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 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			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	Heaven West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baggies Durban/KZN South	TTs West	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	6	16	12	14	14	13	14	14	16	14	13	13	19	17	15	14
Energy(?)	2429	3246	3684	2406	1788	1405	431	2051	693	974	1170	1223	1742	1406	2111	1736	1539	1156	1629	2286	3246	2263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:36PM 1.78	3:49AM 1.71		4:08PM 1.88	4:00AM 1.68		4:14PM 1.75	4:42AM 1.80		4:51PM 1.70		5:32AM 1.77	5:53PM 1.86		6:03AM 1.61	6:23PM 1.67		6:51AM 1.40	7:16PM 1.51		7:44AM 1.15	7:57PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		9:47PM -0.00	9:52AM -0.07		9:55PM -0.05	10:02AM -0.01		10:35PM 0.19	10:43AM 0.25		11:09PM 0.01	11:36AM -0.01		11:54PM 0.35	12:02PM 0.46		12:41AM 0.50	12:53PM 0.41		1:43AM 0.65	1:50PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	13	21	20	17	24	28	18	21	18	18	17	16	19	21	21	20	18	18	21	21
Low °C	17	13	13	21	16	14	22	22	16	20	17	17	17	15	15	18	17	17	17	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	17	12	13	21	20	16	24	28	18	21	18	18	16	16	19	21	21	20	18	18	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	6:34	-	-	6:31	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	7	14	14	13	14	14	16	14	13	13	13	17	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	1.4 S	-	0.8 S	0.7 SE	0.1 SE	1.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	-	1.2 S	0.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	0.6 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	8	6	13	16	12	7	9	9	12	12	6	-	6	19	19	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 S	1.7 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	-	0.5 N	1.7 ENE	-	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	-	1.2 W	1.4 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	7	6	-	7	-	3	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	5	5	7

	Sunday 07					Monday 08								Tuesday 09								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	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	8	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	7
Energy(?)	1833	2095	2030	2676	7371	9871	3616	3146	3229	2866	3133	1373	1228	2004	1450	1661	1266	1360	1041	1009	1264	1079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:33PM 1.96				3:22AM 1.58				3:40PM 1.81				4:05AM 1.82				4:21PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	9:22AM -0.01				9:20PM 0.01				9:32AM 0.22				10:24PM -0.05				10:07AM 0.21				10:54PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	17	18	14	14	12	14	17	22	16	22	21	17	16	14	18	21	17	16	18	22
Chill °C (?)	17	19	17	18	12	12	10	13	17	22	16	22	21	17	16	13	18	21	17	16	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 ESE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 SE	-	1.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 NW	1.6 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	6	6	7	8	7	-	8	7	4	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.9 SE	-	-	-	-	1.5 SE	-	-	0.4 N	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	2.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	14	14	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	7

	Sunday 07															Monday 08
	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	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	8	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1964	1854	1770	1991	2313	4930	1998	2537	2592	2359	2720	618	618	3115	4275	3272	4142	3306	3222	3345	3731	539
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								3:10PM 1.86												3:29AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		9:23AM -0.01												9:23PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	19	17	18	17	15	15	15	15	21	21	14	13	13	12	16	13	13	18	19
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	19	16	17	16	13	13	13	13	21	21	12	11	11	10	16	11	11	18	19
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	-	-	-	8	8	7	8	12	12	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 S	2.4 S	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	4	3

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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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