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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	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Alkantstrand KZN North	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	5	4	2	4	3	2	3	3	2	5	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 E	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	16	7	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2326	2154	2140	276	1348	1180	480	992	778	365	533	3076	131	2318	1475	1521	653	740	251	232	225	362
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:44AM 1.24		12:49AM 1.13	1:15PM 1.33		1:59AM 1.29			2:15AM 1.48		2:31PM 1.52	2:59AM 1.60		3:13PM 1.53	3:39AM 1.61		4:16PM 2.06	4:16AM 1.72		4:50PM 1.81		5:13AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		6:32PM 0.51		6:50AM 0.53	7:47PM 0.38		8:04AM 0.39		8:03PM 0.18	8:31AM 0.49		8:48PM 0.09	9:40AM 0.18		9:27PM 0.02	9:51AM 0.07		10:03PM 0.01	10:51AM 0.07		10:53PM 0.20	11:24AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	21	21	19	27	24	21	25	25	23	23	25	20	26	25	22	23	22	21	24	23	25	23
Low °C	21	20	16	24	24	20	22	25	22	23	23	20	25	24	20	22	21	19	23	23	23	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	27	24	21	25	25	23	23	25	20	26	25	22	23	22	21	24	23	25	23
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 E	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 E	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	16	7	14	13	13	12	11	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.1 NW	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.6 WSW	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	-	-	14	13	6	6	-	6	8	19	-	11	-	7	8	16	12	11	7	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	1.3 E	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.4 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	-	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	4	5	4	7	-	-	4	5	5	5	-	6

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	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Hell West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Stompneus West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2269	2306	2326	2248	2248	2419	2419	5905	3161	1883	1510	1990	269	1138	1162	1243	1033	1409	858	845	462	811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:44AM 1.24				12:17AM 1.20				12:36PM 1.35				1:24AM 1.27					2:10PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)						6:32PM 0.51				6:29AM 0.72				7:10PM 0.28				7:33AM 0.36	8:04AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	17	17	18	24	21	26	22	22	20	20	18	25	25	24	22
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	16	16	18	24	21	26	22	22	20	20	18	25	25	24	22
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 E	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.1 ESE	0.1 NW	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	13	14	13	13	13	6	13	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	1.0 SSE	0.5 ESE	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 SSE	1.4 E	1.2 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	5	3	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 28																					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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Hell West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Stompneus West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 ENE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2269	2269	2269	2269	2306	2306	2381	2765	2757	2574	2283	2916	302	2159	2159	2159	1852	2333	2228	2228	1054	2228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)										11:19AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)																5:59PM 0.39	6:40PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	22	21	30	21	21	20	20	18	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	22	21	30	21	21	20	20	17	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	-	11	-	11	11	11	8	-	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	1.9 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	5	5	-	6	-	-	-	-

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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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