La Gauche Surf Forecast

/ West (10 surf breaks) /

Madagascar (18 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (23.16° S 43.59° E)

Surf Forecasts:

La Gauche surfForecast / West / Madagascar

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 EAT

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La Gauche surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's La Gauche sea temperature is 24.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Gauche today?

The current surf forecast for La Gauche at 3AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 02:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EAT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	11s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	7s
Evening (20 Oct)	7.5ft (2.3m)	8s

Table - waves today at La Gauche. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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	Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	11	12	7	7	8	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	8	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	613	494	424	337	358	326	467	625	476	686	1149	2581	2626	2742	5433	2761	4340	3576	3130	3130	3130	3835	1064	890
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:31AM 2.53				4:43PM 2.61				4:56AM 2.63				5:07PM 2.66				5:20AM 2.68				5:31PM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26PM 0.24				10:36AM 0.20				10:50PM 0.14				11:02AM 0.13				11:14PM 0.09				11:28AM 0.10

	Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	22	24	25	24	23	23	22	22	21	23	25	24	24	23	21	20	20	22	25	24	25	24
Feels °C (?)	20	21	23	24	24	22	20	20	20	20	19	21	21	19	19	19	18	17	17	20	21	18	20	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at La Gauche (light winds from the ENE at Tôlanaro/Marillac Airport 399 km from La Gauche). 1.3m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.9m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 26 minutes ago La Gauche

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