Nungwi Reefs surf break

Nungwi Reefs surfForecast / Zanzibar / Tanzania

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 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
29.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Nungwi Reefs today?

The current surf forecast for Nungwi Reefs at 4PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (25 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.9
SE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)666677777888888888899998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282020207547424142433634343333332121201515262524
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
2.35
8:29PM
2.76
9:12AM
2.02
10:08PM
2.44
11:50AM
1.94
12:26AM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:47PM
0.80
2:58AM
1.02
2:49PM
1.17
5:01AM
1.24
5:10PM
1.39
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-6:26-------6:26-------6:26------
Sunset----6:30-------6:30-------6:30---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
311-1-2311----141-1-----
Temp. °C262626272726262626262627282726262626262728272726
Feels °C (?)292829312827282828282832313030292929293131303129
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