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

	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Mpame Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Noordhoek Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	4	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 NE	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	9	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	7	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	8	14	13	14	12	12
Energy	258	2437	6212	3360	3223	1208	1342	1547	1115	1227	1067	1821	602	559	1002	1078	1347	1588	1173	1213	1172	1011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:34PM 1.33		1:54AM 1.57		2:01PM 1.64	2:07AM 1.57		3:12PM 1.53	3:32AM 1.92		3:58PM 1.67	4:18AM 1.73		4:43PM 1.88	4:39AM 1.53	5:01AM 1.75	5:15PM 1.77		5:32AM 1.65	6:20PM 1.68		6:34AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		7:04PM 0.31		7:48AM 0.32			8:59AM 0.27		9:21PM 0.31	9:48AM 0.04		10:03PM 0.12	10:29AM 0.07		10:32PM 0.13	11:18AM 0.07		11:29PM 0.42	11:45AM 0.37		12:18AM 0.24	12:47PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	16	16	14	15	15	13	16	22	16	17	19	20	20	16	17	18	16	16	18	17	19
Low °C	20	16	15	13	14	13	12	16	20	13	15	18	19	20	13	15	18	15	15	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	25	15	14	14	15	14	12	16	22	16	16	19	20	20	15	17	18	15	16	18	16	19
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 ENE	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	9	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	8	11	11	10	11	11	12	13	7	14	13	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.5 E	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	1.0 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 S	-	1.1 SW	1.2 SSE	0.3 NNW	1.0 SE	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	10	10	10	5	6	13	9	9	7	7	7	8	-	12	7	7	6	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	2.1 NE	2.1 WSW	-	2.3 SSW	-	-	1.4 SSE	2.1 ESE	2.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SE	2.1 SE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	3	-	12	-	-	-	5	-	7	8	-	11	-	-	7	7	8	7	6	6	7	6

	Friday 12							Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Keurbooms Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mpame Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Robberg Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town
Rating	5	4	2	6	4	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.9 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	11	11	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy	3162	1440	258	5220	2437	3049	5812	6212	4845	3372	3360	3310	3223	3010	3005	1208	1047	1040	1342	1916	1547	1260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)				1:04PM 1.31				1:54AM 1.57					2:01PM 1.64				2:07AM 1.57				3:12PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 0.18				7:27PM 0.32				7:43AM 0.09					8:22PM 0.23				8:59AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	16	15	25	16	16	15	16	15	15	13	14	14	15	15	13	14	13	12	13	16	16	13
Chill °C (?)	16	13	25	15	16	14	15	14	14	11	14	14	15	15	12	14	12	11	12	16	16	12
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.9 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	11	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 NW	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.3 E	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	-	11	-	12	-	9	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	6	5	5	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	0.4 SW	3.5 WSW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	1.0 W
Period (s)	11	11	3	11	-	11	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	4

	Friday 12																					Sat
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	4	2	6	4	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	12
Energy	1309	3008	3162	1385	1383	1440	1346	287	258	2820	2820	5220	5067	5067	2437	3963	3561	3049	1915	3045	5812	5284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)												1:04PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)																		7:27PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	23	25	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	14	13	13	13	23	25	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	13	14	15	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	0.4 E	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	9	11	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	-	-	-	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	13	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	11	11	-	11	11	11	3	3	-	-	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	-	11	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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