Jelly Babies surfForecast / West / Madagascar

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 EAT
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Jelly Babies surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Jelly Babies sea temperature is
29.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Jelly Babies today?

The current surf forecast for Jelly Babies at 8AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (18 Feb)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (18 Feb)6ft (1.8m)12s

Table - waves today at Jelly Babies. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
2
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SW
2.1
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111112121012111212121212121616161616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11848438241160530964480874874761669585595864107017652285174317161626160413211095840
Wind
(km/h)
0
ENE
5
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
15
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
15
SW
25
SW
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
S
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:02AM
2.70
6:13PM
2.62
6:29AM
2.78
6:41PM
2.67
6:56AM
2.79
7:09PM
2.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.04
12:10PM
0.04
12:18AM
-0.05
12:37PM
-0.02
12:46AM
-0.07
1:05PM
-0.02
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise--5:54-------5:54-------5:54-----
Sunset------6:44-------6:43-------6:42-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262525262728272626252527282827262625252728282726
Feels °C (?)302928292930302828282931302927262726262827252424
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