Zanzibar Surf

Detailed Zanzibar surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Zanzibar. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Zanzibar. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Zanzibar over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Zanzibar and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Zanzibar Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Zanzibar Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Zanzibar coastline are also listed below.

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	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	53	63	85	83	90	120	90	88	96	90	88	126	126	126	115	87	96	365	360	469	127	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:04PM 3.39		5:27AM 2.81	5:32PM 3.27				6:01PM 3.12	6:26AM 2.52		6:32PM 2.93	7:00AM 2.35		7:06PM 2.73	7:45AM 2.19		7:51PM 2.53	8:54AM 2.08		9:00PM 2.34	10:36AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)	10:41AM 0.35		11:16PM 0.19	11:10AM 0.42		11:47PM 0.30	8:13AM 0.12		12:20AM 0.46		12:12PM 0.70	12:56AM 0.66		12:46PM 0.91	1:37AM 0.86		1:28PM 1.13	2:30AM 1.04		2:29PM 1.33		3:44AM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	6	1	6	4	2	-	3	-	2	1	-	6	1	-	16	12	9	4	1	1	6	5
High °C	27	28	27	27	28	26	26	28	27	26	27	27	26	28	27	26	25	25	25	26	26	25
Low °C	27	28	27	27	28	26	26	27	26	26	27	26	26	27	26	25	24	24	24	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	27	28	27	27	28	26	26	28	27	26	27	27	26	28	27	26	25	25	25	26	26	25
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SW	0.2 S	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	-	3	3	-	3	6	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	8	8	3	3

	Sunday 03						Mon	Sun	Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	0:30AM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.3 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8
Energy	57	55	54	53	50	63	2107	77	85	79	81	83	85	90	118	118	120	119	94	90	88	88
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			4:58AM 2.91								5:27AM 2.81				5:32PM 3.27				5:55AM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)	10:46PM 0.15				10:41AM 0.35		9:36PM 0.14		11:16PM 0.19				11:10AM 0.42				11:47PM 0.30				11:40AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	3	4	5	4	2	1	1	-	1	3	2	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	-
Temp. °C	26	26	27	27	27	28	16	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	26	26	26	26	26	26	27
Chill °C (?)	26	26	27	27	27	28	14	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	26	26	26	26	26	26	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	2.3 SW	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	12	3	-	3	3	3	3	3	-	7	-	-	2	3	3	6

	Sat		Sunday 03
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	10:30AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.5 SW	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	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	67	57	57	57	55	55	2763	54	54	53	53	53	51	51	50	50	65	63	62	216	214	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:58AM 2.91													5:04PM 3.39
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46PM 0.15												10:41AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	27	26	27	27	26	16	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	26	27	26	27	27	26	14	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.5 SW	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	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	8	8	8

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