Ifaty, Madagascar

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Ifaty beach Madagascar
Ifaty. Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Ifaty

Ifaty is a town in Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar. From Ifaty you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Ifaty, a surf spot 1.9 km from the centre. Overture lists 1 place to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is TLE, 28 km away.

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Staying in Ifaty

  • 1 place to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: TLE, 28 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Ifaty.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Ifaty: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Ifaty1.9 kmabout 5 min by car4 ft294 kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots, too small3 ft134 kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot, too small3 ft192 kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots, too small5 ft398 kJwind from the west, 5 knots, too small4 ft243 kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots, too small3 ft65 kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots, too small4 ft104 kJwind from the south-south-east, 13 knots, too small
All readings for Ifaty: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Ifaty, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct21, too small4 ft11 ssoft294kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots31°C
Mon 19Oct15, too small3 ft10 ssoft134kJwind from the south-south-east, 1 knot32°C
Tue 20Oct16, too small3 ft10 ssoft192kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots31°C
Wed 21Oct26, too small5 ft10 ssoft398kJwind from the west, 5 knots30°C
Thu 22Oct23, too small4 ft8 ssoft243kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots31°C
Fri 23Oct11, too small3 ft7 smushy65kJwind from the west-north-west, 3 knots31°C
Sat 24Oct10, too small4 ft6 smushy104kJwind from the south-south-east, 13 knots29°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Ifaty, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).