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 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			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	Baboon Point West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Off The Wall Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	0	4	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.3 SE	1.3 S	3.5 E	2.0 E	1.4 SE	1.1 E	1.2 SW	1.4 S	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	16	15	14	13	12	12	15	16	13	11	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	13	8	12
Energy(?)	559	2037	1149	1534	1119	855	2143	3551	991	1739	756	809	1279	735	295	1508	564	337	208	495	315	1655
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	off	cross	off	on	cross- off	on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	5:01PM 1.45		5:28AM 1.50	5:33PM 1.50		5:56AM 1.35	6:02PM 1.28		6:44AM 1.25	6:56PM 1.23		7:52AM 1.32		8:01PM 1.06	8:51AM 1.20		9:22PM 1.09	10:02AM 1.25		10:44PM 1.14	11:38AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		11:18PM 0.42	11:27AM 0.44		11:49PM 0.34	11:55AM 0.52		12:12AM 0.38	12:48PM 0.55		1:21AM 0.49			2:09AM 0.48		3:36PM 0.62	3:25AM 0.50		4:37PM 0.43	4:40AM 0.47	5:04AM 0.50	6:09PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	25	17	20	23	18	21	22	21	24	24	20	21	23	20	23	21	21	27	24	18	20	22
Low °C	23	16	19	21	15	17	21	19	22	21	18	19	22	18	22	21	21	24	22	17	20	21
Chill °C (?)	25	15	20	23	18	21	22	21	24	24	20	21	23	20	23	21	21	27	24	17	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:28	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:28	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:50	-
Sunset	7:30	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 S	0.5 S	2.0 E	1.4 SE	1.1 E	1.2 SW	1.4 S	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	15	16	13	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	13	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.7 E	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	15	15	10	13	9	13	16	-	-	7	12	10	12	16	6	10	9	13	12	13	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.5 S	-	1.6 S	0.2 ENE	1.1 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 S	1.7 SSE	2.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.3 SE	0.4 NE	3.5 E	1.3 NNE	0.9 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	6	8	-	6	2	6	6	6	4	4	6	8	8	8	6	8	7	6	5	6	-	8

	Sunday 23					Monday 24								Tuesday 25								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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Noordhoek Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 S	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	16	16	10	15	15	14	10	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1087	469	1025	1073	1195	1094	1384	1531	1548	366	1476	1856	1383	1110	1010	1158	1318	1169	1895	3060	3056	3074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			5:00PM 1.58					5:12AM 1.28				5:33PM 1.47				6:06AM 1.41				5:55PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	10:54AM 0.33									11:28AM 0.36				11:31PM 0.33				11:54AM 0.47				12:31AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	24	20	18	18	18	18	18	22	20	20	18	17	17	17	20	28	25	20	23	20	22
Chill °C (?)	19	24	20	18	18	18	18	18	22	20	20	18	16	17	17	20	28	25	20	23	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 S	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	11	10	11	10	15	15	14	10	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	1.2 S	1.2 SW	1.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.1 NW	1.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	1.1 S	0.6 SSE	1.2 WSW	0.9 SE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	-	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	12	5	10	11	10	16	15	8	13	5	9	9	13	9	6	9	13	6	16	11	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSE	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 E
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	4	-	6	5	6	6

	Sunday 23															Monday 24
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Noordhoek Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 S	2.4 S	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	16	8	11	17	11	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	1083	631	926	926	1018	881	875	1275	1965	1404	1043	1121	1417	1437	1590	1195	1414	2295	2336	1555	1056	1123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									4:43PM 1.37	5:03PM 1.47												5:28AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)			10:53AM 0.37												10:55PM 0.27	11:15PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	23	19	20	20	23	24	23	21	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	23	19	20	20	23	24	23	20	18	19	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.1 E	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 S	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	12	10	10	11	17	17	11	16	8	10	10	16	16	16	11	16	15	15	15	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	-	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 S	1.1 SW	1.1 S
Period (s)	12	5	11	11	18	15	15	16	11	-	11	11	11	15	15	10	9	15	15	8	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	-	-	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.9 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	12	12	6	8	11	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	8	8	-	-	-

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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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