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

	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	7	9	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 E	1.8 SW	2.4 ENE	2.2 E	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	4.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	9	13	8	9	11	11	9	11	13	15	12	15	16	16	14	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1133	1556	1645	1490	745	936	589	472	627	2237	3673	8521	195	7091	1755	2620	2293	2311	817	923	1019	1063
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:45PM 1.74	3:55AM 1.84		4:13PM 1.72	4:22AM 1.79		4:41PM 1.67			5:02PM 1.36		5:29AM 1.50	5:45PM 1.36		5:38AM 1.27	6:11PM 1.25		6:22AM 1.58	6:40PM 1.48		6:49AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	9:40AM 0.32		9:44PM 0.38	10:03AM 0.07		10:10PM 0.41	10:31AM 0.38		10:51PM 0.36	10:57AM 0.44		11:18PM 0.25	11:39AM 0.26		11:43PM 0.38	11:51AM 0.39		12:13AM 0.43	12:33PM 0.68		12:44AM 0.56	1:19PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	26	22	26	28	24	19	21	19	19	19	17	19	19	23	21	21	20	25	21	19	20
Low °C	21	24	20	23	26	23	19	19	17	18	18	16	18	19	22	20	21	19	21	20	18	20
Chill °C (?)	23	26	22	26	28	24	19	21	19	19	19	17	18	19	23	21	21	20	25	21	19	20
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	6:39	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 E	1.8 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 E	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	9	13	15	9	11	11	9	11	13	15	16	15	16	16	14	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.2 E	1.2 SW	0.5 ESE	0.8 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	12	10	14	13	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	18	12	11	11	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	0.5 W	-	2.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	0.7 E	1.4 E	2.1 E	1.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	5	-	3	-	8	3	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	12	8	7	3	-	4

	Wed	Thursday 02								Friday 03								Saturday 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 E	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.7 E	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	9	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	9	8	7	7	9	11
Energy(?)	730	898	828	1102	1133	1300	1556	2032	2530	1612	1423	1596	1484	1362	1041	679	2443	1949	1016	912	526	557
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
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)			3:27AM 1.86				3:45PM 1.74				3:46AM 1.62				4:27PM 1.66				4:44AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	9:17PM 0.38				9:40AM 0.32				10:00PM 0.29				10:25AM 0.05				10:30PM 0.07				10:52AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	21	23	23	26	24	23	21	22	22	23	28	24	21	19	24	23	20	22	23	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	23	23	26	24	23	21	22	22	23	28	24	21	19	24	23	20	22	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 E	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	9	13	13	10	13	13	12	12	9	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.9 S	0.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.5 SSE	1.6 SW	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	8	6	15	4	15	8	13	11	7	12	9	9	9	6	13	13	15	10	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	3.0 E	-	-	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	0.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	6	6	5	-	5	-	-	-	9	-	-	4	4	-	3	4	9	8	7	7	4	11

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	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 E	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	8	6	6	6	13	12
Energy(?)	808	797	730	779	777	898	815	884	382	870	975	656	707	737	763	1156	847	381	162	154	78	849
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)								3:27AM 1.86													4:06PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		9:17PM 0.38												9:59AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	21	22	21	23	23	23	24	27	27	25	25	24	23
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	21	22	21	23	23	23	24	27	27	25	25	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 E	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	8	8	13	13	12	13	14	8	8	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	1.0 E
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	13	13	13	8	14	8	12	13	13	8	8	7	9	11	8	8	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	3.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	3.0 ENE	-
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	6	6	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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