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Mombasa Channel surfForecast / Kenya / Kenya

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 EAT
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Mombasa Channel surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mombasa Channel sea temperature is
29.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mombasa Channel today?

The current surf forecast for Mombasa Channel at 11AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (12 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (12 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

Table - waves today at Mombasa Channel. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)999999998899999999777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)454545454544504948484952525049494950668656546866
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassonononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
2.02
10:09PM
2.35
12:37PM
1.88
1:02AM
2.39
2:21PM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
1.51
2:42PM
1.52
6:21AM
1.62
5:48PM
1.71
8:10AM
1.37
7:53PM
1.49
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---6:26-------6:26-------6:26----
Sunset------6:35-------6:35-------6:34-
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-131----------1-121----
Temp. °C282727282929282828272628292929282827272829292828
Feels °C (?)313031313131303030313033313132313130303131302929
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