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

	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Fish Boma Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	1	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.8 E	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.0 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 SW	1.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	14	13	12	12	12	10	11	13	9	6	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	11	8
Energy(?)	98	2261	1874	947	547	527	402	591	478	333	177	356	225	494	507	681	1028	713	513	440	466	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:13PM 1.53	3:39AM 1.61		3:58PM 1.80	4:16AM 1.65		4:50PM 1.77			5:04PM 1.47		5:23AM 1.59	5:37PM 1.38		6:13AM 1.73	6:21PM 1.50		6:41AM 1.60	6:48PM 1.40		7:03AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	9:13AM 0.14		9:27PM 0.02	9:51AM 0.07		10:04PM -0.00	10:53AM 0.25		10:59PM -0.01	11:05AM 0.09		11:09PM 0.09	11:39AM 0.15		11:55PM 0.15	12:23PM 0.27		12:09AM 0.29	12:52PM 0.39		12:41AM 0.43	1:21PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	2	-	6	-	-	2	-	1
High °C	26	25	21	24	22	19	25	23	23	26	29	24	29	27	25	27	24	23	26	25	25	24
Low °C	25	23	20	22	22	18	21	23	22	23	28	22	25	25	23	23	23	22	23	24	23	23
Chill °C (?)	26	25	21	24	22	19	25	23	23	26	29	24	29	27	25	27	24	23	26	25	25	24
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	1.9 SE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	14	13	12	12	11	10	11	13	6	11	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.1 W	-	-	1.0 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	-	-	5	16	12	6	11	10	9	8	11	10	12	11	10	-	16	-	-	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	-	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	-	1.4 ESE	0.7 S	-	1.4 ENE	-	0.5 S	1.9 SE	-	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	6	-	5	6	-	6	4	-	6	-	7	8	-	7	8	8	8	8	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	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	De Kelders Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	5	6	5	5	5	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 S	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	14	14	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10
Energy(?)	3789	5048	4569	4320	3419	1500	113	2232	1928	1874	1136	1000	1038	701	750	669	639	519	515	501	522	480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	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)			2:59AM 1.52				3:49PM 1.96				3:39AM 1.61				4:16PM 1.83				4:40AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	8:51PM 0.09				9:16AM 0.40				9:55PM 0.02				9:51AM 0.07				10:28PM -0.02				10:30AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	20	21	23	22	26	22	21	20	20	20	21	20	24	24	23	20	22	23	21	23
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	21	23	22	26	22	21	20	20	20	21	20	24	24	23	20	22	23	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 E	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	14	14	8	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	6	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.8 ESE	0.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	18	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	8	-	-	14	12	16	8	16	8	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 S	-	1.0 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	-	8	-	5	-	6	6	6

	Saturday 31	Sunday 01
	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	De Kelders Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	5	6	5	5	5	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	0.7 E	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	8	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	2763	4157	4930	5021	5113	2346	105	2445	2707	4511	4511	4320	3952	4046	3358	3514	3469	3253	2963	2714	3372	2925
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:27AM 1.73												3:40PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	8:51PM 0.09													9:10AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	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	21	20	20	20	20	21	24	21	21	20	20	21	22	21	25	25	25	25	26	24	21	20
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	20	20	21	24	21	21	20	20	21	22	21	25	25	25	25	26	24	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	0.7 E	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	8	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	-	12	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	5	5	5	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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