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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	Thu		Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM
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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 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	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	14	14	8	8	8
Energy(?)	35	48	47	45	62	45	44	42	42	41	61	54	55	73	69	71	81	268	763	471	144	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:37PM 3.50		3:56AM 3.24	4:09PM 3.72		4:31AM 3.28	4:43PM 3.84		5:07AM 3.23	5:20PM 3.82		5:45AM 3.09	5:58PM 3.68		6:25AM 2.87		6:40PM 3.42	7:10AM 2.61		7:29PM 3.08	8:08AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)		9:46PM 0.07	9:49AM 0.09		10:21PM -0.12	10:22AM 0.00		10:58PM -0.19	10:56AM -0.00		11:36PM -0.13	11:33AM 0.09		12:16AM 0.06		12:12PM 0.29	1:00AM 0.33		12:55PM 0.57	1:51AM 0.66		1:48PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	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	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	8	2	-	8	3	-	10	4	2	11	7	2	9	4	6	17	-	-	15	4	-
High °C	28	27	26	27	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	17	15	27	27	28
Low °C	28	26	26	27	26	26	27	26	26	27	26	26	27	25	25	27	26	15	14	26	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	27	26	27	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	16	14	27	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:21	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	5:50	-	-	-	6:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 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	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	14	14	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SE	1.6 SE	0.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	3	3	2	3	-	-	4	4	8	3	-

	Thursday 16				Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 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	0.6 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
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	34	35	49	35	48	47	47	47	45	45	60	62	62	45	45	45	45	44	43	42	42	42
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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)			3:37PM 3.50				3:56AM 3.24				4:09PM 3.72				4:31AM 3.28				4:43PM 3.84
Low Tide / height (m)	9:17AM 0.26				9:46PM 0.07				9:49AM 0.09				10:21PM -0.12				10:22AM 0.00				10:58PM -0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	2	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	4	3	2	1	-	-	-	1	5
Temp. °C	26	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	28	27	27	26	26
Chill °C (?)	26	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	28	27	27	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 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	0.6 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
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16														Friday 17
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 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
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	49	35	35	35	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	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	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							3:37PM 3.50												3:56AM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)	9:17AM 0.26												9:46PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	2	1	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	26	26	26	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 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
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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