Flame Bowls surf break

Flame Bowls surfForecast / West / Madagascar

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 EAT
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Flame Bowls surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Flame Bowls sea temperature is
29.8° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Flame Bowls today?

The current surf forecast for Flame Bowls at 12PM is: 4.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)13ft (4.0m)12s
Afternoon (21 Jan)16ft (5.0m)10s
Evening (21 Jan)13ft (4.0m)10s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
4
WSW
4.5
SW
5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2
S
1.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
S
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)111211101010101091091010910101010101013121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67540484743550244422787190215135824508829201022679772641585483492592689536491371
Wind
(km/h)
50
NNW
35
WSW
50
SW
50
SSW
50
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
E
10
SW
20
SSW
35
S
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:50AM
2.60
7:01PM
2.47
7:20AM
2.61
7:32PM
2.46
7:50AM
2.56
8:04PM
2.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
0.17
1:07AM
0.10
1:29PM
0.18
1:38AM
0.14
2:00PM
0.24
2:10AM
0.24
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise5:35-------5:35-------5:37-------
Sunset----6:57-------6:57-------6:55---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
12-1321------------131--
Temp. °C282827262524242424252726262525252426272928272525
Feels °C (?)252823212020212122232625242325262629303026262525
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