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 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			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	Dumps Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Meerensee Beach Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 ESE	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 ESE	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	2.3 E	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.1 E	0.5 WSW	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	8	17	16	15	15	14	12	13	14	12	13	12	8	9	9	7	13	9
Energy(?)	1505	1250	760	763	1170	1323	1603	1508	2340	1563	2191	1184	1488	2683	1446	1107	1020	771	624	441	236	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:14PM 1.55	3:36AM 1.60		3:00PM 1.45	3:23AM 1.54		3:32PM 1.51	4:29AM 1.86		4:38PM 2.00	4:46AM 1.97		4:37PM 1.53			5:29PM 1.74		5:34AM 1.87	5:53PM 1.68		6:05AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	9:06AM 0.34		9:24PM 0.21	9:31AM 0.22		9:12PM 0.10	9:34AM 0.40		10:16PM -0.01	10:05AM 0.34		10:33PM -0.03	10:36AM 0.04		11:02PM -0.03	11:11AM 0.32		11:33PM 0.03	11:47AM 0.38		11:47PM 0.16	12:24PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	3	2
High °C	23	27	21	26	28	27	24	24	22	24	26	21	23	28	25	26	26	22	21	27	19	21
Low °C	16	26	18	21	27	20	23	24	20	22	25	21	22	26	23	24	24	20	21	25	18	19
Chill °C (?)	23	27	21	26	28	27	24	24	22	24	26	20	23	28	25	26	26	22	21	27	19	21
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:24	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 ESE	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 ESE	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 ESE	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	17	10	15	15	14	12	13	14	13	8	12	12	9	9	11	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	1.0 WSW	0.8 S	1.6 SW	0.7 E	0.3 SSE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	12	21	20	11	16	9	9	9	15	16	12	8	13	10	7	11	11	16	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.2 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	-	-	3.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.3 E	-	1.8 E	2.5 E	-	0.4 SW	2.1 E	0.1 NW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	8	3	3	4	4	-	-	8	8	12	-	8	8	-	4	7	4	10

	Sat	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Meerensee Beach Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	5	8	6	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	2.2 E	1.7 ESE	0.6 SW	2.2 ESE	1.1 SW	3.0 E	2.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	7	8	20	8	18	9	9	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	3074	7260	7683	3436	1557	1487	1093	1552	1063	1119	950	1245	1002	606	1158	1251	3182	1749	1494	1711	2069	1486
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	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)			3:09AM 1.45				2:34PM 1.60				3:36AM 1.76				3:29PM 1.73				3:25AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	8:56PM 0.31				8:32AM 0.33				9:24PM 0.22				9:03AM 0.23				9:39PM 0.08				9:33AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	18	24	24	28	27	21	22	22	21	30	30	28	25	25	25	18	19	22	21
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	18	24	24	28	27	21	22	22	21	30	30	28	25	25	25	18	19	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.6 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	7	11	11	12	11	9	9	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.2 E	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SSE	0.5 E	1.3 SSW	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	9	13	13	13	13	7	8	10	12	8	7	20	18	11	11	11	11	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	-	-	1.6 SE	1.2 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.2 E	1.7 ESE	-	2.2 ESE	-	3.0 E	-	-	-	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	14	14	-	-	7	7	8	-	8	8	7	8	-	8	-	9	-	-	-	4	-

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	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Meerensee Beach Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	5	8	6	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	9	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3211	1543	1925	4621	7376	3097	3248	2627	7683	3101	2097	2562	1845	1379	2319	1921	2123	1978	1290	1228	1314	1220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							2:28AM 1.59												2:34PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	8:56PM 0.31												8:32AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	19	16	17	16	15	19	15	21	17	18	20	21	23	22	22	27	27	27	23
Chill °C (?)	19	18	20	19	15	15	16	14	19	14	21	17	17	20	21	23	22	22	27	27	27	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.8 NE	0.4 NW	0.6 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	10	12	13	13	12	8	12	12	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 S	2.5 S	-	3.5 S	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	-	3.5 S	2.1 SE	3.0 SSE	0.7 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	-	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	1.2 SSE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	13	7	7	-	14	7	9	4	6	7	-	7	5	5	-	7	6	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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