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

	Sun		Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Outer Pool Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 E	2.2 ENE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	10	10	10	8	8	17	9	15	8	9	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1048	1305	797	870	1250	306	1280	899	460	701	700	523	1187	885	876	734	3157	286	2410	2897	1894	1549
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:59PM 1.72		5:46AM 1.84	6:00PM 1.56		6:20AM 1.40	6:38PM 1.24		7:29AM 1.37	7:42PM 1.46		8:29AM 1.30		8:48PM 1.05	9:22AM 1.22		10:05PM 1.01	10:28AM 1.20		11:16PM 1.05	11:58AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		11:12PM 0.12	11:51AM 0.47		12:15AM 0.23	12:37PM 0.33		1:00AM 0.32	1:44PM 0.49		1:52AM 0.47		2:50PM 0.48	2:48AM 0.50		4:06PM 0.49	4:00AM 0.55		5:30PM 0.60		5:26AM 0.64	6:36PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	20	22	22	20	21	21	18	20	20	18	25	23	22	21	22	28	26	22	17	19	19
Low °C	20	18	20	21	19	21	20	16	20	19	17	22	23	21	19	21	26	24	20	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	24	20	22	22	20	21	21	17	20	20	17	25	23	22	21	22	28	26	22	16	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:26	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:11	-
Sunset	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.3 E	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	10	6	10	10	13	17	9	15	6	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.5 ENE	-	0.1 W	0.3 E	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	5	5	18	12	6	-	11	8	-	10	-	-	-	9	10	9	10	11	11	10	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	-	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.8 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	3.0 E	2.2 ENE	1.3 NW	-	-	1.3 ENE	4.0 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	4	-	4	-	6	6	6	-	7	8	8	5	-	-	8	9	-	-	-

	Sunday 07					Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wed
	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	Dumps Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hawston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 SE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1439	1547	61	1234	1125	1314	1126	1035	1013	356	875	1030	1040	1022	1022	1005	1204	495	257	1176	2283	2172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)				5:15PM 1.70				5:47AM 1.55				6:00PM 1.46				6:20AM 1.40				6:36PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)	10:52AM 0.45					11:12PM 0.11				11:45AM 0.52				11:59PM 0.21				12:37PM 0.33				1:01AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	22	24	21	19	19	17	16	20	20	21	21	20	19	19	18	20	20	20	22	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	22	24	21	19	19	17	16	20	20	21	21	20	19	19	18	20	20	20	22	19	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 SE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	-	9	8	8	20	20	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	16	16	16	-	6	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SE	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	5	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-

	Sunday 07															Monday 08
	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	Dumps Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hawston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SSE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1319	2210	60	1343	1339	1423	1306	1644	1561	677	1239	1442	960	975	910	910	1061	462	447	899	939	937
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										5:11PM 1.87												5:47AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)				11:08AM 0.18												11:12PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	21	22	22	24	24	22	21	20	20	20	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	21	22	22	24	24	22	21	20	20	20	17	17	18	16	17	17	18	16	17	17
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SSE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	1.8 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	12	9	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	20	20	20	20	20	8	20	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	-	1.0 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	-	-	3	9	9	3	-	4	3	4	5	5	6	6	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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