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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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Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.0

SW
2.4

SW
2.5

SW
2.0

WSW
1.9

SW
1.4

SW
2.3

SW
3.5

SW
3.0

SW
1.5

SSW
3.0

SW
3.0

SW
4.0

SW
2.2

SSW
5.0

SW
1.2

SSW
4.0

SW
3.5

SW
3.0

SW
2.1

SW
2.5

SW
3.0

SW
Period(s) (?)13121211111413161615131317141517141413131313
Energy(?)296817431801991878787177758993978924289130878800196010600735571545502961154119692775
Wind
(km/h)
35
10
5
15
15
10
15
10
15
10
30
15
25
20
10
20
10
5
10
20
15
15
Wind State(?)offcross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffoffcross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:33PM
1.60

5:17AM
1.42
6:09PM
1.61

6:17AM
1.48
6:48PM
1.59

6:51AM
1.51
7:31PM
1.53

7:44AM
1.43

8:13PM
1.59
8:49AM
1.36

9:20PM
1.54
10:04AM
1.10

10:29PM
1.27
11:31AM
1.12

Low Tide
/ height (m)

11:39PM
0.22
11:27AM
0.14

12:14AM
0.17
12:27PM
0.14

1:01AM
0.28
12:53PM
0.49

1:49AM
0.37
1:46PM
0.56

2:47AM
0.58

2:52PM
0.64
4:04AM
0.61

3:59PM
0.49

5:14AM
0.38
5:31PM
0.48
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
----------341-1-------
High °C
20141413131415141516141415171418131317151515
Low °C
16121113121214121215131414151318111217141214
Chill °C (?)
20141411121314141416121313161318121317141414
Sunrise
--7:31--7:48--7:20--7:48--7:48--7:48--7:45-
Sunset
5:27--5:53--5:53--5:45--5:54--5:16--5:57--5:58
Swell1 (m) & direction
1.1

E
2.4

SW
2.5

SW
2.0

WSW
1.9

SW
1.4

SW
2.3

SW
3.5

SW
3.0

SW
1.5

SSW
3.0

SW
3.0

SW
4.0

SW
2.2

SSW
5.0

SW
1.2

SSW
4.0

SW
3.5

SW
3.0

SW
2.1

SW
2.5

SW
3.0

SW
Period (s)9121211111413161615131317141517141413131313
Swell2 (m) & direction
-
0.1

W
0.6

E
0.1

SW
0.9

SW
0.1

SW
1.1

SW

-
0.9

E
0.5

E
0.2

E

-

-
0.7

E

-
0.7

E

-

-

-

-

-

-
Period (s)-161018152219-111112--10-11------
Wind waves (m) & direction
3.0

SW

-

-
0.8

NW
0.4

NNW
0.2

NNW

-

-

-

-
1.3

NW
0.6

NW
0.9

WNW

-

-
0.8

S

-

-

-

-

-
0.7

S
Period (s)13--433----544--4-----4

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