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

	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kleinmond Overberg	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	2.0 E	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S
Period(s)	12	11	12	11	10	11	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	12	11	9	10	7	13	13	14	15
Energy	1135	1138	1331	1806	1319	3471	3090	3150	1189	1008	1155	1223	1145	1717	1227	727	563	1400	1071	1025	1192	1547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:07PM 1.23		12:53AM 1.52	1:04PM 1.40		1:48AM 1.60			2:07AM 1.57		3:14PM 1.48	3:28AM 1.69		4:01PM 1.54	4:18AM 1.63		4:43PM 1.88			5:32PM 1.73		5:44AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		6:27PM 0.41		6:51AM 0.18	7:02PM 0.30		7:48AM 0.32	7:57PM 0.22		8:35AM 0.06		9:14PM 0.15	9:48AM 0.04		10:04PM 0.13	10:29AM 0.07		10:54PM 0.15	10:57AM 0.30		11:37PM 0.20	11:53AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	16	15	16	15	13	15	15	13	19	14	14	17	16	19	20	15	16	19	18	19
Low °C	13	16	15	15	15	12	13	14	13	13	17	13	13	17	15	18	20	14	15	18	16	18
Chill °C (?)	16	19	16	14	15	13	13	14	14	12	19	13	13	16	16	18	20	14	16	19	18	19
Sunrise	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.3 E	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	10	9	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	8	11	12	12	7	13	13	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 NW	-	0.4 ENE	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSE	-	1.1 SE	0.9 E
Period (s)	11	9	8	12	-	9	10	10	10	5	6	7	9	8	8	7	7	12	7	-	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 SW	1.0 W	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.9 S	1.6 S	2.0 E	1.7 SE	1.5 ESE	-	1.1 E
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	5	4	4	6	12	8	9	10	7	7	8	-	6

	Wed	Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	13	13
Energy	1275	1046	1221	1140	1135	1031	1138	1219	1135	1331	1436	1908	1806	1884	1319	1504	3288	3471	4582	3144	3090	3090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 1.59				12:33PM 1.35				12:53AM 1.52				1:04PM 1.40				1:48AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)				5:55AM 0.27				6:27PM 0.38				6:51AM 0.18				7:08PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	5	-	-
Temp. °C	19	14	13	13	17	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	16	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	19	14	12	12	16	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	13	11	15	13	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.3 E	2.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	12	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.3 E	1.2 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	9	8	7	7	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	12	12	12	-	12	10	9	12	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	12	-	-	-

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Kleinmond Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12
Energy	1152	1296	1275	1299	1048	1046	1208	1128	1221	1140	1140	1140	1105	1028	1135	1103	580	1031	1030	1010	1138	1074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:54PM 1.43													12:33PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	19	19	15	14	18	14	13	14	13	13	13	19	17	22	19	18	17	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	19	19	19	15	14	18	14	12	13	12	12	12	19	16	22	19	18	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.7 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.2 S	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	7	7	11	7	7	7	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.1 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	-	5

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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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