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

	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Baboon Point West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	8	8	12	16	16	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	15	14	13	12	13	13	14	16	15	15
Energy	1282	535	832	542	594	729	1027	673	1093	1024	1131	2193	2177	2298	1346	1412	1674	1120	3195	4161	3534	3045
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:25PM 1.37		7:37AM 1.17		8:23PM 1.27	9:00AM 1.12		9:38PM 1.25	10:25AM 1.31		10:47PM 1.27	11:50AM 1.12		11:43PM 1.42	12:24PM 1.16		12:30AM 1.45	1:07PM 1.21		1:21AM 1.60	1:53PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	1:00PM 0.31		1:30AM 0.65	1:52PM 0.39		2:55AM 0.45		3:06PM 0.46	4:17AM 0.45		4:22PM 0.48		5:52AM 0.52	5:47PM 0.50		6:20AM 0.35	6:22PM 0.44		7:02AM 0.30	7:09PM 0.42		7:46AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	24	21	17	18	17	16	19	17	18	19	17	19	20	18	17	19	18	16	18	16	16
Low °C	18	23	18	16	17	15	15	19	17	16	19	16	18	19	16	15	18	16	16	17	15	14
Chill °C (?)	22	24	21	17	18	16	15	19	16	18	19	17	19	20	18	17	19	18	16	18	16	16
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	12	6	6	14	13	11	14	13	13	14	15	14	13	12	13	13	14	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	7	16	16	6	16	14	13	17	16	16	10	10	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 E	-	1.6 NE	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.7 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	6	6	-	-	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	2.1 E	2.3 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	12	12	18	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	1713	1497	1319	1172	1282	519	535	501	530	832	718	521	542	602	594	601	761	729	687	605	1027	669
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:44AM 1.47				7:22PM 1.33				7:40AM 1.40					8:23PM 1.27				9:00AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 0.37				12:52PM 0.50				1:30AM 0.65				1:52PM 0.39					2:55AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	20	19	22	23	23	21	21	18	17	16	17	17	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	20	19	22	23	23	21	21	18	17	16	17	17	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	12	12	18	6	16	6	16	15	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	13	7	13	6	16	6	16	11	6	6	6	6	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	2.1 E	2.3 E	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	6

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	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 Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 ESE	1.4 SE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	861	511	1713	1735	1638	1497	1431	1430	1319	1298	1347	1172	1152	1151	1282	1306	1186	519	1158	1154	535	524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											6:44AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)					12:38AM 0.37												1:00PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	19	19	19	19	21	22	24	24	23	24	24	23	22
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	19	19	19	19	21	22	24	24	23	24	24	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ESE	1.4 SE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	-	2.1 E	2.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	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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