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

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Outer Pool Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Brak River Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	10	12	14	11
Energy	1152	1051	1176	1028	1012	1346	4259	1167	1083	2543	1120	6543	1392	1049	1250	746	801	567	874	536	1004	4067
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:04AM 1.14		11:54PM 1.43	12:33PM 1.31		12:53AM 1.52	1:30PM 1.66		1:14AM 1.51	1:56PM 1.42		2:38AM 1.79		2:45PM 1.48	3:33AM 1.91		3:58PM 1.93	3:49AM 1.58		4:22PM 1.88		5:01AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		5:08PM 0.65		6:23AM 0.36	6:27PM 0.41		7:24AM 0.39	7:27PM 0.44		7:44AM 0.10	7:57PM 0.22	8:22PM 0.23	8:37AM 0.27		9:16PM 0.15	9:45AM 0.10		9:41PM 0.13	10:33AM 0.04		10:53PM 0.14	11:18AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	19	17	19	15	15	16	15	12	14	14	13	14	20	19	15	15	16	18	20	17
Low °C	14	17	18	17	16	15	14	16	14	11	14	13	12	13	18	18	15	13	15	17	19	15
Chill °C (?)	15	17	19	17	19	15	14	15	15	11	14	12	12	13	20	19	15	14	16	18	20	17
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:44	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.6 E	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	8	12	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.3 E	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSE	1.6 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	11	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	12	10	10	12	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	8	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	4	11

	Tue	Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	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)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	900	1007	1063	1132	1152	1084	1051	1152	1295	1176	1225	1140	1028	590	1012	1154	1154	1346	3550	2807	4259	5369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:24PM 1.53					11:09AM 1.37				11:54PM 1.43				12:33PM 1.54				12:53AM 1.52				1:31PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			4:54AM 0.37					5:20PM 0.49				5:55AM 0.27				6:27PM 0.38				7:20AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	15	17	17	16	18	19	15	14	17	19	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	15	17	17	16	18	19	14	13	16	19	16	15	15	15	15	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 WSW	0.3 E	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	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)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy	848	848	900	900	1025	1007	1007	1081	1063	1063	1132	1132	1132	1132	1152	1316	1010	1084	1033	1033	1051	1051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			10:24PM 1.53													11:26AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)									4:54AM 0.37													5:08PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	19	17	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	19	17	17	17	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 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	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
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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