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

	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	Cemetery Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	1	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	0.9 SW	1.1 E	2.5 SSW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	7	10	10	9	8	9	18	10	16	14	8	12	6
Energy(?)	71	1688	1300	799	870	1253	1247	789	899	241	808	708	302	1221	1887	532	487	3635	1053	1363	2002	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:56PM 1.48		5:32AM 1.72	5:48PM 1.60		6:29AM 1.57	6:47PM 1.41		7:29AM 1.38	7:39PM 1.19		8:29AM 1.29		8:47PM 1.16	9:32AM 1.51		10:06PM 1.02	10:28AM 1.20		11:18PM 1.03	11:27AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 0.18		11:12PM 0.11	11:45AM 0.53		12:13AM 0.38	12:35PM 0.39		1:01AM 0.35	1:44PM 0.49		1:51AM 0.42		2:50PM 0.48	2:53AM 0.57		4:06PM 0.49	4:02AM 0.55		5:14PM 0.47		5:11AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2
High °C	20	22	20	22	22	20	23	22	18	21	25	18	25	27	22	21	24	29	18	22	18	22
Low °C	20	21	18	20	22	20	21	20	16	21	24	18	21	27	21	19	22	26	17	20	17	21
Chill °C (?)	20	22	20	22	22	20	23	22	17	21	25	17	25	27	22	21	24	29	17	22	17	22
Sunrise	4:47	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	4:47
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 E
Period (s)	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	10	10	9	10	13	18	6	16	14	14	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	1.1 SW	0.3 E	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SW	-	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 E	1.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	5	5	18	12	-	11	13	8	15	-	14	-	10	9	10	9	11	11	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.0 SE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	0.8 WNW	-	-	1.6 WSW	2.3 SW	-	1.9 S
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	5	6	7	7	6	6	8	9	4	-	-	8	8	-	6

	Sat	Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	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	Gansbaai Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	6	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1441	1023	1122	1596	1547	56	85	1357	1236	1348	1203	1041	1012	1074	875	1036	1040	1022	1022	1058	1182	534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on
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	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:40AM 1.52					5:15PM 1.70				5:47AM 1.55				5:56PM 1.79				6:20AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	10:28PM 0.04				10:52AM 0.45	11:06AM 0.36				11:31PM 0.12				11:41AM 0.24				11:59PM 0.21				12:37PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	14	17	22	21	21	19	18	18	18	21	20	20	21	19	19	19	19	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	17	22	21	21	19	18	18	18	21	20	20	21	19	19	19	19	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	6	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.5 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	9	9	15	8	8	5	5	6	6	18	6	6	-	-	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	7	5	5	6	4	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Gansbaai Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	9	6	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1055	834	842	1004	879	96	95	1066	1042	493	911	919	1247	1313	1343	1374	1439	1439	1439	1048	1209	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)									5:00AM 1.72	5:01AM 1.60											4:55PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			10:26PM 0.03													11:06AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	16	21	20	17	17	17	18	19	19	18	23	22	24	25	24	22	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	16	15	21	20	17	17	17	18	19	19	17	23	22	24	25	24	22	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	6	9	13	13	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	8	9	6	9	9	13	13	13	13	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5

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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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