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

	Thu	Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Tofinho Inhambane	Cape St Martin West Coast	TTs West	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Donkin Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	3	2	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	2	3	3	3	1	3	4	2	4	4	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SSE	3.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.7 SSW	3.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SE	1.7 S	1.4 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 S	1.9 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	13	10	8	8	8	13	12	8	9	6	9	16	9	13	13	17	9	14	14
Energy(?)	2518	818	527	4161	372	686	2932	483	1930	680	722	681	393	80	449	678	429	1121	1139	67	1889	1192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:16PM 1.06	11:38AM 1.29		12:39AM 1.22	12:21PM 1.32		1:25AM 1.51	1:29PM 1.56		1:54AM 1.58		2:11PM 1.82	2:31AM 1.58	4:03AM 2.30	2:31PM 1.66	3:00AM 1.44		3:01PM 1.68	3:26AM 1.48		3:32PM 1.57	3:31AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		5:19AM 0.52	6:11PM 0.39		6:11AM 0.44	7:22PM 0.41		7:18AM 0.44	7:55PM 0.30		7:54AM 0.33		8:26PM 0.28	10:10AM 0.38		8:53PM 0.18	8:52AM 0.29		9:17PM 0.16	9:03AM 0.29		9:22PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	21	24	21	21	18	19	16	19	24	19	22	25	25	20	22	18	20	24	31	21	30	25
Low °C	19	18	20	18	18	18	14	19	24	17	22	24	22	20	21	16	18	24	23	20	29	17
Chill °C (?)	21	24	21	21	18	18	13	19	24	19	22	25	25	20	22	17	20	24	31	21	30	25
Sunrise	-	5:09	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:27	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SSE	3.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	0.6 SE	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SE	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	1.9 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	10	11	10	13	10	8	15	9	13	12	8	11	9	9	10	14	13	13	9	9	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	1.0 SW	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.2 S	0.3 NW	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.1 NW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 E	0.1 NW	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	14	14	7	12	12	7	15	10	9	13	12	8	16	13	5	19	17	6	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	-	1.0 SSW	0.6 SE	3.5 S	1.8 S	2.5 S	-	-	1.7 S	1.4 S	0.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.8 SSW	-	2.2 S	-	0.6 S	1.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	11	6	5	-	6	10	8	8	8	-	-	9	6	4	5	9	-	6	-	5	7	-

	Thursday 13			Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Muizenberg Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	3.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	8	7	7	13	10	12	9	9	9	14	12	13
Energy(?)	735	1030	1006	1196	705	576	585	231	477	715	1094	1361	1346	3668	372	606	591	832	1160	3205	2278	6034
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:40PM 1.13				12:09PM 1.39				12:42AM 1.41				1:04PM 1.36				12:56AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)		5:17PM 0.51				5:42AM 0.58				6:48PM 0.71				8:18AM 0.78				7:22PM 0.41				6:53AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-
Temp. °C	19	18	21	16	17	20	20	21	22	19	17	18	19	25	18	21	18	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	21	16	17	20	20	21	22	19	17	18	19	25	18	21	18	17	17	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	3.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	11	7	7	7	7	7	13	10	12	10	9	9	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.8 W	1.0 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	13	12	11	11	6	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	-	7	8	7	12	12	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	0.7 ESE	1.6 S	1.1 E	1.2 S	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	0.4 E	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	6	4	7	5	7	6	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	4	6	7	9	-	-	-	-	13

	Thursday 13									Friday 14
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Muizenberg Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 S	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	2.5 S	2.4 S	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	9	12	12	12	9	11	10	16	11	9	11	11	11	10	11	7
Energy(?)	755	1553	1439	1765	1237	1717	990	1377	1816	1900	507	2518	1211	583	802	577	425	379	866	473	818	628
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										11:31PM 1.32												11:35AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)				5:44PM 0.60												5:41AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	24	23	18	22	16	20	16	17	17	18	19	19	23	16	17	18	20	20	21	24	22
Chill °C (?)	18	24	23	18	22	15	20	15	16	16	18	19	19	23	16	16	18	20	20	21	24	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	0.3 ENE	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	2.2 S	0.3 E	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	12	8	12	12	12	9	10	8	16	11	9	11	11	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.3 E	-	0.7 S	1.1 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 W
Period (s)	15	14	14	12	13	12	17	11	11	10	10	8	-	12	6	10	6	6	8	10	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.9 SE	1.6 S	-	1.8 S	-	2.4 S	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.2 ENE	-	2.5 S	2.4 S	0.5 SW	1.5 E	0.2 ENE	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	0.7 SE	1.3 E	2.0 S
Period (s)	6	4	6	-	6	-	9	4	4	9	-	11	10	4	6	8	6	6	5	4	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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