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

	Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon
	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 Malawi	Ambinanibe East	Guns Swakopmund	TTs West	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	TTs West	TTs West	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Main Break Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	St Lucia KZN North	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	Guns Swakopmund	Tofinho Inhambane	Ambinanibe East	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Tofinho Inhambane
Rating	0	3	3	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	3	3	0	4	2	0	4	2	0	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 ESE	0.6 S	1.2 E	0.7 SW	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	10	12	13	8	12	14	17	13	14	14	9	12	8	13	9
Energy(?)	208	1020	2990	207	1786	1633	98	357	107	636	636	183	248	880	90	488	1342	745	213	216	450	455
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:06PM 1.29		6:50AM 1.24	6:57PM 1.21	8:06PM 0.94	7:19AM 1.44		11:13PM 0.23	10:07AM 1.11		12:08AM 0.92	12:53PM 1.03		12:41AM 1.03	3:17AM 1.64		2:12AM 1.25		2:18PM 1.36	2:39AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 0.41		12:28AM 0.51	1:01PM 0.58		2:12AM 0.56	1:29PM 0.89	2:50PM 0.89			4:09PM 0.56		6:07AM 0.85	6:17PM 0.49		9:34AM 1.00	7:05PM 0.40		7:36AM 0.31		8:26PM 0.36	8:05AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	29	24	29	23	30	29	24	32	26	28	25	27	26	33	26	26	23	26	28	26	28	27
Low °C	28	23	26	21	29	26	22	31	24	26	25	25	22	30	26	25	21	26	26	26	25	25
Chill °C (?)	29	24	29	23	30	29	24	32	26	28	25	27	26	33	26	26	23	26	28	26	28	27
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	6:25	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:10	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 E	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 E	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 ESE	0.6 S	1.2 E	0.9 S	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	12	12	9	13	12	9	10	12	13	8	12	14	17	4	14	14	9	12	8	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.1 NW	1.7 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	-	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	11	12	15	10	-	-	12	15	7	16	17	21	13	12	13	14	-	12	12	11	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	1.2 ESE	-	0.8 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.1 SW	-	2.1 ESE	0.7 SW	-	2.1 ESE	-	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	9	4	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	8	-	5	8	5	-	8	6	-	8	-	8	-

	Monday 09							Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	6AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Main Break Swakopmund	North Beach Durban/KZN South	TTs West	Ambinanibe East	Guns Swakopmund	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	TTs West	Main Break Swakopmund	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buraco Luanda	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast
Rating	4	4	3	1	0	4	3	4	4	3	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	2.0 SSW	1.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 E	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	11	12	11	14	14	11	10	12	12	11	11	12	11	9	12	12	11	13
Energy(?)	1349	1191	972	171	462	1071	596	2705	1430	656	202	178	194	539	520	1356	504	629	196	104	93	162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:36AM 1.37				7:14PM 1.04				7:16AM 1.26	7:42AM 0.99				8:06PM 0.94			7:14AM 1.15	8:44AM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)				12:26PM 0.45				2:18AM 0.59	4:54AM 0.07			1:00PM 0.51				2:42AM 0.83	2:12AM 0.56			1:32PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	20	30	34	22	24	21	27	23	30	27	24	23	27	27	27	26	21	27	24	23	31
Chill °C (?)	25	20	30	34	22	24	21	27	23	30	27	24	23	27	27	27	26	21	27	24	23	31
Sunrise	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	2.0 SSW	1.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 E	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	11	12	11	14	14	11	10	12	12	11	11	12	11	9	12	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.1 NW	1.2 E	-	0.5 SE	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	13	3	14	11	9	-	10	11	14	9	10	18	18	14	16	12	7	9	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	1.5 E	-	-	1.2 E	1.4 E	-	-	0.4 NE	-	1.5 E	-	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	7	-	-	9	9	-	-	3	-	9	-	9	9	3

	Monday 09																					Tue
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	12PM	12PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Main Break Swakopmund	North Beach Durban/KZN South	TTs West	Ambinanibe East	Guns Swakopmund	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	TTs West	Main Break Swakopmund	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buraco Luanda	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast
Rating	4	4	3	1	0	4	3	4	4	3	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 SW	0.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 S	0.5 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1625	1321	1349	261	916	1377	895	859	242	1125	199	500	509	1117	1137	3633	1052	269	99	302	302	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					6:26AM 1.50														7:22PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	20	25	27	19	19	21	34	29	26	28	23	23	23	23	28	24	20	26	20	20	30
Chill °C (?)	25	20	25	27	19	19	21	34	29	26	28	23	23	23	23	28	24	20	26	20	20	30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 SW	0.7 SSE	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	16	12	13	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.9 S	0.1 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	12	13	13	9	13	9	8	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	-	12	11	13	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	1.1 E	-	-	0.9 E	1.0 E	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	0.9 E	0.7 SW	-	-	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	9	9	-	-	12	-	5	7	-	-	5

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