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

	Wed		Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	4	5	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.1 S	3.0 E	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.9 NE	1.5 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	2.2 ENE	2.0 SW	2.3 S	0.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	8	13	12	7	8	12	11	11	8	8	10	11	8	6	10
Energy(?)	5448	3682	2777	4368	1586	1818	801	2162	1231	965	675	483	310	366	430	684	581	1052	212	1301	236	2169
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:08AM 1.25	1:32PM 1.36	2:14PM 1.38	2:26AM 1.37		2:39PM 1.57	2:51AM 1.51		2:37PM 1.55	3:19AM 1.58		3:34PM 1.93	3:47AM 1.81		4:05PM 2.07	4:09AM 1.72		4:29PM 2.06	4:34AM 1.72		4:46PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	7:41PM 0.47		7:21AM 0.30		8:27PM 0.33	8:29AM 0.22		8:52PM 0.20	8:57AM 0.13		9:20PM 0.12	9:21AM 0.29		9:44PM 0.28	9:53AM 0.02		10:08PM 0.07	10:19AM 0.17		10:31PM 0.10	10:34AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	17	16	13	19	20	17	22	21	22	22	22	17	26	29	19	21	16	14	17	17
Low °C	16	12	14	16	12	19	18	16	18	18	21	21	21	16	20	25	16	19	15	13	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	13	16	14	13	19	20	17	22	21	22	22	22	17	26	29	18	21	15	12	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	6:12	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:51	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.3 SSW	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 S	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	2.0 SW	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	14	11	8	9	9	12	8	8	11	11	10	12	9	11	8	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	1.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.7 S	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	1.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	11	15	9	10	9	13	13	13	12	11	12	7	9	9	12	10	11	7	14	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	2.1 ESE	3.0 E	-	0.7 SW	1.9 NE	1.0 S	-	-	1.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 SW	2.3 S	0.6 WSW	1.8 S	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	6	8	-	4	7	5	-	-	8	8	8	10	4	7	6	10

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Blythedale KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	15	12	14	14	7	7	13
Energy(?)	4537	2530	1978	3391	3087	3518	3148	3049	2777	1105	2505	1714	1638	1480	4272	2080	1169	1537	1313	1294	1334	1263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:49PM 1.23				1:43AM 1.30				1:32PM 1.36	2:07PM 1.43				2:29AM 1.57				2:47PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				7:49PM 0.47				7:56AM 0.34					8:21PM 0.51				8:27AM 0.23				8:50PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	14	17	17	12	13	14	17	14	16	16	16	14	18	19	18	19	19	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	14	12	13	17	17	11	12	13	16	13	15	15	16	13	18	19	18	19	19	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	14	15	12	14	14	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 E	0.1 E	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	11	11	9	9	11	11	12	15	11	10	10	10	10	16	9	10	9	8	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	4	-	-	7	7	8

	Wednesday 17															Thursday 18
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Blythedale KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4806	2858	2403	3125	3283	6438	6046	5815	5448	2876	5266	3065	2870	2826	1909	1438	2701	1412	1428	2656	2618	2381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)						1:27PM 1.27												1:53AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)												7:41PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	19	19	17	17	16	16	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	14	17	17	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	18	18	16	16	14	14	12	13	14	14	14	16	16	13	17	17	11	11	11
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	16	16	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	11	11	9	9	-	-	-	-	11	12	-	-	-	17	16	11	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	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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