Malawi Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Malawi wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the Malawi region.

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Malawi Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon				Tue		Wed				Thu		Friday 12			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Sumbe Benguela	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ambinanibe East
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 WSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	13	12	14	14	12	11	13	11	13	12	12	12	11	9	12
Energy	883	993	833	1280	820	1065	1191	2021	1108	522	659	1403	1116	227	944	604	300	214	707	648	1030	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:36PM 1.26		7:35AM 1.12		8:18PM 1.35	9:11AM 1.18		9:16PM 1.26	9:30PM 1.08	10:34AM 1.21	10:19PM 1.31	11:06AM 1.17	11:31AM 1.23	11:21PM 1.37	11:49PM 1.10	12:31PM 1.34	6:32PM 0.25	1:05PM 1.47		1:54AM 1.58	6:34AM 0.26
Low Tide / height (m)	1:10PM 0.37		1:43AM 0.53	1:38PM 0.45		2:35AM 0.54		2:39PM 0.48	3:46AM 0.45	3:53AM 0.29		4:53AM 0.37		4:50AM 0.26			5:54AM 0.25	11:48PM 0.16	6:52AM 0.19	7:05PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	14	16	19	17	18	14	14	22	23	15	17	25	19	22	23	21	14	16	18	26
Low °C	12	16	12	15	19	16	14	14	14	21	23	14	15	23	18	21	22	19	14	15	17	22
Chill °C (?)	17	18	14	16	19	17	18	14	14	22	23	14	17	25	19	22	23	21	14	16	17	26
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	6:18	-	7:47	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	7:43	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 WSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 ESE	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	11	11	13	13	13	14	13	12	14	14	12	11	13	11	13	12	8	12	11	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 S	0.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 E	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	7	13	12	6	12	6	7	-	11	6	11	-	20	12	12	12	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSW	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4

	Fri	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	St Lucia KZN North	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Ambinanibe East	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	0	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.4 ESE	0.6 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 E	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	13	14	14	13	10	13	14	13
Energy	2260	2522	2379	871	883	54	993	940	1053	833	796	717	1280	250	820	1071	1001	1065	627	1100	1191	2390
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:50AM 1.25				7:36PM 1.26				7:40AM 1.18					8:18PM 1.35				9:11AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		12:50AM 0.48				1:27PM 1.00				1:43AM 0.53									2:47AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	17	13	12	12	17	26	16	14	20	13	12	13	16	25	19	17	17	16	16	15	18	14
Chill °C (?)	17	12	11	11	17	26	16	14	20	12	11	12	16	25	19	17	17	16	16	15	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 E	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	10	13	14	14	13	10	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 ESE	0.2 E	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	18	7	13	13	13	8	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 E	-	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	0.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	-

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	0	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	11	11	8	8	10	12	11	11
Energy	1756	1756	2260	2255	2250	2522	2522	2510	2379	2377	500	871	871	667	883	882	54	54	870	120	993	949
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											6:40AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)					12:48AM 0.49												1:27PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	17	16	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	18	17	18	26	26	25	24	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	16	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	14	18	17	18	26	26	25	24	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	10	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.5 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 E	2.5 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	-	-

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