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 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Rame Head Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 ENE	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	16	14	14	13	8	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	4179	3439	2721	2017	3652	5930	4021	3813	1610	1187	1321	1843	6834	4162	3331	1023	1271	2019	1272	1435	948	768
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:01PM 1.03		8:12AM 1.04		8:37PM 1.03	10:26AM 1.08		10:56PM 1.06	11:48AM 1.23		12:02AM 1.48	12:38PM 1.41		1:01AM 1.33	12:42PM 1.56		1:41AM 1.58	1:23PM 1.61		1:55AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	12:49PM 0.63		1:37AM 0.63		2:25PM 0.72	3:27AM 0.63		4:48PM 0.68		5:10AM 0.56	6:08PM 0.53		6:13AM 0.43	6:26PM 0.32		6:31AM 0.32	7:38PM 0.17		7:12AM 0.19	7:53PM 0.24		8:20AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	16	19	19	17	19	21	22	28	20	17	17	18	17	20	19	14	19	21	16	19
Low °C	16	18	15	17	17	14	15	21	17	22	19	16	17	18	15	18	17	14	16	21	14	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	19	18	15	19	21	22	28	20	16	16	17	16	20	18	11	19	21	16	19
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:24
Sunset	-	6:44	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.2 WNW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	3.5 SW	0.5 E	3.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	15	16	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.9 SE	-	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 E	0.9 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	15	15	-	-	7	-	9	10	11	-	10	16	11	11	9	9	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	2.5 ESE	-	2.3 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	1.1 S	2.5 SSW	-	-	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	12	6	7	7	-	8	6	9	12	12	-	-	5	11	-	-	4	-

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	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Voelklip Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	5359	3314	3209	3806	3422	3095	2757	2738	2425	2312	2017	1904	2274	3091	3112	7016	6894	5182	3859	3969	3147	3583
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:50AM 1.07				6:58PM 1.13					8:10AM 1.05				8:37PM 1.03				9:57AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)				12:50PM 0.62				1:36AM 0.59					2:25PM 0.72				3:27AM 0.62				4:24PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	17	19	18	18	17	17	15	16	17	24	26	20	18
Chill °C (?)	14	13	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	17	19	18	17	17	17	14	16	17	24	26	20	18
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.1 NW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	15	16	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 W	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-
Period (s)	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	15	9	-	9	9	-	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	3.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	7	7	8

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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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Voelklip Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.3 E	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	5650	3833	4344	4979	4961	4613	4595	4360	4179	4003	3789	2609	3621	2361	3439	2366	17	2427	2109	2316	2389	2114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					6:48AM 1.13												6:59PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)											12:49PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	15	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	17	15	16	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	14	17	15	15	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 W	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	16	10	10	16	16	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	-

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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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