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

	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			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	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Margate Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.2 E	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	18	18	16	15	14	10	13	10	12	11	12	11	13	12	13	13	14	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	501	625	811	790	690	767	579	823	575	527	487	349	477	395	2343	5104	4017	731	2101	1663	1556	729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:05PM 1.58	3:35AM 1.51		3:51PM 1.62	4:15AM 1.63		4:32PM 1.91	5:00AM 1.62		4:48PM 1.57		5:35AM 1.78	5:46PM 1.52		6:14AM 1.72	6:23PM 1.52		6:57AM 1.52	6:56PM 1.26		7:18AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	8:48AM 0.22		9:23PM 0.11	9:38AM 0.15		10:03PM 0.03	10:23AM 0.12		10:44PM 0.02	10:46AM 0.14		10:57PM 0.08	11:46AM 0.20		11:56PM 0.09	12:26PM 0.29		12:31AM 0.19	1:04PM 0.37		1:05AM 0.30	1:42PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	23	23	21	21	22	21	23	22	20	22	23	21	24	24	21	22	22	23	21	23	19	23
Low °C	21	23	19	20	22	19	22	21	18	20	22	19	22	24	19	21	21	22	19	22	19	22
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	21	22	21	23	22	20	22	23	21	24	24	21	22	22	23	21	23	19	23
Sunrise	5:20	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:03
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:17	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 SW	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 E	2.5 SW	4.0 SSW	0.4 NW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	9	9	9	14	10	10	10	12	11	12	11	9	12	13	13	14	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 E	0.5 E	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 ESE	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.4 NW	1.4 SSW	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	18	18	11	15	9	13	13	12	9	13	15	12	13	11	9	14	8	9	14	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	1.5 SSW	-	1.2 S	0.8 SE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	13	6	-	5	4	5

	Thu	Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Donkin Bay West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.8 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	8	9	9	9	12	12	11	9	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	6
Energy(?)	692	535	738	672	634	659	525	521	511	1045	1626	1113	942	902	745	1088	1011	1013	1121	1129	1234	365
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:48AM 1.41				2:59PM 1.76				3:04AM 1.58				3:46PM 1.65				4:16AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	8:35PM 0.17				8:50AM 0.22				9:23PM 0.11				9:37AM 0.15				10:03PM 0.03				10:23AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	20	21	21	22	24	22	22	23	21	20	18	18	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	22	24	22	22	23	21	20	17	18	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.8 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	8	9	9	9	9	8	11	9	16	16	16	16	9	9	14	14	14	10	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	1.3 SW	0.2 WNW	1.3 ESE	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	8	11	8	9	16	15	8	8	9	14	13	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 S	1.2 S	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	6

	Thursday 01	Friday 02
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Donkin Bay West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	13	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	611	296	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							2:44AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	8:35PM 0.17												8:48AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	22	21	21	20	19	22	21	20	19	19	22	21	21	23	23	23	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	21	21	20	19	22	21	20	19	19	22	21	21	23	23	23	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	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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