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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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Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.0

SW
4.0

SW
4.0

SW
3.5

SW
5.0

SW
5.5

SW
5.0

SW
5.0

SW
4.5

SW
3.0

SW
3.0

SW
2.5

SW
2.2

SW
2.1

SW
2.1

SW
2.0

SW
3.0

SW
2.5

SW
3.0

SW
1.7

SSW
2.5

SW
2.4

SW
Period(s) (?)13141413161515141414141312121211141414141413
Energy(?)527960395107367011626139021144495407351374329402076136911491169932313729683171124024501982
Wind
(km/h)
10
10
20
10
25
30
5
20
15
10
10
25
15
10
10
20
20
10
10
10
10
5
Wind State(?)cross-
off
cross-
off
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off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
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off
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off
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off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
1.82

3:41PM
1.80
3:26AM
1.41

4:24PM
1.51
4:30AM
1.56

4:33PM
1.47
4:39AM
1.45

5:33PM
1.60

5:38AM
1.64
6:08PM
1.93

6:19AM
1.78
6:46PM
1.70

6:44AM
1.30
7:31PM
1.53

Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07PM
0.45
9:30AM
0.26

9:25PM
0.30
10:10AM
0.16

10:25PM
0.25
10:17AM
0.12

10:39PM
0.24
10:51AM
0.11

11:39PM
0.22
11:49AM
0.11

12:17AM
0.26
12:21PM
0.33

1:01AM
0.28
12:46PM
0.26

1:35AM
0.30
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
3-1--3---------1------
High °C
15161517151212121313181913131514131615162015
Low °C
13151514141111121312111612121512121611121613
Chill °C (?)
1416141713911101213181812121413111615162015
Sunrise
-7:22--7:35--7:50--7:24--7:48--7:48--7:20--
Sunset
--5:51--5:37--5:52--5:27--5:36--5:42--5:29-
Swell1 (m) & direction
4.0

SW
4.0

SW
4.0

SW
3.5

SW
3.5

SW
4.5

SW
5.0

SW
5.0

SW
4.5

SW
3.0

SW
3.0

SW
2.5

SW
2.2

SW
2.1

SW
2.1

SW
2.0

SW
3.0

SW
2.5

SW
3.0

SW
1.7

SSW
2.5

SW
2.4

SW
Period (s)13141413161515141414141312121211141414141413
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.4

SSE
0.6

SSE

-
0.6

E

-

-

-

-

-

-
0.8

E
0.9

E

-
0.1

SW
0.6

E
0.6

SW

-
0.4

E
0.6

E
0.6

E
0.6

E
0.9

E
Period (s)1211-5------68-18916-101111116
Wind waves (m) & direction
-

-

-

-
5.0

SW
5.5

SW

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
0.9

WSW

-

-

-

-

-
0.5

E
1.1

ENE
Period (s)----1615--------5-----46

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