Zanzibar Surf

Zanzibar Surf Forecast

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy	96	96	113	95	66	92	68	87	144	142	137	532	131	131	163	130	155	565	173	500	531	146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:52PM 2.94	2:19AM 2.53		2:32PM 3.06	3:00AM 2.60		3:08PM 3.16		3:37AM 2.65	3:42PM 3.22		4:11AM 2.68	4:15PM 3.25		4:43AM 2.69	4:47PM 3.24		5:16AM 2.67	5:20PM 3.19		5:49AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)			8:14PM 0.75	8:03AM 0.79		8:52PM 0.59	8:40AM 0.70		9:25PM 0.46	9:14AM 0.63		9:58PM 0.37	9:48AM 0.57		10:30PM 0.32	10:21AM 0.54		11:03PM 0.32	10:55AM 0.56		11:37PM 0.36	11:29AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	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	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	2	1	6	2	2	8	7	3	6	5	4	16	9	7	13	6	3	10	8
High °C	25	27	26	26	28	26	25	28	26	25	27	26	25	27	26	26	27	26	26	27	26	26
Low °C	25	27	26	26	28	26	25	28	25	25	26	25	25	27	26	26	26	25	25	26	25	25
Chill °C (?)	25	27	26	26	28	26	25	28	26	25	27	26	25	27	26	26	27	26	26	27	26	26
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	8	16	8	8	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	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	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.1 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	19	18	16	15	15	14	14	16	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	15	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	1.7 ESE	0.4 SW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	2	3	8	2	3	7	3	3	3	3	3	8	3	3	3	3	3	8	3	8	8	3

	Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	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	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	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	218	261	76	96	96	96	121	125	113	90	344	95	89	66	103	110	92	91	62	68	67	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:30AM 2.45				1:52PM 2.94				2:19AM 2.53				2:32PM 3.06				3:00AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)				7:20AM 0.88				8:14PM 0.75				8:03AM 0.79				8:52PM 0.59				8:40AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	2	3	2	-	1
Temp. °C	26	25	25	25	25	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	28	28	26	26	26	26	25	25	28
Chill °C (?)	26	25	25	25	25	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	28	28	26	26	26	26	25	25	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	17	17	16	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	7	8	8	8
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	0.1 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
Period (s)	14	14	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	2	2	2	3	8	8	8	3	8	2	3	3	8	8	7	7	3	3	3	3

	Tue	Wednesday 27
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	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	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	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	70	60	218	224	229	261	253	78	76	94	94	96	98	97	96	96	96	96	96	121	121	121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					1:30AM 2.45												1:52PM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)											7:20AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	25	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	28	28	27	27
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	25	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	28	28	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	15	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	17	17	17
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	0.1 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
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	7	-	8	8	8	8	8	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	8	8	8

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