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	Tue		Wed				Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13
	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Buraco Luanda	Quissico Inhambane	TTs West	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buraco Luanda	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Cabo Ledo Benguela	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Buraco Luanda	Sodwana KZN North	Ambinanibe East	Buraco Luanda
Rating	2	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	2	1	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.1 SW	2.1 S	1.8 S	0.9 SW	2.1 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	15	11	16	13	7	14	8	8	13	11	13	13
Energy(?)	268	1929	1495	1053	1301	1142	394	796	1521	338	222	227	545	1516	536	696	601	934	290	1070	398	411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:10PM 1.26		6:16AM 1.15	6:53PM 1.06		7:28PM 1.04			7:53AM 0.99		10:06PM 1.18	10:49AM 0.99		11:21PM 1.24			12:25AM 1.25			1:02AM 1.40	1:25PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)	12:31AM 0.25		12:12AM 0.43	12:30PM 0.50		12:47AM 0.67	2:03AM 0.39	1:29PM 1.12	1:37AM 0.70		2:54PM 0.71	4:47AM 0.70		5:52PM 0.71			6:12PM 0.47			6:52PM 0.35		7:23AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	-	4	-	1	-	3	-	-	6
High °C	27	22	24	19	26	22	27	25	27	27	29	26	26	18	23	26	22	22	27	25	24	29
Low °C	25	20	23	17	22	20	26	24	24	25	27	26	25	18	20	26	22	20	26	25	22	26
Chill °C (?)	27	22	24	19	26	22	27	25	27	27	29	26	26	17	23	26	22	22	27	25	24	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:55	-	-	6:35	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:52	6:07	-	6:30	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	1.6 S	0.9 SW	2.1 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	15	11	12	13	7	14	13	8	13	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.8 ESE	1.3 S	-	1.4 SW	1.2 S	-	1.0 ESE	1.5 S	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 S	0.5 S	-	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	-	0.4 E	1.0 SW	0.1 W
Period (s)	16	12	7	-	12	12	-	7	8	20	6	18	16	15	14	-	8	11	-	8	6	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	7	11	8	8	4	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Buraco Luanda	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Buraco Luanda	Jam's Right Mainland	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Quissico Inhambane	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast
Rating	1	4	4	5	4	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 E	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	14	12	13	12	17	9	13	13	14	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12
Energy(?)	210	1144	2260	3211	2678	520	354	10	1866	1573	1609	1200	1382	947	956	989	1116	1142	1335	1053	1090	1291
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:41AM 1.26				6:46PM 2.91				6:44AM 1.22				7:32PM 0.98				7:06AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)		11:33PM 0.43				11:54AM 0.43				12:12AM 0.43				12:35PM 0.47				12:47AM 0.61				1:28PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	16	16	16	18	26	27	26	17	17	18	17	27	24	20	20	21	22	23	24	27	26
Chill °C (?)	27	15	16	15	18	26	27	26	17	17	18	17	27	24	20	20	21	22	23	24	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 E	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	13	14	12	13	12	10	9	13	13	14	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	-	1.0 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	1.3 SW	0.5 ESE	-	0.1 W	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	5	-	13	14	12	-	17	12	12	12	11	-	12	11	-	15	12	12	7	12	12	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	-	4	3	-	-	4	-	5	-	-

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07
	8PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	2AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Buraco Luanda	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Buraco Luanda	Jam's Right Mainland	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Quissico Inhambane	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast
Rating	1	4	4	5	4	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 E	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	11	13	15	13	13	13	11	9	14	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	8	13	14	14
Energy(?)	245	1367	2856	4418	4617	1144	181	11	2260	2216	2137	2549	3211	925	2345	2376	2376	2321	1709	2384	2383	2411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										5:55AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)				11:32PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	27	17	17	16	16	16	26	25	16	16	17	16	16	22	19	18	20	21	25	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	27	16	16	14	14	15	26	25	16	16	17	16	15	22	19	18	20	21	25	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 E	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	11	13	15	13	13	13	11	9	14	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	17	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	-	1.1 ESE	-	0.8 S	-	0.2 WNW	-	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	1.7 SSW	1.2 ESE	-	-	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	-	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	16	-	13	-	16	-	5	-	13	13	13	-	14	12	-	-	12	12	-	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-

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