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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	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	8	3	1	9	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	0.5 S	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	16	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	11	12	13	14	14
Energy(?)	788	628	654	553	1062	4509	1443	1770	1523	927	448	584	38	1737	219	525	1189	464	154	7015	10869	6568
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:05AM 1.14		10:26PM 1.36	11:46AM 1.28		12:38AM 1.30	1:32PM 1.16		1:51AM 1.27		2:24PM 1.31	2:30AM 1.55		2:31PM 1.66	2:39AM 1.45		3:07PM 1.74	3:22AM 1.68		3:35PM 1.58	3:47AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		3:35PM 0.78		5:11AM 0.85	6:16PM 0.66		7:15AM 0.54	7:39PM 0.52		8:13AM 0.37		8:28PM 0.36	8:47AM 0.22		8:39PM 0.21	8:57AM 0.37		9:21PM 0.37	9:29AM 0.33		9:49PM 0.10	9:58AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-
High °C	18	20	18	21	16	15	15	17	14	20	19	16	19	19	14	15	17	18	21	13	12	13
Low °C	14	19	16	16	16	14	14	17	13	13	18	14	16	16	14	14	16	14	17	13	11	12
Chill °C (?)	18	20	18	21	16	14	15	17	14	20	19	16	19	19	12	14	16	18	21	10	9	11
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.3 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 E	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	16	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	9	9	10	10	12	11	9	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 W	1.7 W	0.1 S	0.9 W	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	-	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	12	18	8	9	12	9	10	10	9	9	12	-	9	12	9	8	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	6	11	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	11	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	18	17	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1126	1017	826	606	641	799	1233	1451	1178	1964	1058	598	627	1024	4975	4509	3482	3140	3347	1223	1100	1796
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)			9:44AM 1.22				10:27PM 1.14					12:04PM 1.15				12:04AM 1.41				12:52PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)					3:54PM 0.69					5:22AM 0.62				5:51PM 0.74				6:40AM 0.61				7:08PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	15	15	22	18	15	18	17	16	19	30	19	17	15	15	14	14	14	15	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	19	15	15	22	18	14	18	17	15	19	30	19	17	14	14	14	14	13	15	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	8	10	11	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 W	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.0 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 W
Period (s)	12	7	12	11	11	11	10	15	15	15	14	18	17	9	18	9	9	9	9	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	4	6	9	9	9	9	-	7	3	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	8	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1424	1046	643	711	930	899	820	788	620	678	795	624	622	282	339	332	325	281	281	90	89	419
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								9:17AM 1.05													10:21PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)		3:20AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	14	19	13	14	18	19	20	19	20	19	19	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	15	13	19	13	14	18	19	20	19	20	19	19	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.7 W	0.7 SE	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	10	10	8	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	12	8	8	8	8	6	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 W
Period (s)	12	6	12	12	7	7	4	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	-	2.0 ENE	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	8	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	3	3	5	5	5	5	-	-	6	-	-

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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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