Rwanda Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Rwanda 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 Rwanda region.

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	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			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 Rwanda	Jam's Right Mainland	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Malindi Bay Kenya	Jam's Right Mainland	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland	Jam's Right Mainland	Jam's Right Mainland	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland	Jam's Right Mainland	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland	Jam's Right Mainland	Jam's Right Mainland	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland
Rating	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	0.6 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	8	8	8	10
Energy(?)	49	61	82	49	33	69	48	119	90	140	127	92	119	143	147	51	275	79	88	64	121	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:58PM 3.74		6:23AM 2.92		6:38PM 3.38	7:06AM 2.60		7:29PM 3.08	8:08AM 2.34		8:22PM 2.83	9:38AM 2.16		10:11PM 2.46	11:34AM 2.21		11:59PM 2.39		12:58PM 2.47	1:17AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)	11:34AM 0.10		12:27AM 0.39		12:12PM 0.29	1:02AM 0.34		12:55PM 0.57	1:51AM 0.66		1:54PM 1.18			3:13PM 1.21		4:45AM 1.11	5:22PM 1.32		6:31AM 1.29		7:09PM 1.11	7:31AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	8	1	3	6	-	9	9	3	-	8	-	1	4	-	2	1	2	1	3	3	6	2
High °C	27	28	27	27	27	26	28	28	26	27	30	26	26	30	27	28	29	26	26	29	27	27
Low °C	26	27	25	26	27	26	26	27	24	26	28	24	26	28	26	26	27	24	26	28	26	26
Chill °C (?)	27	28	27	27	27	26	28	28	26	27	30	26	26	30	27	28	29	26	26	29	27	27
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	-	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	0.6 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	2	9	-	3	-	-	2

	Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rwanda	Jam's Right Mainland	Malindi Bay Kenya	Malindi Bay Kenya	Malindi Bay Kenya	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland	Jam's Right Mainland	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Malindi Bay Kenya	Malindi Bay Kenya	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland	Malindi Bay Kenya	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	30	77	85	93	63	57	57	159	59	60	72	96	60	47	76	125	69	46	175	68	68	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)			5:45AM 3.10				5:56PM 3.64					6:23AM 2.92				6:40PM 3.42				7:10AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)	11:37PM -0.11				11:33AM 0.09					12:16AM 0.06				12:13PM 0.30				1:02AM 0.34				12:57PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	3	2	2	1	2	3	1	-	3	2	1	-	1	2	-	1	1	1	1	5	5	2
Temp. °C	25	26	25	27	27	27	26	27	26	26	25	27	27	28	27	26	26	24	25	26	27	28
Chill °C (?)	25	26	25	27	27	27	26	27	26	26	25	27	27	28	27	26	26	24	25	26	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	6	6	7	7	8	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 E	-	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	5	-	7	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	3	2	8

	Sun		Monday 20
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Rwanda	Jam's Right Mainland	Malindi Bay Kenya	Malindi Bay Kenya	Malindi Bay Kenya	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland	Jam's Right Mainland	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Malindi Bay Kenya	Malindi Bay Kenya	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland	Malindi Bay Kenya	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Jam's Right Mainland
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6
Energy(?)	140	70	70	70	56	43	33	69	68	55	82	93	55	144	63	61	61	57	81	61	64	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)									5:45AM 3.09												5:58PM 3.68
Low Tide / height (m)			11:47PM 0.21												11:33AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	27	27	27	27	24	24	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	26
Chill °C (?)	25	27	27	27	27	24	24	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	9	7	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	1.1 ESE	-	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	3	3	6	-	-	6	6

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