Ifaty, Madagascar
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About Ifaty
Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.
The spot faces SW (243°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (63°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 67). 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 30°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ifaty, 1.9 km away (about 5 min by car).
Water about 26°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
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Forecast
Ifaty does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.
The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small
| Day | Scorefor Intermediate | Swell | Energy | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18Oct | 52, good | 4 ft11 ssoft | 294kJ | wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots | 31°C |
| Mon 19Oct | 38, fair | 3 ft10 ssoft | 134kJ | wind from the south-south-east, 1 knot | 32°C |
| Tue 20Oct | 42, fair | 3 ft10 ssoft | 192kJ | wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots | 31°C |
| Wed 21Oct | 48, good | 4 ft10 ssoft | 249kJ | wind from the west-south-west, 5 knots | 30°C |
| Thu 22Oct | 51, good | 4 ft8 smushy | 168kJ | wind from the west-south-west, 5 knots | 31°C |
| Fri 23Oct | 29, too small | 3 ft7 smushy | 65kJ | wind from the west-north-west, 3 knots | 31°C |
| Sat 24Oct | 21, poor | 4 ft6 smushy | 104kJ | wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots | 29°C |
| Sun 25Oct | 0, too big | 9 ft10 ssoft | 1,452kJ | wind from the east-south-east, 11 knots | 29°C |
| Mon 26Oct | 44, fair | 4 ft9 smushy | 233kJ | wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots | 30°C |
| Tue 27Oct | 26, poor | 3 ft9 ssoft | 127kJ | wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots | 29°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.
Your trip, day by day
6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates
- Mon 19 OctTravel out
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- Tue 20 OctSurf Ifaty
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 10 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).
- Wed 21 OctSurf Ifaty
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 5 kn (8 km/h).
- Thu 22 OctSurf Ifaty
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).
- Fri 23 OctSurf Ifaty
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
- Sat 24 OctSurf Ifaty
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 13 kn (23 km/h).
- Sun 25 OctTravel home
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