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

	Wed	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Meerensee Beach Overberg	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Groenvlei Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 ESE	2.3 SE	2.0 E	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.4 S
Period(s)	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	13	13	14	13	13	11	11	11	12	8	8	8	8	8	14
Energy	1046	1135	1122	1331	3650	1551	3257	3133	3018	1106	2041	1018	1027	3164	1546	1829	1186	1250	1288	1967	1746	1270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:28PM 1.59	12:06PM 1.25		12:53AM 1.52	1:04PM 1.31		1:46AM 1.72	1:56PM 1.40	2:22PM 1.56	2:45AM 1.73		3:14PM 1.48	2:58AM 1.59		3:34PM 1.53	4:18AM 1.73		4:27PM 1.78		5:01AM 1.75	5:32PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		5:58AM 0.29	6:27PM 0.41		6:51AM 0.18	7:27PM 0.44		7:43AM 0.09		8:25PM 0.22	9:02AM 0.08		8:49PM 0.16	9:48AM 0.04		10:03PM 0.12	10:33AM 0.04		10:49PM 0.53	11:18AM 0.07		11:37PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	19	16	16	16	15	13	14	18	15	19	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18
Low °C	14	14	16	15	15	15	13	13	14	17	13	18	11	13	16	15	16	16	15	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	19	16	15	14	14	12	13	18	15	19	13	13	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	0.3 E	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	11	9	10	13	13	14	13	13	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.2 E	1.2 W	0.3 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 W	1.0 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S
Period (s)	8	11	9	8	-	-	10	10	11	10	5	9	12	9	11	12	11	12	14	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NW	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.8 SSE	-	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 ESE	2.3 SE	2.0 E	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.6 E
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	11	11	10	-	-	-	5	7	-	11	11	12	8	8	8	8	8	7

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Meerensee Beach Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	12	12
Energy	1017	1152	1293	1046	1221	1140	1135	1167	1122	1219	1134	1331	1436	1445	3650	1344	1551	1385	4278	3257	4340	2169
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:28PM 1.59				12:34PM 1.25				12:53AM 1.52				1:04PM 1.31				1:46AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	4:58PM 0.44					5:55AM 0.27				6:27PM 0.38				7:24AM 0.39				7:08PM 0.50				7:48AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	19	14	13	13	17	21	16	16	15	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	16	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	19	14	12	12	16	21	16	16	15	15	15	13	15	13	14	15	15	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48
Sunset	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 E	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	0.3 E	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.3 E	2.5 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	9	11	11	11	12	11	9	11	11	9	10	11	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.5 ENE	0.2 E	0.6 E	1.4 W
Period (s)	11	8	9	8	7	7	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	12	9	10	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 NW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	-	2.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	11	-	12	10	12	-

	Wednesday 10									Thursday 11
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	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	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Meerensee Beach Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	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 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11
Energy	1015	1033	1017	1035	1152	1152	1152	1292	1293	1273	1048	1046	1178	1129	1221	1202	1140	1140	1105	1028	1135	1105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										11:54PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)			4:58PM 0.44													5:55AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	18	19	19	15	14	19	14	13	13	13	13	13	19	17	22
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	18	19	19	15	14	19	14	12	12	12	12	12	19	16	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	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 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.6 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.2 S	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.0 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3

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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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