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Flame Bowls surfForecast / West / Madagascar
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 12 May 2026 EATForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
27.3° C
(Which is 1.6°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 12AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm May 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (EAT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (13 May) | - | - |
| Evening (13 May) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Flame Bowls. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 22°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 12 | Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | Friday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | |
Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 16 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | |
212 | 250 | 299 | 1077 | 1280 | 1266 | 1137 | 954 | 2581 | 3772 | 3926 | 3280 | 2717 | 2527 | 2358 | 2350 | 2171 | 1886 | 4631 | 4809 | 4786 | 4216 | 3752 | 3459 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 2:29AM2.08m | 2:55PM2.08m | 3:12AM2.26m | 3:36PM2.29m | 3:52AM2.42m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:14PM0.73m | 8:46AM0.59m | 9:01PM0.52m | 9:26AM0.38m | 9:43PM0.33m | 10:04AM0.21m | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:30 |
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Temp °C | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 27 |
27 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 25 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
 kJ | 212 | 250 | 282 | 1077 | 1280 | 1266 | 1137 | 954 | 2581 | 3772 | 3926 | 3280 | 2717 | 2527 | 2358 | 2350 | 2171 | 1886 | 4631 | 4809 | 4786 | 4216 | 3752 | 3459 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | W 6 | SW 16 | WNW 6 | S 11 | S 11 | SW 21 | SW 18 | SW 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 19 | 17 | 299 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 844 | 565 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 628 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | SSW 10 | WNW 6 | S 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 10 | 19 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 4 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | 68 | 50 | 29 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 384 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 820 | 820 | 822 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 377 | 1230 | 1229 | 1230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1233 | 825 |
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