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

	Sun		Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Ambinanibe East	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Main Break Swakopmund	Ambinanibe East	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Buraco Luanda	TTs West	Ambinanibe East	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Ambinanibe East	Buraco Luanda	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Buraco Luanda	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast
Rating	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	7	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SE	1.1 SW	2.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	11	13	12	16	12	18	13	16	14	13	8	18	13	18	15	11	11	13	13	12
Energy(?)	583	449	365	472	252	1097	560	662	935	3717	632	428	365	1012	1845	424	1088	291	983	576	413	1564
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:37AM 0.30		7:18PM 0.25	6:57AM 0.34					7:55PM 0.32	7:42AM 0.38		8:16PM 0.34				8:32AM 0.37	4:21PM 2.05	4:38AM 2.10		4:37PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	12:13AM 0.14		1:26PM 0.08	12:43AM 0.12		1:34PM 0.04			1:51PM 0.01	1:40AM 0.07			2:09AM 0.05						10:27PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-
High °C	24	27	20	24	27	20	28	27	19	17	27	28	23	27	17	24	27	23	16	26	25	16
Low °C	23	26	20	23	27	19	28	26	18	14	26	26	22	26	17	23	26	21	16	26	20	15
Chill °C (?)	24	27	20	24	27	20	28	27	19	16	27	28	23	27	16	24	27	23	15	26	25	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	6:04	-	6:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SE	1.1 SW	2.3 SSW	1.0 SE	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	14	13	11	13	12	16	12	18	13	16	14	13	8	18	13	8	15	11	11	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	5	8	7	6	10	7	12	20	-	10	20	11	12	20	18	7	8	11	19	8	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	6	-	7	-	-	10	-	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	6	-

	Sun		Monday 13								Tuesday 14									Wednesday 15
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	6AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Main Break Swakopmund	Ambinanibe East	Main Break Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	North Beach Durban/KZN South	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Jacobs Bay West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	2	0	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	0.9 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	11	13	18	12	12	12	7	7	18	14	13
Energy(?)	454	561	583	534	530	500	387	85	416	474	472	602	380	571	241	273	288	630	578	834	2547	1389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	-	mid-ebb	-
High Tide / height (m)		7:10PM 0.21				6:37AM 0.30				7:18PM 0.25
Low Tide / height (m)				12:13AM 0.14															8:10PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	1	1	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	26	24	24	23	23	26	28	25	26	24	24	18	23	18	28	28	25	25	23	27	17	17
Chill °C (?)	26	24	24	23	23	26	28	25	26	24	24	18	23	18	28	28	25	25	23	27	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	13	13	13	11	13	7	12	12	12	7	7	11	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	6	6	6	7	5	12	7	7	7	19	7	11	6	7	11	10	10	18	18	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	7	-	-	-

	Sunday 12	Monday 13
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	8PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Main Break Swakopmund	Ambinanibe East	Main Break Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	North Beach Durban/KZN South	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Jacobs Bay West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	2	0	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	12	12	14	14	13	12	14	14	14	12	14	12	13	13	14	8	8	13	10	11
Energy(?)	649	454	454	454	565	561	567	99	583	576	542	594	534	593	301	301	507	119	119	393	278	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)					7:10PM 0.21
Low Tide / height (m)										12:13AM 0.14								7:32AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	27	26	25	25	24	27	23	24	24	24	18	23	18	27	27	25	23	24	28	19	24
Chill °C (?)	28	27	26	25	25	24	27	23	24	24	24	18	23	18	27	27	25	23	24	28	19	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	12	12	12	14	14	13	12	14	14	14	7	14	7	13	13	14	8	8	13	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	15	15	15	15	15	-	8	6	6	6	12	6	12	5	5	6	12	12	5	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 SW	-	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	-	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	4	-

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