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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	Wed		Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Treskostraal West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Arniston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Blythedale KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	4	3	2	4	2	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.2 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.4 NE	0.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	13	11	13	8	8	8	9	6	9	7	8	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	16	12	14	13
Energy(?)	1619	764	353	1417	669	937	969	235	62	364	520	2437	3099	1722	1449	2185	1593	2564	1148	1025	739	715
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:58PM 1.30		7:52AM 1.35		8:06PM 1.21	9:11AM 1.22		9:34PM 1.30	10:03AM 1.30		11:07PM 1.31	11:06AM 1.40		11:57PM 1.47	12:02PM 1.44		12:44AM 1.32	1:26PM 1.78		2:02AM 1.46		2:15PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		1:03AM 0.47		2:07PM 0.65	2:28AM 0.53		3:15PM 0.90	3:42AM 0.74		4:37PM 0.44			5:40PM 0.30		5:45AM 0.37	6:34PM 0.18		7:07AM 0.32	7:54PM 0.12		7:59AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	-	1	-
High °C	23	18	26	26	22	23	23	24	27	20	19	21	21	18	21	22	19	17	18	21	19	20
Low °C	22	17	25	25	20	22	21	22	25	19	16	19	20	17	19	22	17	17	18	14	18	20
Chill °C (?)	23	17	26	26	22	23	23	24	27	20	19	21	21	18	21	22	19	16	17	21	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:45	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:47	-
Sunset	7:12	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.5 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 E	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	0.1 NW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	13	11	13	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	16	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.6 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.2 E	1.2 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.1 W	0.4 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	13	6	12	16	9	9	11	13	12	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	15	8	11	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSW	1.0 NE	3.0 SSE	2.2 SE	2.5 ESE	-	1.4 NE	2.2 NNE	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	7	6	8	8	8	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	6	8	7	7

	Wednesday 26					Thursday 27								Friday 28								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Quissico Inhambane	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Treskostraal West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	2.3 S	2.1 SSE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	1.3 SSE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	9	10	9	12	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1716	1147	1150	1050	1033	1170	1360	1033	672	690	224	1118	1164	1231	1335	688	231	1856	1257	1050	754	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:58PM 1.32				7:41AM 1.44					8:01PM 1.06				8:51AM 1.19				9:36PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)		12:48PM 0.55				1:22AM 0.44				1:57PM 0.57					2:09AM 0.48				3:37PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	24	21	-	-
Temp. °C	24	22	22	21	21	22	22	20	17	18	24	23	21	20	20	20	24	23	20	20	21	20
Chill °C (?)	24	22	22	21	21	22	22	20	17	18	24	23	21	20	20	20	24	23	20	20	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	2.3 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	1.3 SSE	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	9	10	9	12	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.1 NW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	1.0 SW	0.7 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	12	7	7	7	6	-	10	12	10	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	2.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	-	0.3 NW	2.5 ESE	-	-	-	1.4 W
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	-	2	8	-	-	-	5

	Wednesday 26															Thursday 27
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Quissico Inhambane	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Treskostraal West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 S	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	12	12	12	15	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1871	1415	1518	1495	1568	1763	423	877	1024	963	1202	936	607	783	631	758	553	882	1119	1199	1129	893
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											6:56PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)					12:58PM 0.58													1:21AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	19	23	23	23	23	26	21	20	21	25	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	21	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	24	19	23	23	23	23	26	21	19	21	25	18	18	20	20	18	19	19	21	21	20	20
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 S	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	12	12	12	15	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	6	12	6	6	6	7	7	12	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	6	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	0.7 NE	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	4	7	5	6	7	5	7	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	7

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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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