Fort Dauphin surfForecast / East / Madagascar

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Saturday 18 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
25.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fort Dauphin today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Dauphin at 10AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (18 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1817161616161515141414141413661313121216161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2073813714472612583773723673623622932362252072391491471041021029985121
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
0
E
10
ESE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32AM
0.37
9:01PM
0.37
8:58AM
0.35
9:26PM
0.37
9:23AM
0.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38AM
0.03
2:53PM
-0.02
3:07AM
0.03
3:13PM
-0.02
3:37AM
0.03
3:32PM
-0.00
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:07----
Sunset-----5:34-------5:32-------5:32--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242322272829262524232326302926262524232729292625
Feels °C (?)252524313030282827262629292826262625242727272625
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