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

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	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 NE	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	12	11	10	12	13	13	12	13	13	8	11	11	11	11	12	12	14	13	16	18
Energy	1028	1039	1331	3241	1412	5740	3301	3419	1170	2023	1133	1289	1380	1138	3950	1051	689	1303	1628	1049	3141	3774
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:33PM 1.31		12:53AM 1.52	1:04PM 1.31		1:54AM 1.58			2:07AM 1.57		3:14PM 1.48	3:32AM 1.84		3:59PM 1.59	4:18AM 1.75		4:23PM 1.54		5:02AM 1.63	5:33PM 1.60		5:48AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		6:27PM 0.41		6:51AM 0.18	7:02PM 0.29		7:48AM 0.32	7:57PM 0.22		9:02AM 0.08		9:15PM 0.15	9:48AM 0.04		10:03PM 0.12	10:29AM 0.07		10:53PM 0.14	11:17AM 0.07		11:42PM 0.19	12:00PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-
High °C	22	18	16	16	15	17	13	15	14	14	21	23	14	15	18	19	17	15	16	17	17	19
Low °C	18	16	15	14	15	16	13	14	13	11	18	21	13	15	17	18	16	15	15	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	22	18	16	15	13	16	12	14	13	13	21	23	13	14	17	19	17	14	16	17	16	19
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 ENE	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	10	12	13	13	12	13	13	8	11	11	11	11	12	8	7	13	16	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.6 E	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.1 S	0.3 ESE	1.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	1.4 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	-	-	11	10	10	10	6	8	13	6	9	7	7	8	12	14	-	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	1.1 SW	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	2.2 NE	1.6 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	-	1.5 SSE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	-	11	-	12	-	5	-	-	-	8	7	-	11	-	8	7	7	7	-	-

	Thursday 11							Friday 12								Saturday 13
	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	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Energy	1221	1148	1028	590	1039	1135	1318	1331	1411	2235	3241	4355	1412	1606	5170	5740	5612	4358	3301	3620	3419	3306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	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	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:33PM 1.54				12:53AM 1.52				1:04PM 1.31				1:54AM 1.58				1:56PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		5:55AM 0.27				6:27PM 0.38				6:51AM 0.18				7:08PM 0.50								7:57PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	22	19	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	13	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	22	19	16	16	13	15	14	14	15	15	13	15	15	15	15	12	12	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	7	7	9	9	9	9	-	8	8	12	-	-	-	12	9	11	12	12	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	0.4 W	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	-	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	7	3	4	6	-	12	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	4	5	5

	Thursday 11																					Fri
	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	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards 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)
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	11
Energy	1058	1128	1221	1221	1148	1148	1028	1028	1028	580	1156	590	1102	1022	1039	1074	1135	1135	1135	1135	1318	1288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)											12:34PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)																	6:27PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	13	13	19	20	22	19	24	19	20	18	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	12	12	12	19	20	22	19	24	19	20	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	6	4	4	-	-	-	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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