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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	Sun		Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	TTs West	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Bog Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	TTs West	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	3	0	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSE	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.3 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	0.6 S	1.1 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	10	8	7	5	8	7	13	13	18	16	15	9	18	16	13	12	12	16	11	18
Energy(?)	1712	1285	314	631	353	186	1014	1056	343	1147	421	1910	3096	152	838	2032	1039	940	682	4549	502	1077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:30AM 1.27		2:01PM 1.65	2:01AM 1.33		2:02PM 1.43	3:00AM 1.72		3:08PM 1.92	3:26AM 1.77		3:05PM 1.44	3:31AM 1.38		3:37PM 1.47	4:24AM 1.45			4:36AM 1.37		4:42PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	7:26PM 0.26		7:55AM 0.33			8:01AM 0.31		8:54PM 0.22	8:32AM 0.28		9:23PM 0.33	9:02AM 0.27		9:22PM 0.16	9:33AM 0.28		10:14PM 0.17	10:04AM 0.31	12:06PM 0.29	10:23PM 0.24	10:53AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	22	20	18	27	25	21	18	17	19	24	18	19	20	21	20	21	19	20	22	23	20	24
Low °C	22	14	17	24	23	19	17	15	17	23	16	18	20	20	20	21	17	18	21	22	19	21
Chill °C (?)	22	20	18	27	25	21	18	15	18	24	18	19	20	21	20	21	18	20	22	23	20	24
Sunrise	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:02	-	-	6:34	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 SW	1.4 S	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 S	1.1 S	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	10	11	7	9	16	13	13	13	13	12	15	9	18	16	13	12	12	16	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	12	11	14	13	20	18	18	16	20	8	9	7	18	7	10	-	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	-	1.7 S	-	1.3 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	-	1.5 S
Period (s)	7	7	-	8	-	5	8	7	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	6	-	5

	Sunday 16					Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Hell West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	TTs West	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast
Rating	5	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	0	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	2.3 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	8	7	8	11	15	14	14	15	8
Energy(?)	3460	919	973	1905	1099	1285	1093	1168	839	252	263	599	522	517	580	1045	300	426	1560	774	725	1113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:59PM 1.36				1:29AM 1.27					2:11PM 1.82				2:01AM 1.33				4:15PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)				7:53PM 0.33				8:00AM 0.36				7:55PM 0.20					8:22AM 0.29				8:49PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	22	18	18	16	16	14	14	19	24	19	20	22	19	16	15	17	20	18	21	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	22	16	18	15	15	13	13	19	24	19	20	22	19	15	14	16	20	17	21	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 S	1.4 SW	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	12	8	12	11	9	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	11	15	14	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	-	0.2 WNW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.1 NW	-	0.1 W	0.5 S	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	15	9	-	15	12	8	9	11	8	8	13	13	18	18	17	6	14	-	14	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.9 SSE	-	-	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SE	1.6 SSE	-	-	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	2.3 S	-	1.3 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	1.0 SE	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	8	7	8	12	8	-	-	8	8	8	7	8	-	6	-	6	5	8

	Sunday 16															Monday 17
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Hell West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	TTs West	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast
Rating	5	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	0	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSE	1.7 SW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 SE	1.0 S	1.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	9	13	9	9	12	12	12	12	9	13	7	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2597	1069	1239	2649	1835	1835	1815	716	1712	601	635	1418	1310	1210	1099	1739	2109	561	258	609	1205	1287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:58PM 1.36													1:30AM 1.27	3:33AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)												7:25PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	18	19	23	22	22	20	22	19	19	20	19	18	16	18	16	15	19	14	14	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	23	22	22	20	22	19	19	20	19	17	15	17	15	13	19	12	13	20
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.1 S	1.7 SW	0.6 ESE	1.7 S	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	13	13	13	13	15	13	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.5 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	1.0 S	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	13	17	9	11	15	15	15	14	12	13	9	15	15	15	15	15	8	15	11	9	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 S	1.5 SSE	-	-	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.1 SSE	2.5 S	1.7 S	-	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	-	1.8 SE	0.6 S	0.9 E	1.1 E	-
Period (s)	8	6	-	-	7	7	7	9	7	9	-	8	8	8	8	9	-	7	4	4	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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