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

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	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Noordhoek Cape Town
Rating	7	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	8	6	6	8	5	6	4	9	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SE	4.0 SSE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.0 ENE	0.4 SE	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	12	13	12	12	12	13	11	13	13	12	13	14	16
Energy	5144	6003	4701	3005	2475	858	388	187	227	53	8842	4695	4430	4755	1636	2330	5847	2736	1518	1631	1728	2880
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:38PM 1.21		8:05AM 1.16		9:18PM 1.10	9:48AM 1.05		10:56PM 1.19	11:22AM 1.11		11:59PM 1.32	12:24PM 1.31		12:47AM 1.47	1:15PM 1.34		1:36AM 1.56		2:04PM 1.44	2:22AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	1:24PM 0.52		1:44AM 0.68		2:38PM 0.62	3:34AM 0.70		4:01PM 0.80		5:19AM 0.59	5:23PM 0.54		6:19AM 0.47	6:33PM 0.80		7:10AM 0.30	7:10PM 0.30		7:57AM 0.18	8:00PM 0.18	8:03PM 0.20	8:38AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	14	17	19	17	28	30	22	20	17	19	20	17	25	16	20	17	18	17	15	18
Low °C	14	16	13	13	18	16	18	28	18	15	15	16	16	16	19	16	19	14	14	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	17	19	17	28	30	22	19	15	18	20	16	25	14	20	16	18	17	15	18
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SE	4.0 SSE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 S	2.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SE	5.0 SW	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	8	9	12	13	12	12	11	13	11	13	13	12	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.9 W	0.2 E	-	0.2 ENE	1.1 SW	0.5 E	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	15	14	14	6	8	10	10	-	12	-	-	-	7	12	9	-	8	11	4	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	-	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	6	5	-	9	11	13	12	12	12	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-

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	5AM	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North
Rating	8	7	7	6	7	9	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 NE	0.9 SSE	1.9 ENE	2.3 NE
Period(s)	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	8	10	8	8
Energy	7184	6270	6286	5300	6037	11135	5423	4104	4302	3646	3005	2823	2535	1175	1603	1353	1185	778	821	312	568	1012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 1.29				7:44PM 1.13					8:05AM 1.16				9:25PM 1.12				9:44AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)				1:24PM 0.56				1:57AM 0.89	2:01AM 0.67				2:38PM 0.62				3:45AM 0.68				4:06PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	18	22	16	16	17	13	14	13	13	17	19	17	19	18	18	18	19	28	28	30	25
Chill °C (?)	12	18	22	15	16	16	12	12	12	12	17	19	17	19	18	18	18	19	28	28	30	25
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	13	10	17	10	16	10	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	13	8	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	4.5 S	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 N	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	-	2.3 NE	2.3 NE
Period (s)	-	12	11	-	-	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	3	7	8	-	8	8

	Friday 08																					Sat
	3AM	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North
Rating	8	7	7	6	7	9	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 SSE
Period(s)	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Energy	7606	2532	5901	5909	5902	9380	6963	7500	7630	7060	5191	6279	5367	5558	5767	5828	6013	4844	4772	10592	3734	2295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					6:57AM 1.25													7:47PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)												1:24PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	17	14	14	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	15	15	14	15	14	16	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	17	17	13	13	16	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	18	13	14	13	14	13	16	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 S	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.0 S	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	14	10	10	13	13	18	13	13	13	13	10	13	10	10	13	13	16	10	10	9	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	-	0.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	4.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	12	-	10	9	9	-	10	-	13	9	9	9	-	-	13	-	-

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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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