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 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	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	Dunes Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Meerensee Beach Overberg	Stompneus West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	3	1	3	3	0	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	3.0 SE	0.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 ENE	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	6	8	7	14	14	13	8	8	13	12	18	16	8	14	13	8	13	12	11
Energy(?)	735	1142	98	273	741	351	809	517	755	2344	1681	1003	767	878	2236	1091	1739	1105	1225	3489	2478	1246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:29PM 1.71	4:02AM 1.65		4:14PM 1.63	4:45AM 1.50		5:02PM 1.52		5:34AM 1.40	5:55PM 1.41		6:40AM 1.48	6:55PM 1.43		7:49AM 1.33		8:16PM 1.21	9:08AM 1.17		9:53PM 1.03	11:03AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		9:50PM -0.07	10:23AM 0.07		10:33PM 0.01	10:51AM 0.16		11:21PM 0.38	11:43AM 0.28		12:15AM 0.45	12:52PM 0.50		1:12AM 0.40		2:12PM 0.64	2:39AM 0.61		3:50PM 0.53	4:04AM 0.52		5:25PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-
High °C	26	19	20	30	18	23	24	22	22	24	20	26	21	18	17	24	18	18	19	17	17	17
Low °C	26	16	19	30	17	19	24	19	20	22	20	23	20	16	16	24	17	18	18	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	26	18	20	30	17	23	24	22	22	24	20	26	21	18	17	24	18	18	18	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:16	-
Sunset	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 E	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	6	10	10	16	14	14	13	13	15	8	12	11	16	8	14	13	14	14	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 E	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	1.1 SE	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	21	20	8	18	18	10	-	-	7	18	12	13	20	18	12	11	12	8	13	9	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	3.0 SE	-	1.2 SSE	2.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	2.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	-	0.5 NW	-	-	2.1 ENE	-	0.8 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	-	6	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	-	4	-	-	8	-	5	8	13	12	6

	Thursday 06					Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sun
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	1	4	3	3	3	4	3	0	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SE	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 SE	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	3.0 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.0 ESE	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	0.8 SW	2.0 SE	1.2 SW	2.4 ESE	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	6	8	7	7	7	8	8	15	7	14	7	14
Energy(?)	925	692	312	520	502	788	1071	542	772	408	83	1116	508	516	541	1068	541	464	651	716	1100	1268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:54PM 2.01				4:01AM 1.59				4:38PM 2.06					5:03AM 1.73			5:00PM 1.50	5:01PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 0.04				9:50PM -0.08				10:04AM 0.08				10:36PM 0.26									11:21PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	17	22	18	15	18	17	22	27	20	18	21	23	17	20	22	21	22	26	18	20
Chill °C (?)	24	23	16	22	17	14	18	17	22	27	20	17	21	23	16	20	22	21	22	26	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSE	1.6 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	0.6 SW	1.8 ESE	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	12	12	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	6	11	10	7	10	8	10	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	22	12	21	21	11	11	20	19	19	7	18	18	10	18	10	16	-	-	-	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.7 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SE	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 SE	1.1 S	-	3.0 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.0 ESE	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	1.5 SE	2.0 SE	1.2 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	7	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	-	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7

	Thursday 06															Friday 07
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	1	4	3	3	3	4	3	0	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.7 S	1.1 SW	2.0 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 S	2.4 SSE	3.0 SE	2.2 S	1.0 S	1.1 SW	2.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	0.9 SW	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	9	11	7	11	11	8	7	7	9	11	12	7	8	11	11	11	7	7	8	11	8
Energy(?)	654	851	545	977	589	568	862	921	1243	1027	312	307	783	538	299	261	257	444	454	750	214	588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:36PM 1.95													4:21AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		9:21AM 0.05												9:50PM -0.08	10:12PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	17	25	26	26	21	23	20	24	19	17	19	19	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	20	19	16	25	26	26	21	23	19	24	19	16	18	19	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.7 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	9	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.1 S	1.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	23	12	12	12	22	22	22	21	21	21	7	11	21	21	11	11	11	20	20	11	10	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	-	1.7 ESE	2.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.0 S	2.4 SSE	3.0 SE	2.2 S	1.0 S	1.6 ESE	2.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	-	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	9	11	6	7	8	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	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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