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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	Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tue
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Treskostraal West Coast	Stompneus West Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	2	4	4	2	4	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.2 S	1.2 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 SW	1.8 S	2.5 S	1.4 SW	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	18	15	16	14	10	13	11	12	12	10	8	9	9	7	14	8	8	12	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	788	2679	1737	1287	133	1208	1432	1592	1052	284	202	1158	308	1079	2554	458	1569	1289	727	752	913	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 1.13	9:09AM 1.17		10:06PM 1.11	11:05AM 1.22		11:16PM 1.07	11:35AM 1.26		12:39AM 1.25	12:54PM 1.48		12:55AM 1.21	1:00PM 1.40		1:57AM 1.33		2:03PM 1.50	2:25AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		2:09PM 0.50	2:34AM 0.52		4:06PM 0.68	4:20AM 0.62		5:14PM 0.46		5:18AM 0.49	6:43PM 0.51		6:37AM 0.51	7:22PM 0.41		6:55AM 0.40	7:54PM 0.32		7:52AM 0.35		8:21PM 0.26	8:22AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	24	19	22	21	19	19	20	17	22	21	22	18	19	17	19	25	22	15	22	18	15
Low °C	20	22	17	20	20	18	17	20	15	19	20	18	18	18	14	19	25	14	15	19	15	15
Chill °C (?)	21	24	19	22	21	19	19	20	17	22	21	22	18	18	15	19	25	22	15	22	17	14
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 S	2.2 S	0.7 E	0.8 SW	2.3 SW	0.5 S	1.6 SW	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 S
Period (s)	11	15	16	14	13	13	11	12	12	11	8	9	7	17	14	11	12	8	9	11	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.1 NW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SE	0.2 WNW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	18	12	10	10	12	12	12	11	10	12	14	7	13	16	11	15	12	11	13	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	1.7 ENE	-	1.2 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	2.5 S	1.8 SE	-	1.8 S	2.2 S	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	10	6	-	-	4	5	6	-	9	7	8	8	8	8	-	9	9	-

	Tuesday 11							Wednesday 12								Thursday 13
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Hawston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1440	1997	2073	2909	975	1304	1327	2325	2084	1356	1287	1183	1037	1087	763	1028	1308	2084	2095	1802	1585	1509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)		7:42AM 1.21					8:11PM 1.10				9:25AM 1.27				9:53PM 1.03					11:04AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)					2:12PM 0.63				2:33AM 0.49				4:06PM 0.68				4:20AM 0.62					5:44PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	22	20	21	19	19	17	17	18	22	22	21	18	18	17	18	19	22	19	19	16
Chill °C (?)	17	19	22	20	21	19	19	17	17	18	22	22	21	18	18	17	18	18	22	19	19	16
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	1.3 SW	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	-	13	12	12	12	10	11	16	16	10	10	10	12	9	16	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	11	5	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 11																					Wed
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Hawston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	16	11	18	11	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	9	16	16	16	16	17	17
Energy(?)	1259	1511	1704	2135	790	842	531	2113	2027	2219	852	852	839	904	2679	105	1108	799	799	987	1554	1593
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- 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	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						7:49AM 1.33													8:11PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)													2:12PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	19	19	20	22	21	22	23	22	22	21	21	22	20	19	19	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	19	19	20	22	21	22	23	22	22	21	21	22	20	19	19	19	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	11	11	11	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	12	12	16	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSE	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	13	13	8	8	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	18	12	12	16	16	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	9	4	5	5	4	-	-

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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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