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

	Sat	Sunday 12			Mon		Tue				Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18
	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Main Break Swakopmund	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Ambinanibe East	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Ambinanibe East	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Ambinanibe East	Buraco Luanda
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	5	4	2	4	2	4	4	3	3	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SSE	1.2 SW	2.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	13	13	13	14	16	12	18	13	16	14	16	9	18	13	18	15	12	14	13
Energy(?)	409	631	583	448	490	472	62	1077	559	678	915	3606	612	3531	389	1106	1902	440	1104	975	495	647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							6:57AM 0.34		7:36PM 0.28	7:19AM 0.36		7:55PM 0.32		3:37PM 3.50	8:16PM 0.34	8:07AM 0.38		8:38PM 0.36
Low Tide / height (m)								1:34PM 0.04	1:11AM 0.09		1:51PM 0.01	1:40AM 0.07			2:09AM 0.05		2:32PM -0.02	2:38AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	29	24	27	27	24	27	20	28	27	18	17	27	18	24	27	17	24	27	18	25	27
Low °C	27	26	23	26	25	23	22	19	27	27	18	14	26	17	22	26	17	23	26	17	23	26
Chill °C (?)	27	29	24	27	27	24	27	20	28	27	17	16	27	18	24	27	16	24	27	17	25	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	5:38	-	-	6:52	6:04	-	6:52	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SSE	1.2 SW	2.3 SSW	0.9 SE	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	15	14	13	13	13	14	16	12	18	13	16	14	16	9	18	13	8	15	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	1.0 E	0.5 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.3 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	13	7	5	7	7	11	10	19	12	20	-	10	-	11	12	20	18	7	16	8	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	-	1.1 ENE	-	-	1.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	4	7	7	-	-	-	6	10	7	6	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	6	-

	Sat	Sunday 12							Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	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	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Buraco Luanda	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	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 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	316	677	317	605	374	305	454	561	583	534	530	500	387	54	414	474	472	476	524	659	245	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:41PM 1.05						7:10PM 0.21				6:37AM 0.30		2:05PM 2.49		7:18PM 0.25
Low Tide / height (m)										12:13AM 0.14								12:43AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
Temp. °C	21	19	21	19	28	23	26	24	24	23	23	26	28	27	25	24	24	23	17	17	28	26
Chill °C (?)	21	19	21	19	28	23	26	24	24	23	23	26	28	27	25	24	24	23	17	17	28	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	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 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.5 SW	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	14	6	13	6	5	13	15	15	7	6	7	7	5	-	7	7	7	7	18	18	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	5

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	8AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Malawi	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	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	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Buraco Luanda	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	14	14	11	10	10	10	10	16	14	7	16	16	15	15	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	336	693	316	682	409	278	394	184	184	184	250	219	490	51	264	264	778	631	328	280	340	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				11:41PM 1.05	11:28PM 1.01					6:18AM 0.26
Low Tide / height (m)																	1:42PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	21	19	27	22	22	22	22	22	24	26	27	26	29	29	29	29	22	22	28	23
Chill °C (?)	21	19	21	19	27	22	22	22	22	22	24	26	27	26	29	29	29	29	22	22	28	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	13	13	13	14	14	11	6	6	6	6	6	14	7	7	7	15	15	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	10	14	10	11	14	15	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 S	-	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	-	1.3 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.4 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	6	4	-	6	-	6	6	6	7	-	3	7	7	7	7	2	4	5	-

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