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

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Main Break Swakopmund	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	11	11
Energy(?)	8218	8859	3314	3271	1525	1763	1234	1441	862	1027	1280	2019	1412	1333	1509	1355	1399	794	644	715	348	339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:45PM 1.37		5:53AM 1.47	6:12PM 1.34		6:21AM 1.33	6:46PM 1.21		6:56AM 1.13			8:38AM 0.95		10:49PM 1.08	11:11AM 1.13		12:35AM 1.23			12:28AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	11:37AM 0.29		11:43PM 0.39	12:04PM 0.41		12:02AM 0.50	12:37PM 0.54		12:46AM 0.61	1:26PM 0.62		1:45AM 0.72		2:29PM 0.83			5:54PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	6	-	5	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	17	19	23	21	27	28	21	26	26	25	31	26	21	19	23	19	20	17	19	19
Low °C	17	19	16	15	22	20	21	28	19	20	26	24	24	22	19	19	23	18	19	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	20	16	19	23	21	27	28	21	26	26	25	31	26	21	19	23	19	20	16	19	19
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.5 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	12	14	13	12	11	12	11	12	18	16	11	10	10	9	13	14	14	13	10	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 SE	-	-	1.5 SE	-	1.3 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 E	-	0.7 W	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	6	4	5	5	10	-	4	-	-	5	3	-	6	-	-

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	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	5	7	7	7	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	15	13	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	9182	10885	8552	8124	8218	6837	6895	6102	6607	5598	3555	5011	3013	1765	2646	1488	1451	1279	1751	1610	1334	1329
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	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
High Tide / height (m)				5:27AM 1.60				5:44PM 1.46				5:54AM 1.39				6:09PM 1.55				6:20AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		11:18PM 0.25				11:23AM 0.28				11:44PM 0.35				12:05PM 0.36				12:14AM 0.45				12:29PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	17	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	16	17	23	19	22	21	21	20	20	25	22
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	16	19	17	18	17	16	16	14	16	16	23	19	22	21	21	20	20	25	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	15	13	15	15	14	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 SW	1.5 S
Period (s)	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	14	17	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SE	-	1.5 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	3	5	-	-	3	4	-	-

	Sunday 05			Monday 06
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	5	7	7	7	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.7 ESE	4.5 SSW	1.7 ESE	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	14	16	14	12	15	13	18	18	17	17	14	14
Energy(?)	9265	11273	9182	8830	9132	7808	8673	8558	10330	10673	6538	10786	7522	1245	7950	1225	4022	3758	2892	2557	5313	5767
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										5:29AM 1.50												5:32PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)				11:17PM 0.28												11:40AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	23	19	24	24	24	22	21	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	16	16	16	17	16	17	23	19	24	24	24	22	21	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.0 ESE	4.5 SW	1.7 ESE	4.5 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	14	13	14	12	15	13	14	14	17	17	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	14	-	14	13	12	12	-	-	-	15	13	15	15	6	14	14	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	-	1.3 NNE	-	0.6 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	6	-	4	18	18	8	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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