Anakao (Nosy Ve), Madagascar

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Toliara, 31 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TLE (TLE), 30 km.

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About Anakao (Nosy Ve)

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces W (278°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (98°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.0 km out (1 in 204). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 24°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February, March, May and June, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Toliara, 31 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TLE (TLE), 30 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 26°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Anakao (Nosy Ve) does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Anakao (Nosy Ve), each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	45, fair	4 ft10 ssoft	340kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	32, poor	3 ft10 ssoft	154kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	40, fair	3 ft11 smushy	236kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 6 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	41, fair	4 ft10 ssoft	311kJ	wind from the north-west, 3 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	35, poor	5 ft8 ssoft	260kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	17, poor	3 ft7 smushy	71kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	21, poor	5 ft9 ssoft	315kJ	wind from the south, 27 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	5, poor	5 ft11 ssoft	579kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 29 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	11, poor	6 ft10 ssoft	510kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots	27°C
Tue 27Oct	26, poor	4 ft9 ssoft	214kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 8 knots	25°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

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6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Anakao (Nosy Ve)
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Anakao (Nosy Ve)
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Anakao (Nosy Ve)
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Anakao (Nosy Ve)
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 24 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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