
Low Tide
9:12AM0.54m
9:12PM0.54m
9:45AM0.52m
9:45PM0.57m
10:17AM0.51m
10:17PM0.61m
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Temp °C
25
25
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
25
25
24
24
25
26
27
26
26
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26
25
25
Feels °C
29
29
29
28
27
27
27
27
29
29
29
27
27
27
28
27
27
28
29
28
26
27
27
28
26
27
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