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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7 day 48 hour

	Wed	Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Platboom Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Inner Pool Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	6	7	6	5	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
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) (?)	13	14	14	13	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	5279	6039	5107	3670	11626	13902	11444	9540	7351	3743	2940	2076	1369	1149	1169	932	3137	2968	3171	1240	2450	1982
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	17	15	12	12	12	13	13	18	19	13	13	15	14	13	16	15	16	20	15
Low °C	13	15	15	14	14	11	11	12	13	12	11	16	12	12	15	12	12	16	11	12	16	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	14	17	13	9	11	10	12	13	18	18	12	12	14	13	11	16	15	16	20	15
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)	13	14	14	13	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	13
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)	12	11	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	18	9	16	-	10	11	11	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	6

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Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	6	8	9	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	6.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	15
Energy(?)	3028	4516	5015	5279	4961	6221	6039	5197	5107	4581	4506	3670	3314	4651	11626	12241	13902	12079	5313	11444	14618	11139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:06PM 1.70				3:18AM 1.58				3:21PM 1.36				3:55AM 1.53				4:19PM 1.83				4:30AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 0.45				9:38AM 0.21				9:25PM 0.31				10:01AM 0.29				10:27PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	15	13	14	14	16	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	15	13	11	11	17	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	16	14	12	14	14	16	14	14	14	12	15	14	12	13	10	8	8	16	11	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50
Sunset	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	4.5 SW	-	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	16	-	15	-	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	6.0 SW	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	16	15	15	15	14	-	14	-

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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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