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 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			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	The Wreck Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kamer Van Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	TTs West	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	2	4	3	3	4	4	7	6	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 SW	1.4 S	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	10	8	7	13	13	18	16	16	16	14	16	12	13	12	16	10	16	11	15	15	14	7
Energy(?)	257	960	1097	598	1132	379	1309	6217	5601	4005	1631	1172	694	606	4844	651	1009	1003	1348	1317	1293	302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:03PM 1.49	2:56AM 1.43		3:01PM 1.64	3:01AM 1.42		3:04PM 1.58	3:31AM 1.38		3:37PM 1.47	4:03AM 1.36		4:08PM 1.41	4:36AM 1.32		4:42PM 1.44		5:29AM 1.36	5:33PM 1.47		6:07AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	8:01AM 0.31		8:49PM 0.18	8:56AM 0.39		8:53PM 0.16	9:02AM 0.27		9:22PM 0.16	9:52AM 0.25		9:52PM 0.18	10:22AM 0.28		10:23PM 0.22	10:37AM 0.36		10:53PM 0.31	11:28AM 0.39		11:51PM 0.31	12:07PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	16	19	23	18	19	21	18	19	23	19	22	24	21	21	23	19	19	20	19	23
Low °C	18	17	15	18	21	16	18	19	17	18	22	16	21	22	19	19	21	17	18	20	17	22
Chill °C (?)	20	17	14	19	23	18	19	21	18	19	23	18	22	24	21	21	23	19	19	20	19	23
Sunrise	5:11	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:46
Sunset	-	7:25	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:06	-	-	6:27	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 SW	1.4 S	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	16	13	13	13	13	12	16	16	14	16	12	13	12	16	10	12	11	15	15	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.8 S	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	14	13	7	18	18	16	20	-	-	7	-	8	10	-	11	16	10	9	9	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	-	1.9 S	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	1.3 SSE	0.8 S	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	1.7 S
Period (s)	-	8	7	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	-	5	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	7

	Tuesday 18							Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	The Wreck Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Blouberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Hawston Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	0	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	2.0 S	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	8	11	9	16	14	14	8	13	14	13	13	13	12	16	15	12	15	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	556	861	301	83	447	902	510	1025	573	655	674	437	552	1590	1853	1973	3304	3081	1309	3719	6217	6263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:31PM 1.62				2:31AM 1.37				3:02PM 1.56				2:59AM 1.55				3:31PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			8:22AM 0.29				8:24PM 0.16				8:34AM 0.30				8:53PM 0.15				9:22AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	19	21	20	17	17	16	15	18	22	19	19	18	17	16	18	20	19	20	19	18
Chill °C (?)	14	16	19	21	20	16	16	16	14	18	22	18	19	17	16	15	18	20	19	20	19	18
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	9	10	14	14	8	13	14	13	13	13	12	16	15	8	15	12	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 E	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 E	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.1 NW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	18	17	6	12	16	14	14	14	13	7	13	19	6	17	12	12	15	12	16	20	20	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	2.0 S	-	1.0 ENE	-	0.7 S	1.6 S	-	1.3 S	-	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	5	-	7	6	-	6	-	7	6	-	3	6	6	12	-	-	-	4	-

	Tuesday 18																					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	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	The Wreck Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Blouberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Hawston Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	0	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	2.0 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 ESE	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	9	11	16	16	9	16	10	8	15	10	15	15	15	8	8	16	15	5	15
Energy(?)	491	860	504	179	446	486	406	560	616	291	1246	430	268	631	626	626	1140	1251	355	664	28	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)													2:33PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)							8:01AM 0.31												8:49PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	21	20	20	18	20	19	19	19	17	17	19	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	16	17	16	17	17	21	20	19	17	20	18	18	18	16	16	19	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 E	1.0 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	6	9	6	10	10	9	16	10	16	15	10	15	15	15	15	15	10	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 E	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 E	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	18	18	11	8	11	8	16	10	10	6	14	14	6	14	14	14	14	13	16	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	2.0 S	1.2 E	0.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 SSE	1.4 S	-	1.6 S	-	2.5 S	1.3 SSE	-	1.1 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	6	4	6	6	6	-	6	-	8	6	-	5	6	6	8	8	-	-	-	-

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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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