Flame Bowls Surf Forecast

/ West (10 surf breaks) /

Madagascar (18 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Flame Bowls surfForecast / West / Madagascar

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 25.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 5AM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (EAT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	15s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	3	2	2	2	5	4	5	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2782	5537	5788	4928	4497	3968	3757	3609	4025	3840	3894	3456	4395	2519	3857	2852	2553	3075	2834	2487	2181	3609	1474	1274
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:29AM 1.85				3:49PM 2.13				4:05AM 2.10				4:21PM 2.35				4:35AM 2.31				4:49PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)	9:22PM 0.79				9:30AM 0.66				10:00PM 0.54				10:07AM 0.42				10:30PM 0.34				10:38AM 0.23

	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	24	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	24	27	26	25	23	22	21	21	24	29	28	29	22
Feels °C (?)	23	22	22	24	24	22	22	23	22	21	22	23	24	22	20	19	19	18	17	19	24	22	23	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Flame Bowls (calm at Tôlanaro/Marillac Airport 372 km from Flame Bowls). A 2.3m long period groundswell from the SSW
1 hour 51 minutes ago Flame Bowls

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