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

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	1.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	13	16	14	14	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	14	13	13	12	8
Energy(?)	615	806	1852	1821	1694	1776	1642	1533	1955	1209	1279	1496	899	836	1137	795	1561	2119	1605	1956	3016	1083
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:43PM 1.79	3:26AM 1.93		3:41PM 1.58	3:54AM 1.73		4:21PM 1.84	4:29AM 1.72		4:47PM 1.88		5:30AM 2.15	5:49PM 1.84		6:08AM 1.99	6:19PM 1.58		6:33AM 1.35	7:11PM 1.30		7:37AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	9:40AM 0.06		9:15PM 0.31	9:37AM -0.03		9:43PM 0.01	10:13AM 0.22		10:17PM 0.02	10:45AM -0.03		11:11PM 0.03	11:36AM 0.24		11:47PM 0.12	12:14PM 0.39		12:15AM 0.31	12:54PM 0.33		1:16AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	1	2	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	24	20	26	26	18	20	22	19	19	20	19	24	24	18	20	24	21	22	27	21	21
Low °C	18	22	20	21	23	18	19	20	18	18	20	17	23	22	17	18	21	20	21	26	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	24	19	26	26	18	20	22	19	19	20	19	24	24	17	20	24	21	22	27	21	21
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	-	0.9 SW	1.6 S	0.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	16	14	14	13	13	8	11	11	12	12	8	-	12	8	16	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.4 NW	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.0 S	-	1.0 S	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	14	10	16	7	7	5	8	8	9	9	10	-	12	-	-	12	16	-	-	8	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SSE	2.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	2.2 SSW	2.2 SE	-	-	2.5 S	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	-	-	8	11	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	12	7	-	-	12	8

	Wednesday 18							Thursday 19								Friday 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	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 ENE	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	9	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	630	631	557	742	857	1032	1465	1491	1055	1915	1895	1910	1694	3102	1922	1168	1002	3041	1281	2137	1951	2130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	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)					3:07PM 1.54				3:21AM 1.70				4:05PM 2.08				4:29AM 2.01				4:37PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			9:07AM 0.30				9:15PM 0.31				9:35AM -0.04				10:08PM -0.06				10:10AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	24	21	21	24	23	22	21	18	19	22	26	23	23	22	21	23	18	20	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	22	24	21	21	24	23	22	21	18	19	22	26	23	23	22	21	23	18	20	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 E	1.6 SSW	1.4 E	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.0 E	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	7	14	14	14	8	13	9	13	13	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.1 NW	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.7 SSW	0.5 E	1.7 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E
Period (s)	12	12	6	11	6	7	7	8	7	7	14	10	7	14	14	8	14	8	5	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.2 ENE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SE	1.7 SE	-	-	2.0 E	1.7 ESE	-	2.3 E	-	-	1.6 ENE	2.3 SSW	-	2.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	-	7	-	-	9	13	-	13	-	-

	Wednesday 18																					Thu
	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	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 E	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	14	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	262	395	689	598	557	586	625	595	553	606	492	571	484	350	603	611	361	875	1029	991	980	990
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														3:36PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)								9:07AM 0.30												9:36PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	19	19	17	18	20	20	21	21	20	23	22	23	22	21	24	21	23	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	19	19	17	18	20	20	21	21	20	23	22	23	22	21	24	21	23	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 E	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	14	10	14	10	10	7	10	10	9	13	13	13	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	1.1 S	-	-	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	6	14	15	15	6	6	14	14	10	7	14	10	7	15	11	-	7	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 E	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	-	-	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	2.1 SE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	-
Period (s)	-	9	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	7	6	7	-	7	7	7	7	-

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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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