Fort Dauphin surfForecast / East / Madagascar

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
25.3° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fort Dauphin today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Dauphin at 1AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (20 Feb)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161615141414141413131313131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50558267911501093983956943874746572468461484484454461468475468454424212209
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
N
0
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
0.33
9:56AM
0.44
10:08PM
0.33
10:17AM
0.42
10:32PM
0.33
10:37AM
0.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:03PM
-0.00
3:42AM
-0.00
4:24PM
-0.00
4:05AM
0.01
4:44PM
0.00
4:27AM
0.03
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----5:39-------5:41-------5:41---
Sunset6:30-------6:30-------6:29-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
11----113------11------1
Temp. °C272625242427282827252524232730282726252424282928
Feels °C (?)282928272831313030282827262930282828272727292928
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