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Fort Dauphin surfForecast / East / Madagascar

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Wednesday 14 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 1AM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (15 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (15 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
0
1
0
1
2
3
3
4
2
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
2
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
2.3
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.5
E
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1599888999101010101010101099910101515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61259358663773364773879110981334167715681493137411311448149515751104904782782146188
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:17PM
0.18
7:39AM
0.26
7:16PM
0.20
8:05AM
0.29
7:51PM
0.22
8:30AM
0.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
0.11
2:36PM
0.13
1:26AM
0.08
2:42PM
0.10
1:53AM
0.05
2:58PM
0.08
Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise----5:15-------5:16-------5:16---
Sunset6:45-------6:45-------6:45-------
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252423232326272726252423232830292625242424272828
Feels °C (?)252423242426262625242424242829282526262625272727
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