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

	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kleinmond Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Baboon Point West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.9 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	16	16	14	13	12	14	13	16	13	14	15	13	12
Energy	2747	1149	1170	1120	1053	1304	1252	1065	662	548	636	689	631	706	1001	1244	1764	2202	3240	1573	1077	1373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:17PM 1.46		5:38AM 1.65	6:11PM 1.39		6:44AM 1.47	7:25PM 1.35		7:37AM 1.19		8:24PM 1.51	8:58AM 1.10		9:37PM 1.39	10:19AM 1.07		10:47PM 1.27	11:29AM 1.11		11:43PM 1.42	12:32PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	11:04AM 0.32		11:26PM 0.21	11:54AM 0.42		12:24AM 0.31	1:02PM 0.34		1:33AM 0.46	1:52PM 0.39		3:06AM 0.69		3:06PM 0.46	4:18AM 0.49		4:22PM 0.48		5:26AM 0.40	5:48PM 0.71		6:28AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	22	19	18	20	19	23	26	20	17	17	17	17	19	22	17	20	17	18	19	21	17
Low °C	17	21	17	16	20	18	19	24	19	15	16	17	16	19	21	17	20	16	16	19	19	16
Chill °C (?)	18	22	19	18	20	19	23	26	20	16	17	17	17	19	22	17	20	17	18	19	21	17
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	5:51	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SE	1.9 ESE	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	8	9	8	8	7	16	16	14	13	12	14	13	16	13	14	15	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.4 SE	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	14	13	13	12	11	11	5	16	15	11	16	12	11	-	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.9 ENE	0.7 NW	0.4 W	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	4	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SE	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	1.8 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8
Energy	1697	1752	1837	2003	2747	1183	1149	1290	1309	1170	1342	1542	1120	1015	1053	1067	1063	1304	1687	1445	1252	576
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	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	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:43AM 1.54					5:17PM 1.46				5:38AM 1.65				6:26PM 1.59				6:44AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	10:34PM 0.14					11:02AM 0.08				11:26PM 0.21				11:53AM 0.18				12:24AM 0.31				12:52PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	17	18	16	22	19	18	17	17	16	18	20	20	19	17	19	17	19	23	24
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	17	18	16	22	19	18	17	16	16	18	20	20	19	16	19	16	19	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.7 SE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	12	9	9	8	8	12	12	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SE	-	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	-	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	-

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s)	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	1762	1740	1697	1722	1736	1752	1762	1819	1837	1912	1887	2003	1438	2113	2747	2454	2262	1183	1112	1196	1149	1202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									4:43AM 1.54													5:17PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			10:34PM 0.14													11:04AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	16	17	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	18	19	20	16	17	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.3 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	9

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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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