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 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mzimpuni Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Noordhoek Cape Town	Cape Infanta Overberg
Rating	4	2	3	4	2	2	4	4	2	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	2.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.1 E	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 S	1.8 SW	1.5 S	1.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SE	2.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	6	9	6	7	8	14	13	13	13	13	11	13	10	8	13	12	8	7
Energy(?)	1274	1888	799	286	216	212	243	440	341	3373	2840	1924	1921	1302	292	1499	880	598	570	524	557	608
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	on
High Tide / height (m)			9:00AM 1.38		9:26PM 1.06	10:07AM 1.51		11:07PM 1.23	11:05AM 1.34		12:17AM 1.61	12:37PM 1.51		1:17AM 1.38	1:29PM 2.07		1:34AM 1.41		2:15PM 1.84	2:47AM 1.67		2:34PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		2:22AM 0.60		3:36PM 0.64	3:26AM 0.49		5:01PM 0.55			6:20PM 0.60		6:11AM 0.38	7:10PM 0.27		7:10AM 0.48	7:57PM 0.22		7:57AM 0.38		8:38PM 0.04	8:49AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	1	4	-	-
High °C	26	22	26	25	20	20	21	19	22	24	19	20	21	19	23	18	19	18	18	17	22	23
Low °C	25	20	22	25	19	20	20	17	21	22	17	19	21	19	22	17	18	18	18	16	18	22
Chill °C (?)	26	22	26	25	20	20	21	19	22	24	19	20	21	19	23	17	18	18	18	17	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	7:37	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:24	-	-	6:44	-	-	7:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	2.1 SE	0.4 SSW	1.4 SSE	0.5 SE	1.1 E	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 E	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	8	9	8	8	9	6	12	7	14	13	13	13	13	8	13	14	13	13	8	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.7 S	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	1.0 ESE	0.6 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	10	10	6	10	9	12	8	8	13	7	8	7	13	11	-	8	8	8	6	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	2.3 ESE	0.6 NE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	1.8 SW	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	2.0 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSE	-	1.8 SE	2.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	5	6	6	-	7	8	6	-	4	-	-	-	7	10	8	6	-	8	7

	Thursday 27					Friday 28								Saturday 29								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	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Dias Beach Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg
Rating	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.3 SSE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	1.6 ESE	2.2 NE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	7	6	7	7	7	8	13
Energy(?)	1177	272	216	1289	1119	1133	1043	2069	236	672	602	1110	1348	1377	537	729	207	419	419	357	1020	1207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					8:01PM 1.06				8:51AM 1.19				9:34PM 1.07				10:02AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 0.68					2:27AM 0.55				3:55PM 0.86				4:01AM 0.78					5:01PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	25	24	20	21	21	19	23	25	23	25	19	20	23	21	27	20	22	21	18	19	16
Chill °C (?)	25	25	24	20	21	21	19	23	25	23	25	18	20	23	21	27	20	22	21	18	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.5 SW	2.5 ESE	1.3 SSE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	9	12	12	10	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	7	6	7	7	7	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SE	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SW	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	6	6	-	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	12	9	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 SE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 WSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	1.0 SW	2.2 NE	-	-	-	-	2.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	4	4	8	9	8	8	8	3	-	-	3	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Thursday 27															Friday 28
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Dias Beach Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg
Rating	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSE	2.2 SE	2.4 SE	3.5 SSE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.1 SSE	1.6 S	0.7 S	3.0 SE	0.7 S	0.6 WSW	2.0 SSE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	8	11	10	9	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	652	295	291	935	714	1099	1022	1074	1606	979	1318	887	497	133	1164	128	88	1040	1068	1069	447	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													8:02PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)							2:07PM 0.65												2:28AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	25	25	24	27	26	22	21	25	20	20	20	22	23	20	22	20	20	19	19	21	19
Chill °C (?)	23	25	25	24	27	26	22	21	25	19	20	19	22	23	20	22	20	20	19	19	21	19
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	5:22
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 SSE	1.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.6 WSW	2.0 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 SSE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	10	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	8	9	11	10	11	10	9	10	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	-	1.0 SW	-	0.5 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	6	6	-	12	12	8	8	12	10	-	10	-	6	-	6	16	10	9	9	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSE	2.2 SE	2.4 SE	3.5 SSE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	1.3 E	1.0 E	-	3.0 SE	0.4 SSW	2.5 SE	1.8 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.1 E	2.3 SE
Period (s)	-	3	3	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	-	8	3	8	8	8	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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