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 beginners: 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 beginner 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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Surf spots within 20 km of Ifaty: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Ifaty1.9 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up3 ft147 kJwind from the south-west, 1 knot3 ft202 kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots4 ft242 kJwind from the west, 4 knots4 ft247 kJwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots3 ft59 kJwind from the south-west, 2 knots4 ft287 kJwind from the south-south-east, 13 knots8 ft1059 kJwind from the east-south-east, 11 knots
All readings for Ifaty: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Ifaty, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct39, fair3 ft9 ssoft147kJwind from the south-west, 1 knot31°C
Tue 20Oct43, fair3 ft10 ssoft202kJwind from the west-north-west, 5 knots30°C
Wed 21Oct52, good4 ft10 ssoft242kJwind from the west, 4 knots30°C
Thu 22Oct51, good4 ft8 ssoft247kJwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots31°C
Fri 23Oct27, too small3 ft7 smushy59kJwind from the south-west, 2 knots32°C
Sat 24Oct20, poor4 ft10 ssoft287kJwind from the south-south-east, 13 knots30°C
Sun 25Oct0, too big8 ft9 ssoft1,059kJwind from the east-south-east, 11 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).