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

	Fri	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Pringle Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape Vidal KZN North	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	5	7	9	8	5	5	8	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 ESE	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	2.1 S	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	9	10	12	15	16	14	14	15	14	15	12	11	13	12	12	16	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	968	634	295	692	2305	6403	8557	7611	7135	9205	3096	3605	1491	628	1590	505	923	1086	1206	930	1438	1204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:37AM 1.76		4:54PM 1.55		5:08AM 1.96	5:21PM 1.46		5:28AM 1.49	5:45PM 1.36		5:55AM 1.52	6:10PM 1.41		6:14AM 1.14	6:41PM 1.38		6:57AM 1.19	7:49PM 1.08		8:18AM 1.07		10:49PM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26PM 0.12	10:51AM 0.08		10:51PM 0.36	11:17AM 0.32		11:18PM 0.25	11:38AM 0.26		11:48PM 0.48	12:05PM 0.34		12:03AM 0.62	12:30PM 0.49		12:47AM 0.66	1:28PM 0.67		1:57AM 0.79		3:27PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	14	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	25	19	19	18	18	17	17	20	19	23	16	27	21	24	28	25	21	23	23	19
Low °C	19	19	24	17	18	18	15	17	17	16	17	21	15	20	21	23	25	23	19	21	22	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	25	19	19	18	18	16	16	19	19	23	15	27	21	24	28	25	21	23	23	18
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:20	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 ESE	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	2.1 S	0.9 S	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	11	9	10	12	15	16	14	14	16	14	12	12	11	13	11	12	12	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 NE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	9	6	9	9	10	14	14	13	13	12	16	12	11	10	12	10	16	11	11	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	3.0 S	1.4 ESE	-	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	15	6	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	6

	Friday 03			Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Keurbooms Garden Route	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dolphin Point Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	7	9	9	9	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.1 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	8	12	12	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	15	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1119	1263	1018	1047	550	530	747	563	568	618	528	551	1312	2095	3803	3238	6403	8821	8830	8557	8225	7618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:27PM 1.66				4:44AM 2.04				4:54PM 1.53				4:55AM 1.95					5:18PM 1.57				5:27AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			10:27PM 0.10				10:49AM 0.09				10:58PM 0.10					11:12AM 0.19				11:17PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	7	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	20	24	19	19	20	22	21	20	20	23	23	23	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	20	24	19	19	20	22	21	20	20	23	23	23	16	17	18	18	18	18	16	16	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.1 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	12	8	12	12	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	15	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.5 SSW	1.3 E	1.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.2 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	13	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	13	6	6	9	-	8	9	10	11	11	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	2.0 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.6 SW	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	4	5	6	4	-	-	4	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 03									Saturday 04
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Keurbooms Garden Route	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dolphin Point Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	7	9	9	9	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.3 E	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	13	13	7	9	12	12	12	8	8	9	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1230	844	1291	1413	559	622	1112	993	980	622	387	360	554	522	505	596	573	526	538	488	478	473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:28PM 1.60												4:30AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)									10:27PM 0.10												10:47AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	28	20	20	24	24	19	19	19	21	20	20	19	18	19	18	18	19	19	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	28	20	20	24	24	19	19	19	21	20	20	19	18	19	18	18	19	19	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.2 SSE	1.8 E	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.2 SSE	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	10	9	12	12	12	10	8	9	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.1 SE	1.3 E	1.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 E	0.1 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	14	13	9	9	9	14	15	15	9	18	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	2.3 E	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.2 E	1.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.3 ENE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	8	4	4	7	8	4	4	5	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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