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Fort Dauphin surfForecast / East / Madagascar

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 26 Jan 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
26.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fort Dauphin today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Dauphin at 4PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)6ft (1.8m)14s
Afternoon (26 Jan)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (26 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131313121212121212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13251161989867755744623538454454447367344258254250250250199199156161196186
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
0.31
12:23AM
0.21
12:01PM
0.26
1:17AM
0.18
11:11AM
0.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:29AM
0.10
6:44PM
0.09
5:40AM
0.14
7:17PM
0.12
4:23AM
0.17
11:41PM
0.14
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
Sunrise5:22-------5:24-------5:24-------
Sunset----6:44-------6:44-------6:44---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11212221----------------
Temp. °C252625252525252524272928272625242427292927262524
Feels °C (?)282827272727282827293029292827272727282928272626
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