Vinanibe lake, Madagascar

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Toliara, is 387 km away. Nearest airport: FTU (FTU), 5 km.

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About Vinanibe lake

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

The spot faces SE (144°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (324°). 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 600 m out (1 in 58). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 23°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February, March, April and May, with about 1 good days in 7; in January, September and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Toliara, is 387 km away. Nearest airport: FTU (FTU), 5 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 24°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Toliara, is 387 km away. Nearest airport: FTU (FTU), 5 km.
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The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Vinanibe lake, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	20, poor	3 ft8 ssoft	121kJ	wind from the north-east, 20 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	15, poor	3 ft6 smushy	55kJ	wind from the north-east, 17 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	18, too small	3 ft10 ssoft	144kJ	wind from the north-east, 22 knots	24°C
Wed 21Oct	36, fair	3 ft7 smushy	107kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	43, fair	3 ft8 smushy	106kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	23°C
Fri 23Oct	41, fair	3 ft7 smushy	86kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	5, poor	4 ft9 smushy	206kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 18 knots	22°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	9 ft9 smushy	1,306kJ	wind from the east, 8 knots	22°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 ssoft	774kJ	wind from the north-east, 19 knots	24°C
Tue 27Oct	57, good	4 ft9 ssoft	204kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	25°C
Wed 28Oct	0, poor	–	–	–	–

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 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 19 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Vinanibe lake
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Vinanibe lake
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Vinanibe lake
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 16 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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