Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fort Dauphin today (15 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 15s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Fort Dauphin at 5PM is: 1.8m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 2.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (EAT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 6ft (1.9m) | 15s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Fort Dauphin. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Fri morning, min 18°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | S 15 | S 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | S 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSW 18 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1265 | 1555 | 1358 | 660 | 465 | 351 | 308 | 303 | 237 | 250 | 246 | 299 | 236 | 232 | 217 | 164 | 116 | 83 | 119 | 120 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:58AM0.35m | 9:58PM0.34m | 10:17AM0.33m | 10:11PM0.30m | 10:35AM0.30m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:58PM0.03m | 4:07AM0.01m | 4:20PM0.05m | 4:22AM0.02m | 4:40PM0.08m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 20 |
Feels °C | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | S 15 | S 15 | SSW 14 | SSE 13 | SSE 11 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | S 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 |
| kJ | 1265 | 1555 | 1358 | 660 | 418 | 268 | 308 | 303 | 237 | 250 | 246 | 299 | 236 | 232 | 217 | 164 | 116 | 83 | 80 | 78 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | SE 10 | SSW 12 | SW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 19 | SSW 16 | SSW 17 | SSW 18 |
| kJ | 193 | 197 | 137 | 418 | 465 | 351 | 273 | 207 | 181 | 99 | 66 | 84 | 94 | 58 | 13 | 29 | 35 | 52 | 119 | 120 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 19 | S 11 | SW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 60 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 |
| kJ | 989 | 1004 | 923 | 836 | 881 | 858 | 724 | 620 | 542 | 512 | 512 | 491 | 467 | 425 | 394 | 330 | 379 | 527 | 499 | 459 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 951 | 951 | 951 | 367 | 367 | 367 | 367 | 367 | 950 | 950 | 950 | 372 | 367 | 372 | 2 | 370 | 951 | 950 | 950 | 372 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Madagascar - East | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Madagascar | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fort Dauphin surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest