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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	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 SW	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SW	1.2 SE	0.5 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	8	8	9	9	9	13	9	9	12	9	9
Energy	133	101	127	116	103	132	99	101	129	154	304	217	140	150	158	127	348	227	141	185	371	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:57PM 2.58	1:13AM 2.51		1:41PM 2.90	2:03AM 2.68		2:21PM 3.22	2:47AM 2.84		1:13AM 0.49		3:29AM 2.96	3:41PM 3.69		4:11AM 3.02	2:10AM 0.43		4:53AM 3.01	2:36AM 0.41		5:37AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)			7:04PM 1.03	7:11AM 0.82		7:54PM 0.70	7:55AM 0.61		8:38PM 0.39	8:35AM 0.42	8:04PM 0.18	9:19PM 0.13	9:15AM 0.26		10:01PM -0.04	9:56AM 0.16	9:17PM 0.11	10:42PM -0.10	10:37AM 0.14	9:56PM 0.13	11:25PM -0.05	11:20AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	2	4	4	2	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	26	28	27	26	28	26	25	28	26	25	18	26	26	28	26	26	16	26	26	16	27	26
Low °C	26	27	26	26	28	25	25	27	25	24	18	26	25	27	25	24	15	26	25	15	26	25
Chill °C (?)	26	28	27	26	28	26	25	28	26	25	18	26	26	28	26	26	15	26	26	15	27	26
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 SW	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SW	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	8	8	9	9	9	13	9	9	12	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	16	16	15	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.9 N	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	1.2 SE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	3	4	-	3	3	-	3	3	-	3	3	9	2

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	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	3:30AM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
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	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
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	134	133	99	101	104	108	127	124	122	116	122	103	130	112	132	132	129	99	99	101	101	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:57PM 2.58				1:13AM 2.51				1:41PM 2.90				2:03AM 2.68				2:21PM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)		6:20AM 1.00				7:04PM 1.03				7:11AM 0.82								7:55AM 0.61				8:38PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	26	26	26	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	28	28	20	26	25	25	25	25	27	28	26
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	28	28	20	26	25	25	25	25	27	28	26
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	3	-	2	3

	Tuesday 12	Wed
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	11:30PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
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	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
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	132	132	134	133	133	133	109	104	99	101	101	101	101	110	104	104	108	108	135	127	127	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										12:57PM 2.58				11:02PM 0.57
Low Tide / height (m)				6:20AM 1.00													7:04PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	19	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	19	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-

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