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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	De Kelders Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 S
Period(s)	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	10	10	8	8	13	15
Energy	1152	1051	1046	1184	1012	1315	1592	3878	1203	1317	1188	3024	2041	1168	1019	1152	2610	1081	1051	545	1117	1206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:04AM 1.14		11:28PM 1.59	12:34PM 1.25		12:53AM 1.52	1:04PM 1.31		1:22AM 1.74	1:56PM 1.40		2:39AM 1.67		3:14PM 1.48	3:33AM 1.91		3:58PM 1.93	4:15AM 1.68		4:43PM 1.88	4:42AM 1.73	5:04AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		5:08PM 0.65		6:25AM 0.35	6:27PM 0.41		6:51AM 0.18	7:27PM 0.34		7:43AM 0.09	7:57PM 0.22	8:22PM 0.22	9:02AM 0.08		9:16PM 0.15	9:23AM 0.02		10:04PM 0.13	10:33AM 0.19		10:37PM 0.38	11:17AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	16	20	18	15	16	15	15	13	15	13	15	18	20	13	15	15	18	19	15	18
Low °C	13	16	14	18	17	15	16	14	13	13	15	12	12	17	19	12	15	14	17	19	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	20	18	15	14	14	15	12	14	11	14	17	20	12	14	15	18	19	14	18
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	5:44	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 S	0.3 SE	1.3 SSW	1.6 S
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	11	10	8	8	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 E	1.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	1.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.2 E	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	8	8	9	9	8	-	9	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	9	11	8	10	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.0 WSW	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	0.5 E	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	11	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	8	8	8	8	-

	Wednesday 10							Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy	1063	1132	1152	1084	1051	1152	1295	1046	1225	1140	1184	599	1012	1135	1235	1315	1577	4054	1592	3052	3878	1344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)				11:09AM 1.37				11:28PM 1.59				12:33PM 1.54				12:53AM 1.52				1:31PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	4:54AM 0.37									5:55AM 0.27				6:27PM 0.38				6:51AM 0.18				7:08PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	16	16	15	18	15	14	13	20	18	17	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	16	16	15	18	15	13	12	20	18	17	15	14	15	15	14	15	12	14	15
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.3 E	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E	0.2 W	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	11	11	8	8	8	9	8	11	7	9	9	9	9	-	8	8	-	-	-	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	5	5	5	12	-	-	11	-	11	11	-

	Wednesday 10																					Thu
	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 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	Boneyards 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 Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	2.1 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
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1007	1081	1063	1063	1132	1132	1132	1132	1152	1316	1010	1084	1206	1033	1051	1051	1152	1152	1152	1316	1295	1275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										11:26AM 1.16												11:54PM 1.43
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	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	19	16	16	15	17	16	16	15	15	15	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	19	16	16	15	17	16	16	15	15	15	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	2.1 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
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	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	0.6 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

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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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