Zambia Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Zambia 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 Zambia region.

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Zambia Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tue				Wed
	AM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Zambia	Buraco Luanda	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Quissico Inhambane	Buraco Luanda	Guns Swakopmund	Quissico Inhambane	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Guns Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Guns Swakopmund	Cabo Ledo Benguela	TTs West	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Tofinho Inhambane
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	2	4	4	4	2	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.5 SE
Period(s)	14	9	8	13	9	14	12	16	11	19	14	14	16	16	16	14	14	13	16	16	14	12
Energy	379	385	323	343	306	347	296	595	240	275	816	810	365	1036	1201	530	1451	1461	1006	580	1032	177
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:31AM 1.79	7:26AM 1.22		7:23AM 1.85	8:33AM 1.18	8:27PM 1.35	8:32AM 1.70	9:45AM 1.17	9:46PM 1.18	10:33AM 1.25	10:54AM 1.19	10:53PM 1.18	11:48AM 1.15	11:52AM 1.22	11:52PM 1.19	12:31PM 1.32	12:38PM 1.24	2:37AM 2.03	12:51AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	12:31PM 0.27	12:21AM 0.36	12:44PM 0.37		1:52AM 0.28	1:41PM 0.59		2:50AM 0.44			4:22AM 0.32		4:08AM 0.28		5:24AM 0.30	5:09AM 0.31		6:09AM 0.37	6:04AM 0.32	8:24PM 0.73		7:40PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	24	14	23	23	20	24	23	17	21	23	20	22	24	20	26	25	24	23	23
Low °C	23	20	20	23	14	21	23	16	19	23	17	16	23	17	20	23	20	22	25	20	22	23
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	24	13	23	23	20	24	23	16	21	23	20	22	24	20	26	25	24	23	23
Sunrise	6:13	-	6:24	6:13	-	6:13	6:13	-	6:13	6:13	-	7:31	6:13	-	7:31	6:15	-	7:31	6:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.1 S	1.1 ESE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 ESE	0.7 SW	1.1 S	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.6 SW	0.7 SE
Period (s)	14	9	8	13	9	8	12	16	8	7	7	14	16	16	16	14	14	13	16	6	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.1 W	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	6	12	9	20	11	8	18	6	11	19	14	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	13	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat
	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	3AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	8AM	10AM	3PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Zambia	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Sumbe Benguela	Main Break Swakopmund	Jam's Right Mainland	Main Break Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	TTs West	Sodwana KZN North	Main Break Swakopmund	Jam's Right Mainland	Guns Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Guns Swakopmund
Rating	2	2	2	1	3	1	3	2	2	0	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 S	0.8 WSW	1.6 S	0.9 SE	1.5 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 S	1.2 E	1.1 S	0.9 ESE	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	14	14	10	13	10	6	10	13	13	13	13	19	12	9	11	20	12	11	12	18	18	16
Energy	379	387	797	203	768	76	642	302	343	258	386	1062	580	306	282	382	296	130	201	473	465	595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:28PM 1.26					7:26AM 1.22			8:32PM 2.24					8:33AM 1.18				8:36PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		12:31PM 0.27				1:00AM 0.32					1:31PM 0.36			1:52AM 0.28				1:56PM 0.88	2:37PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	16	23	15	24	15	22	24	23	23	22	21	14	23	15	23	28	23	14	15	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	15	23	14	24	14	22	24	23	23	22	21	13	23	15	23	28	23	13	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 S	0.8 WSW	1.6 S	0.5 SE	1.5 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 S	1.2 E	1.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	10	13	10	6	10	13	13	13	13	19	12	9	11	5	12	11	7	5	6	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 E	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 E	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	12	6	12	9	12	6	20	8	19	12	8	11	11	8	18	11	12	18	18	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	1.7 S	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	8	-	2	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 20	Thursday 21
	8AM	9AM	11AM	11AM	1PM	3PM	3PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	0AM	0AM	3AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Zambia	Guns Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	Main Break Swakopmund	Tofinho Inhambane	Sumbe Benguela	Sumbe Benguela	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Guns Swakopmund	Sodwana KZN North	Jam's Right Mainland	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund
Rating	2	2	2	1	3	1	3	2	2	0	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 S	1.4 SE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S
Period(s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	10	6	13	13	11	10	10	10	9	6	10	10	10	10
Energy	783	379	379	379	387	387	387	382	797	438	206	203	800	780	768	529	385	76	652	643	642	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												6:28PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)						12:31PM 0.27											12:21AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	23	23	24	24	23	24	23	16	23	23	23	15	15	15	18	21	24	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	23	23	24	24	23	24	23	15	23	23	23	14	14	14	18	21	24	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.2 ESE	0.5 SE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	10	13	13	13	11	10	10	10	9	6	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSE	0.3 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	13	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-

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