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 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			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	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	TTs West	Long Beach Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Kosi Bay KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Groenvlei Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	7	4	4	4	5	3	9	8	3	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	14	11	12	16	10	16	16	15	14	13	8	12	12	12	12	13	9	14
Energy(?)	8092	2732	2794	1785	6066	908	1256	6067	1116	5150	3401	2301	1875	1060	388	492	835	491	933	1685	839	7196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:18AM 1.32	1:34PM 1.59		1:53AM 1.49		2:10PM 1.55	2:33AM 1.55		2:05PM 1.51	2:50AM 1.62		2:32PM 1.54	3:17AM 1.66		5:08PM 2.59	3:49AM 1.71		3:27PM 1.52			4:00PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	7:28PM 0.59		7:24AM 0.41	7:57PM 0.31		8:00AM 0.28		8:31PM 0.27	8:00AM 0.23		8:50PM 0.15	8:28AM 0.20		9:14PM 0.11	9:20AM 0.12		9:44PM 0.07	9:22AM 0.19		11:39PM 0.07	9:50AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	19	22	21	15	16	14	21	23	19	19	20	22	20	27	18	25	21	18	17	19
Low °C	15	12	14	20	18	15	16	13	21	20	13	16	19	20	20	26	16	19	20	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	11	19	22	21	14	15	11	21	23	18	19	20	22	20	27	18	25	21	18	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	6:42	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:02	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 E	4.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	14	11	12	16	9	16	16	15	14	13	8	12	12	12	12	13	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	-	0.3 E	0.8 SSE	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	1.1 SSW	0.7 E	-	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	-	9	9	-	18	-	-	8	-	-	9	-	7	8	-	6	8	8	8	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	1.9 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	-
Period (s)	-	7	5	6	-	-	-	-	10	7	7	5	5	-	-	7	-	-	3	7	9	-

	Thursday 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	9PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	TTs West	Voelklip Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	2	5	7	8	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 NE	4.0 SSW	2.0 NE	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	9	15	8	11	13	13	15	17
Energy(?)	310	7832	6194	7107	5176	6132	5383	3165	1142	1581	1785	1297	1083	1190	3134	6958	1228	1017	1584	6453	4124	8498
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- 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	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:57PM 1.39				1:19AM 1.25				1:03PM 1.37				1:53AM 1.46				1:36PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				7:23PM 0.43				7:32AM 0.43				7:25PM 0.26					8:04AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	15	15	15	12	14	12	16	18	21	20	16	16	17	16	24	28	15	15	22	14	13
Chill °C (?)	20	14	14	15	11	13	10	16	18	21	20	16	16	16	16	24	28	14	14	22	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 ENE	4.0 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	9	15	8	11	13	13	15	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSE	1.3 SE	0.8 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	-	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	-	1.8 S	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	7	7	9	12	12	8	12	-	11	13	-	14	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SE	-	1.7 ESE	-	-	0.7 W	3.0 NE	-	2.0 NE	-	-	2.4 S	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	4	9	-	8	-	-	14	-	-

	Thursday 16															Friday 17
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	TTs West	Voelklip Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	2	5	7	8	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.7 SW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.6 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	249	9051	7871	10037	7154	9690	9174	3948	7408	11043	5914	5003	4760	5547	5278	215	7374	3348	3517	271	2717	3289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:57PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	14	15	14	15	15	12	13	21	16	12	12	21	10	12
Chill °C (?)	20	14	14	13	14	13	14	17	11	13	13	14	14	10	12	21	15	9	9	21	7	11
Sunrise	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	0.7 E	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.7 SW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.6 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.2 S	0.6 E	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	9	8	9	-	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	3.5 S	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.0 S	0.8 E	1.8 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	7	7	4	4	7

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