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 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	TTs West	Long Beach Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Blythedale KZN North	Brak River Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	5	3	9	8	0	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	9	8	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 ENE	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	14	11	12	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	7	12	15	15	14
Energy(?)	2714	2794	1341	6275	908	1117	5968	3374	5227	2925	878	1302	1359	756	572	914	1683	635	5254	9981	6696	5286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:19AM 1.24	1:37PM 1.44		1:55AM 1.36		2:20PM 1.64	1:58AM 1.36		2:33PM 1.77	2:26AM 1.41		2:32PM 1.54	3:24AM 1.55	4:57AM 2.56	3:35PM 1.87	3:49AM 1.85		3:27PM 1.57	3:49AM 1.47		3:54PM 1.47	4:17AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		7:24AM 0.37	7:56PM 0.33	8:01PM 0.32	8:00AM 0.28			8:00AM 0.23		8:24PM 0.12	8:28AM 0.20		9:20PM 0.09	11:03AM 0.12		9:44PM 0.08	9:22AM 0.19		9:44PM 0.13	9:49AM 0.47		10:09PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	4
High °C	14	20	19	21	15	16	14	17	22	23	19	20	23	19	26	18	30	23	16	16	18	16
Low °C	12	14	18	18	15	16	13	14	20	20	19	18	19	15	24	16	22	22	14	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	12	20	19	21	14	15	11	16	22	23	19	20	23	19	26	18	30	23	16	15	17	15
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.6 S	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	11	12	-	16	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	15	12	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.1 W	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.3 E	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	-	9	12	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	8	9	20	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	1.4 SE	1.9 S	-	-	1.8 ESE	-	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	-	-	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	3	-	-	-	16	6	7	-	-	6	-	6	6	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Umhlanga KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Long Beach Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Voelklip Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	8	8	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	5	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 ENE	4.0 SSW	2.1 NE	1.0 SSE	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	14	8	11	13	13	15	17	17	17
Energy(?)	7827	7107	5373	6011	5383	3151	1334	1572	1538	1297	1083	1024	1925	6101	1171	540	1523	1784	3910	8400	8643	8266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				1:19AM 1.25				1:03PM 1.37				1:26AM 1.30	2:01AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		7:23PM 0.43				7:32AM 0.43				7:25PM 0.26					8:03AM 0.32			7:59PM 0.20				7:59AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	13	15	13	17	18	22	20	16	16	15	19	24	26	31	15	15	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	16	12	14	12	17	18	22	20	16	16	14	19	24	26	31	13	15	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00
Sunset	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 ENE	4.0 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.0 SSE	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	14	8	11	13	13	15	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.6 E	-	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	1.0 SSE	-	1.0 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	9	9	-	7	9	12	12	-	10	-	11	13	20	19	20	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SE	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	2.1 NE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Thursday 16									Friday 17
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Umhlanga KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Long Beach Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Voelklip Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	8	8	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	5	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	0.6 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	8888	8580	6485	7943	7648	5803	2553	4693	5176	4013	3744	3543	3074	241	3166	3275	2994	2204	2023	2295	1893	1735
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											12:48AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)						7:31PM 0.53											6:53AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	16	16	18	14	13	12	13	12	12	14	21	16	17	13	13	16	17	21	20
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	16	16	17	12	11	11	11	10	10	14	21	16	17	12	11	15	17	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	6:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	0.6 E	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	0.6 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.5 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 SE	-	-	1.2 SE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	9	10	9	9	7	-	-	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	1.6 SE	2.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	1.6 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	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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