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

	Mon	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu				Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Zinkwazi KZN North	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Guns Swakopmund	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Sodwana KZN North	Buraco Luanda	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	St Lucia KZN North	Buraco Luanda	Guns Swakopmund	Guns Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	2	2	3	1	2	3	3	2	3	3	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 SW	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 E	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	15	13	12	12	13	11	12	13	12	12	14	7	16	13	15	14	13	12	13	14	13
Energy(?)	4513	1262	1929	1523	1053	711	960	449	914	384	308	705	105	368	505	287	378	709	633	353	462	446
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	6:11PM 1.20		6:38AM 1.08	10:29PM 0.31	6:20AM 1.25	6:53PM 1.06		7:12AM 1.12	7:18PM 1.20	8:50PM 0.94	7:53AM 0.99		10:20PM 0.95	11:18AM 0.98		12:37AM 1.12	12:05PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		12:31AM 0.25	12:38PM 0.36		12:37PM 0.46		12:47AM 0.61	1:25PM 0.65		3:25AM 0.57		3:04PM 0.69	4:38AM 0.79		5:09PM 0.71		5:52AM 0.59	6:12PM 0.47			6:52PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	17	1	1
High °C	17	21	22	19	19	27	22	26	25	27	26	22	24	26	23	24	27	19	17	27	27	24
Low °C	15	21	20	17	17	24	20	24	24	27	24	21	22	26	23	23	26	18	16	24	25	23
Chill °C (?)	16	21	22	19	19	27	22	26	25	27	26	22	24	26	23	24	27	19	17	27	27	24
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:57	6:07	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:51	-	-	5:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 SW	1.1 ENE	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	15	13	12	12	13	11	7	13	12	12	14	7	12	13	8	14	13	12	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.0 SE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.4 S	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SW
Period (s)	16	12	12	-	-	11	12	12	12	-	20	14	11	16	13	15	10	11	7	4	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	0.7 S	1.6 NE	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	7	-	-	3	2	-	3	4	3	4	7	-	-	4	-

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	4PM	7PM	10PM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Zinkwazi KZN North	Main Break Swakopmund	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Quissico Inhambane
Rating	0	0	1	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 S	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 SW	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	14	12	13	12	15	13	13	13	14	14	12	14	12	13	12	12	11	14
Energy(?)	258	249	210	566	2216	3329	2678	520	1104	1965	1716	1571	1605	1418	1053	867	957	1237	989	692	1012	1160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)		6:11PM 1.20				5:41AM 1.26				6:41PM 1.06				6:20AM 1.29				6:53PM 1.06				6:55AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)								11:54AM 0.43				12:12AM 0.43				12:35PM 0.47				12:44AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	27	27	27	22	16	16	18	26	22	18	17	17	18	19	19	25	20	20	19	23	22	23
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	22	16	15	18	26	22	18	17	17	18	19	19	25	20	20	19	23	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 S	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.4 E	1.6 SW	1.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	14	12	13	12	15	13	13	13	14	14	12	14	12	12	12	8	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	-	0.9 SE	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 ESE	-	1.4 S	0.1 W	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	16	16	5	12	13	14	12	-	12	-	12	12	11	4	-	11	-	13	15	12	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.5 ENE	1.0 NE	-	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	-	1.9 ENE	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	5	3	4	-	8	5	-

	Monday 06									Tuesday 07
	2PM	3PM	4PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Zinkwazi KZN North	Main Break Swakopmund	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Quissico Inhambane
Rating	0	0	1	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 SSE	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	16	13	13	13	8	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	12	13	14	13	12
Energy(?)	276	268	258	870	8194	5105	4901	1460	1648	3199	2594	2366	2425	2398	2867	1292	2666	3329	2486	2272	2678	3258
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)																5:55AM 1.49	6:02AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)										12:00AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	27	27	27	23	20	17	16	17	21	15	17	17	17	17	16	20	16	16	16	21	18	24
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	23	20	16	14	16	21	14	16	16	16	16	16	20	16	15	16	21	18	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 SSE	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	15	13	13	13	7	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	12	13	14	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 E	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	-	1.7 SSW	-	1.0 ESE	1.6 SW	0.3 E
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	14	-	-	-	13	-	13	13	13	13	-	13	-	14	-	13	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.0 ENE	3.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	5	5	4	16	5	5	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12

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