Fort Dauphin surfForecast / East / Madagascar

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 EAT
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Fort Dauphin surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fort Dauphin sea temperature is
24.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fort Dauphin today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Dauphin at 3PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1312121212118888888818171616161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)643263254199193183135126110123136120120117207381371447261436377372367362
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
E
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
E
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
0.38
8:16PM
0.34
8:07AM
0.38
8:38PM
0.36
8:32AM
0.37
9:01PM
0.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11PM
-0.01
2:09AM
0.05
2:32PM
-0.02
2:38AM
0.03
2:53PM
-0.02
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:05-------6:07-------6:07------
Sunset---5:36-------5:35-------5:34----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C232526262524242322252827252524232326292926252423
Feels °C (?)242525252523242424262727252626262630313028282726
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