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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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	5	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.7 E	1.0 S	1.5 E	1.1 ESE	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	11	12	13	12	12	12	9	12	9	8	4	8	8
Energy(?)	5370	3960	9562	4257	5139	3488	2476	1588	1288	1121	903	975	742	639	699	725	659	546	321	161	1871	642
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:09AM 1.20	12:46PM 1.30		1:07AM 1.31			2:27AM 1.40		2:46PM 1.52	2:22AM 1.41		3:07PM 1.67	3:19AM 1.58		3:34PM 1.73	3:47AM 1.81		3:32PM 1.60	4:12AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		6:46PM 0.65		6:34AM 0.43	7:06PM 0.39		7:55AM 0.36	7:48PM 0.26	8:27PM 0.34	8:35AM 0.26		8:23PM 0.18	8:55AM 0.15		9:20PM 0.12	9:23AM 0.08		9:44PM 0.28	9:47AM 0.05		10:10PM 0.06	10:12AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	22	2	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	17	13	17	16	21	18	18	16	21	22	17	21	21	17	16	16	15	18
Low °C	14	13	14	12	15	11	13	16	19	13	18	15	16	22	15	19	20	16	15	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	14	16	12	16	14	21	18	17	15	21	22	16	21	21	17	15	16	14	18
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.5 ESE	1.7 E	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	0.8 E	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	11	12	13	12	12	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.2 W	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.7 SE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	14	9	-	-	11	15	15	16	10	11	10	7	7	12	12	12	11	6	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	1.0 E	0.8 WNW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	-	0.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	6	-	6	4	5	6	-	8	4	8	6

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	TTs West	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Platboom Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	3287	2486	5370	4593	3906	4487	4920	3140	7412	7058	7978	3249	3539	4399	3858	3283	3060	1730	2476	862	2278	2268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	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	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:39AM 1.16				12:10AM 1.14				12:49PM 1.23				1:43AM 1.30				1:32PM 1.36	2:07PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		5:40AM 0.68				6:05PM 0.53				7:19AM 0.58				7:43PM 0.45				7:54AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	14	15	14	13	13	12	13	16	18	13	15	13	13	12	11	13	17	14	16	14
Chill °C (?)	21	20	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	15	17	12	14	12	12	11	9	12	16	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	2.3 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	1.0 S	1.6 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 E	1.0 S	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	14	11	-	11	9	9	16	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	15	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16																					Wed
	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	TTs West	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Platboom Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	6.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	6.5 SW	6.0 SW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	3.5 SSW	5.5 SW	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	12	12	12	12	14	12	14	13	15	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12
Energy(?)	3375	558	5190	5453	5781	5833	15685	5915	1980	294	8888	5135	8561	14158	12551	11750	10745	4536	9159	2807	7821	7386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											12:23PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)				5:19AM 0.53													6:44PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	15	15	14	14	13	14	25	22	20	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	20	18	13	13	12	12	10	12	25	22	19	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	4.5 SW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	15	13	12	12	12	12	-	12	14	13	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	14	14	14	13	-	-	8	8	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	6.5 SW	-	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	4.5 SSW	-	5.0 SW	6.5 SW	6.0 SW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	3.5 SSW	5.5 SW	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	14	-	8	6	15	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	12	12

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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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