Nungwi Reefs Surf Forecast

/ Zanzibar (1 surf breaks) /

Tanzania (4 surf breaks)

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Nungwi Reefs surfForecast / Zanzibar / Tanzania

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 EAT

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

Today's Nungwi Reefs sea temperature is 26.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nungwi Reefs today?

The current surf forecast for Nungwi Reefs at 7AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EAT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s
Evening (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s

Table - waves today at Nungwi Reefs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	133	106	133	133	136	185	176	181	280	141	141	136	136	266	207	260	203	199	157	157	153	153	311	304
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	SE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:59AM 2.02				1:18PM 2.57				2:11AM 2.37				2:20PM 2.84				2:54AM 2.72					3:03PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)				6:38AM 1.32				8:06PM 0.92				8:04AM 1.02				8:46PM 0.65				8:50AM 0.72

	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	24	25	24	26	25	25	25	25	24	25	25	26	26	25	24	24	25	25	27	26	25	25
Feels °C (?)	26	27	27	28	26	28	25	26	26	27	25	27	27	26	27	25	25	25	25	25	28	26	24	25

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Zanzibar

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Nungwi Reefs (calm at Zanzibar/Kisauni Airport 56 km from Nungwi Reefs). A 0.6m swell from the E
1 hour 49 minutes ago Nungwi Reefs

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