South Africa Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

South Africa wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the South Africa region.

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South Africa Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri		Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Black Rocks Cape Town	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Arniston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Groenvlei Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.3 SSW	2.0 NE	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.1 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	11	12	13	13	14	12	12	7	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	14	14	13	14	12	12
Energy	1672	7941	3448	3221	1142	1004	1640	1039	1055	1051	2182	757	569	1104	1205	916	1297	1664	1574	622	597	527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:54AM 1.58		2:01PM 1.64	2:46AM 1.87		3:12PM 1.53	3:32AM 1.77		3:58PM 1.67	4:18AM 1.73		4:43PM 1.88	4:39AM 1.53	5:01AM 1.78	5:32PM 1.73		5:47AM 1.54	6:21PM 1.57		6:20AM 1.34	6:53PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	7:02PM 0.29		7:48AM 0.32		8:27PM 0.23	8:35AM 0.06		9:15PM 0.15	9:48AM 0.04		10:03PM 0.12	10:29AM 0.07		10:32PM 0.13	11:18AM 0.08		11:29PM 0.42	12:01PM 0.13		12:21AM 0.30	12:30PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	16	17	14	15	18	13	16	20	15	16	19	20	20	16	15	18	16	18	18	21	18	20
Low °C	16	15	13	15	18	12	16	19	13	15	18	19	20	13	15	17	15	16	17	19	16	20
Chill °C (?)	14	16	14	15	18	12	16	20	15	15	19	20	20	15	15	18	15	18	18	21	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:50	-
Sunset	5:42	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.1 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	12	13	13	14	12	12	8	11	11	10	11	11	12	13	12	14	14	13	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	1.0 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.0 S	1.4 ESE	-	0.2 NNW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	11	10	10	10	6	5	13	7	9	7	7	7	8	7	-	6	6	6	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NE	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SSE	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	11	-	-	7	7	7	6	-	-	6	-	-

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	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South
Rating	7	4	4	5	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 NE	2.0 NE
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	7	7
Energy	6572	1363	1672	3049	6933	7941	6243	5668	3448	3409	3221	3195	3226	1142	1861	1134	1004	2070	1640	1499	1278	1039
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:04PM 1.31				1:54AM 1.58					2:01PM 1.64				2:45AM 1.73				3:12PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				7:27PM 0.32								7:57PM 0.22	8:22PM 0.23				8:35AM 0.06				9:21PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	15	16	16	13	17	14	15	15	15	13	18	17	12	13	16	16	15	19	20
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	13	15	16	11	17	14	15	15	14	12	18	17	11	12	16	16	15	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.3 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	6	6	10	5	6	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	0.5 W	-	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	2.3 NE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	11	4	-	11	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	7	7

	Friday 12															Saturday 13
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Cemetery Cape Town	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	7	4	4	5	7	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.0 ENE	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1346	287	6572	2820	2770	1363	2693	2437	1672	3803	3411	3049	3049	1012	6933	5636	6357	7941	7632	6303	6243	6130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						1:04PM 1.31												1:54AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)												7:27PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2
High °C	15	23	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	23	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	13	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	11	11
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.0 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	2.1 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	11	-	12	12	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	15	9	10	11	11	11	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	11	2	11	-	-	4	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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Madagascar	Mozambique	Reunion
Mauritius	Namibia	Seychelles

Cape Town	KwaZulu Natal North Coast	South Africa
Durban KwaZulu Natal	Madagascar West	Swakopmund Namibia
Eastern Cape South	Mozambique	West Coast South Africa
Garden Route	Namibia	Wild Coast
Inhambane	Overberg

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