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

	Tue	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	9	10	14
Energy	1007	1152	1051	1178	1028	1096	4232	5630	1657	1285	2138	2629	1045	1266	1450	1053	717	1715	1411	681	673	1022
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:19PM 1.29	11:04AM 1.14		11:54PM 1.43	12:33PM 1.31		12:19AM 1.44	1:31PM 1.46		1:14AM 1.51	1:56PM 1.42	2:23PM 1.45	2:10AM 1.91		3:12PM 1.53	3:28AM 1.69		3:58PM 1.93	4:18AM 1.77		4:23PM 1.54	4:42AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	4:54AM 0.37		5:08PM 0.65		6:23AM 0.36	6:27PM 0.41		7:20AM 0.25	7:30PM 0.29		7:44AM 0.10			8:37AM 0.27		9:14PM 0.15	9:49AM 0.06		10:03PM 0.12	10:11AM 0.26		10:37PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	19	17	19	16	15	19	15	14	18	14	13	16	14	15	15	19	13	17	15
Low °C	14	14	16	18	17	17	15	14	18	13	12	18	13	12	15	13	15	14	18	13	16	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	17	19	17	19	14	14	18	14	14	18	12	13	15	14	15	14	19	12	17	14
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	0.6 E	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSW	0.5 NE	1.8 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	9	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	11	5	9	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 NE	1.5 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.2 E	0.4 W	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.2 E	0.7 SW	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	12	11	8	9	9	9	-	9	8	10	10	10	12	9	8	8	12	9	8	10	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	0.1 E	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	-	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	12	8	9	7

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy	798	863	900	1007	1063	1132	1152	1084	1051	1371	1296	1178	1228	1148	1028	610	1096	1173	1154	4232	1493	3017
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			10:24PM 1.53					11:09AM 1.37				11:54PM 1.43				12:33PM 1.54				12:19AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	3:48PM 0.47				4:54AM 0.37					5:21PM 0.45				5:55AM 0.27				6:27PM 0.38				7:20AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	17	16	19	19	19	15	13	17	19	17	15	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	17	16	19	19	19	14	12	17	19	17	15	15	15	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30
Sunset	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	9	9	9	9	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	7	4	-	-	-	-	11	-	11

	Tuesday 09	Wednesday 10
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 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	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy	875	879	798	798	800	863	848	848	900	900	1025	1007	1007	1081	1063	1063	1132	1132	1132	1132	1152	1316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									10:24PM 1.53													11:26AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		3:48PM 0.47													4:54AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 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	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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