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

	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	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 Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Lwandile 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)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	4	4	4	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 SSW	2.1 NE	2.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s)	12	11	11	12	13	13	12	13	13	7	11	9	11	8	8	12	12	12	15	16	15	14
Energy	1280	2598	2267	6224	3228	3046	1189	1519	1213	1189	1012	679	597	511	1000	1221	770	810	1462	1599	2497	1010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:53AM 1.52	1:04PM 1.40		1:54AM 1.58		2:01PM 1.64	2:07AM 1.57		3:14PM 1.48	3:32AM 1.84		3:34PM 1.53	4:18AM 1.63		4:23PM 1.54	4:59AM 1.97	5:01AM 1.78	5:32PM 1.73		5:44AM 1.76	6:21PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 0.18	7:04PM 0.31		7:48AM 0.32			8:59AM 0.27		9:15PM 0.15	9:48AM 0.04		10:04PM 0.12	10:11AM 0.26		10:45PM 0.32	11:18AM 0.08		11:43PM 0.20	11:53AM 0.31		12:21AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	5	7	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	16	18	13	15	15	14	20	22	15	15	16	13	17	13	14	16	18	17	18	21
Low °C	15	15	15	15	13	15	13	12	18	20	12	15	15	12	16	13	13	16	16	16	17	19
Chill °C (?)	16	14	15	17	13	15	15	13	20	22	14	14	15	12	17	13	13	15	18	16	17	21
Sunrise	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 ENE	2.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.8 SE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	13	13	12	13	13	8	11	9	11	9	9	7	12	12	15	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 E	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 ESE	-	1.1 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	7	13	6	11	8	14	13	12	7	-	6	6	6	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NE	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 ESE	-	1.7 ESE	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	8	7	-	6	-	-	5	3

	Thursday 11			Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow 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	Boneyards Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S
Period(s)	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	13
Energy	1154	1135	1219	1280	1386	1066	2598	5059	2267	1739	1461	6224	5876	3105	3228	3310	3046	3045	3176	1189	2099	1509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:53AM 1.52				1:04PM 1.31				1:54AM 1.58					2:01PM 1.64				2:45AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		6:27PM 0.38				7:24AM 0.25				7:08PM 0.50				7:43AM 0.09				7:57PM 0.22	8:22PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	15	15	15	17	15	16	15	15	14	16	15	13	13	15	15	15	13	14	17	12
Chill °C (?)	17	16	15	15	14	17	14	15	14	15	14	15	14	12	13	15	15	15	12	14	17	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20
Sunset	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 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	0.6 ESE	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	12	-	12	-	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 SW	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	-	-	1.1 E
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5

	Thursday 11									Friday 12
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Stompneus West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	1102	1175	1154	1240	1135	1135	1135	1581	1219	1240	1259	1280	1309	1353	1386	1386	1066	1066	1391	2564	2598	2552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											12:53AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)					6:27PM 0.38													7:24AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	18	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	21	17	17	17	16	16	15	13	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	17	17	18	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	5	4	4	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-

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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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