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

	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	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	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Main Break Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	Main Break Swakopmund	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Ambinanibe East	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buraco Luanda	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East
Rating	1	3	3	1	2	2	1	3	3	0	5	4	0	1	4	2	3	3	1	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	15	14	12	13	13	8	16	18	12	13	16	12	5	18	14	16	18	7	13	14	14
Energy(?)	89	631	583	63	490	472	44	1077	666	338	915	3369	397	54	1104	363	1338	397	43	957	484	461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						7:18PM 0.25	6:57AM 0.34		7:36PM 0.28	7:19AM 0.36			7:42AM 0.38		8:16PM 0.34	8:07AM 0.38					9:01PM 0.37
Low Tide / height (m)		6:12PM 0.47			1:26PM 0.08	12:43AM 0.12		1:34PM 0.04	1:11AM 0.09			9:11PM 0.35		2:11PM -0.01	2:09AM 0.05		2:32PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	24	29	24	23	27	24	26	20	27	26	18	17	26	22	27	30	27	24	26	17	25	30
Low °C	21	26	23	22	25	23	26	19	26	25	18	14	25	21	26	21	27	22	26	17	23	26
Chill °C (?)	24	29	24	23	27	24	26	20	27	26	17	16	26	22	27	30	27	24	26	16	25	30
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	5:38	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	5:38	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	1.6 SW	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	15	14	5	13	13	8	16	18	12	13	16	12	12	18	7	16	8	7	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.9 WNW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	13	7	12	7	7	-	10	12	16	20	-	8	7	12	14	8	18	-	6	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	1.1 ESE	0.9 SSW	-	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	-	1.5 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	10	-	5	6	-	5	5	-	7	-	5	-	-	6	6

	Sunday 12						Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	5AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Main Break Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Buraco Luanda	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Main Break Swakopmund	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Ambinanibe East	TTs West
Rating	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	18	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	616	917	374	89	454	561	583	534	530	500	387	54	416	474	472	476	389	581	357	464	292	471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-flow	-
High Tide / height (m)						7:10PM 0.21				6:37AM 0.30		2:05PM 2.49		7:18PM 0.25
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05AM 0.56						12:13AM 0.14								12:43AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-
Temp. °C	19	17	27	24	26	24	24	23	23	26	28	27	25	24	24	23	23	17	28	28	25	28
Chill °C (?)	19	17	27	24	26	24	24	23	23	26	28	27	25	24	24	23	23	16	28	28	25	28
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	14	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.5 SW	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	13	5	8	15	15	7	6	6	7	5	-	7	7	7	7	7	11	7	7	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	1.5 S
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6

	Sunday 12	Mon
	3AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	12PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Main Break Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Buraco Luanda	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Main Break Swakopmund	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Ambinanibe East	TTs West
Rating	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	0.5 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	13	10	16	16	16	16	16	13	7	15	12	12	12	14	12	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	677	925	434	98	250	248	294	262	264	264	525	38	630	454	454	454	565	617	564	506	583	764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	7:10PM 0.21
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	19	18	27	20	24	26	27	28	29	29	28	27	28	27	26	25	25	18	27	26	24	23
Chill °C (?)	19	18	27	20	24	26	27	28	29	29	28	27	28	27	26	25	25	17	27	26	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 SW	0.5 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	12	14	13	6	6	6	7	7	7	13	7	15	12	12	12	14	12	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	1.0 E	0.3 S
Period (s)	6	13	11	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	13	15	15	15	15	18	-	-	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	6	6	6	-	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	7	4

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