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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7 day 48 hour

	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Sat
	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	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Platboom Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	5	9	9	9	8	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	16	16	14	13	13	17	15	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	6880	7732	5069	2310	1736	1643	1629	1046	878	1760	1565	5408	3401	3737	3100	4989	14258	3424	10786	6601	5878	3436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:02PM 1.56	4:39AM 1.43		5:34PM 1.60		5:18AM 1.40	6:09PM 1.61		6:17AM 1.48	6:48PM 1.59		6:44AM 1.30	7:11PM 1.46		7:44AM 1.43		8:24PM 1.40	8:49AM 1.36		9:28PM 1.45	10:08AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	10:47AM 0.10		10:39PM 0.24	10:51AM 0.12		11:18PM 0.23	11:27AM 0.14		11:59PM 0.23	12:27PM 0.14		12:44AM 0.26	12:46PM 0.26		1:43AM 0.53	1:46PM 0.56		2:47AM 0.42		2:54PM 0.62	4:06AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	1	1	2	-
High °C	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	14	15	17	14	13	15	16	15	16	15	14
Low °C	13	15	11	12	14	12	12	13	13	12	14	12	12	16	12	13	14	14	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	12	13	13	14	14	12	12	13	15	13	14	16	12	11	13	16	13	14	13	12
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	5:27	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	16	16	14	13	13	17	15	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 E	-	-	0.1 W	0.7 E	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.6 E	-	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	11	11	-	-	16	10	18	15	22	20	-	12	12	12	11	-	11	-	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 12							Sunday 13								Monday 14
	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	9	9	8	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	7839	5710	7672	7689	7824	6029	5046	5069	3112	3459	2845	1060	1853	1629	1617	1643	2331	2013	1396	1092	1313	1027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					4:58PM 1.56				4:40AM 1.43	5:04AM 1.57				5:08PM 1.52				5:42AM 1.49				5:48PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			10:17AM 0.12				10:39PM 0.24	11:01PM 0.22								11:20PM 0.44				11:43AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	12	12	15	13	13	11	11	13	20	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	12	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	10	11	14	12	12	10	11	12	20	13	11	12	13	13	12	14	10	16	14	12
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	3.0 WSW	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 E	-	1.1 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	10	-	14	11	-	-	11	-	7	8	-	-	-	16	16	10	9	18	10	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-

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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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