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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	Mon	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22
	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	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Outside) KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 S	2.2 E	2.4 E	0.9 S	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	1.5 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	18	13	12	13	10	15	12	8	9	11	9	8	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	4083	5370	5219	7087	2736	4722	4443	1317	1670	1310	542	1062	1213	1064	1305	475	921	629	388	688	452	527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:00PM 1.06	12:21PM 1.19		12:56AM 1.11			1:07AM 1.31	1:30PM 1.43		1:56AM 1.56		2:35PM 1.75	2:51AM 1.51		3:07PM 1.67	2:52AM 1.48		3:34PM 1.73	3:46AM 1.61		3:59PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		5:56AM 0.66	6:44PM 0.61		8:31AM 0.93	7:06PM 0.39		7:21AM 0.32	7:48PM 0.27		8:27AM 0.23		8:52PM 0.20	9:03AM 0.14		8:53PM 0.11	9:27AM 0.06		9:45PM 0.08	9:47AM 0.05		11:46PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10
High °C	16	15	14	14	18	17	22	25	19	19	15	20	17	20	21	22	20	22	22	24	20	16
Low °C	14	14	14	11	14	15	21	19	18	18	12	20	17	18	20	21	18	21	21	22	18	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	12	18	16	22	25	18	19	15	20	16	20	21	22	20	22	22	24	20	15
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:12	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 S	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	0.6 S	1.5 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	-	16	12	13	18	13	12	13	10	12	12	11	12	11	9	8	8	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	1.4 SW	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.6 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	16	-	13	17	9	16	11	15	10	10	10	7	12	12	12	-	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.4 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	2.2 NE	2.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	7	8	9	6	5	3	8	8	5	6

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Kleinmond Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West
Rating	5	9	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	7	6	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	15
Energy(?)	5171	8222	4754	1265	3287	5946	5370	4458	3906	3747	12093	5639	9474	8142	6451	3051	3089	4329	3602	3283	3238	6125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	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
High Tide / height (m)			11:00PM 1.06					11:39AM 1.16				12:49AM 1.32				12:50PM 1.25				1:43AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	4:08PM 0.70				5:39AM 1.09	5:19AM 0.53				6:10PM 0.73				7:19AM 0.58				7:43PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	17	20	14	15	15	14	13	13	11	11	16	17	14	18	14	12	13	13	25
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	20	12	14	13	12	12	11	9	9	16	16	13	18	13	11	12	12	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.4 E	0.9 ENE	-	1.2 W	-	-	0.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	2.5 WSW	0.9 S	0.3 E	1.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	16	10	7	-	14	-	-	14	11	-	12	16	9	12	11	16	12	11	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	-	3.0 WSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 15									Tuesday 16
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Kleinmond Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West
Rating	5	9	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	7	6	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	7.5 SW	0.9 SSW	7.5 SW	5.5 SW	2.3 SSW	8.5 SW	8.5 SW	8.0 SW	8.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	16	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1948	2068	5222	880	3417	2625	2860	5827	6147	6261	17726	9430	29136	303	21443	10196	1862	30040	28115	26383	24596	2515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									10:36PM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)			4:08PM 0.70													5:20AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	20	22	14	15	15	15	15	18	17	16	20	17	14	20	15	14	14	14	26
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	20	22	12	13	13	13	13	17	15	14	20	15	12	20	12	11	11	11	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	4.5 SW	-	5.5 SW	1.2 ENE	0.4 SE	-	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	16	11	12	12	12	14	12	-	13	8	11	-	14	-	-	-	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	-	0.3 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	17	10	6	-	15	15	15	14	-	10	-	10	13	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	3.0 SW	-	-	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	7.5 SW	0.7 SSW	7.5 SW	5.5 SW	0.5 WSW	8.5 SW	8.5 SW	8.0 SW	8.0 SW	-
Period (s)	5	-	12	-	-	5	5	12	12	12	13	13	14	4	14	13	3	14	14	14	14	-

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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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