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

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	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Fri
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Milnerton Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	8	9	10	11	11	10	12	12	12	11	9	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	15
Energy(?)	685	251	298	1097	1228	2143	1337	946	829	401	285	321	253	260	582	576	758	960	848	1556	1366	676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:01PM 1.18		12:52AM 1.21	1:13PM 1.30		1:05AM 1.36	1:28PM 1.33	2:09PM 1.65	1:45AM 1.45		2:05PM 1.39	2:19AM 1.55		3:05PM 1.80	3:19AM 1.73		3:09PM 1.49	3:18AM 1.62		4:01PM 1.60	4:12AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		6:29PM 0.59		7:12AM 0.52	7:28PM 0.41		7:28AM 0.32			8:04AM 0.18		8:10PM 0.17	9:04AM 0.13		9:08PM 0.10	9:34AM 0.06		9:12PM 0.11	10:00AM 0.04		10:01PM 0.06	10:25AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
High °C	29	26	19	20	21	18	19	20	17	20	25	18	23	22	19	22	22	19	26	22	20	24
Low °C	23	26	18	19	20	17	18	20	15	16	24	17	19	20	18	19	21	19	21	21	19	22
Chill °C (?)	29	26	19	20	21	18	19	20	16	20	25	17	23	22	19	22	22	19	26	22	20	24
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	5:59	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:45	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.9 E	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 E	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 E	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 ESE	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 E
Period (s)	10	8	8	9	8	11	11	10	10	10	8	11	9	8	10	8	14	13	13	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 E	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 E	0.1 S	1.1 E	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	16	8	15	8	14	13	12	12	12	9	11	14	13	14	9	8	8	12	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 ENE	0.4 NW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	0.8 S	1.6 SW	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSE	-	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	4	3	9	10	-	-	11	12	-	4	5	-	3	4	3	4	6	-	-	-	2

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	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Meerensee Beach Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.8 ENE	2.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	6	9	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	668	558	685	514	588	559	1148	540	1355	1093	1179	1045	1775	2423	2429	2112	1307	1130	1385	1240	1118	1026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	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	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:01PM 1.16				12:59AM 1.43				12:38PM 1.19				1:42AM 1.39				1:59PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		5:46AM 0.70				5:57PM 0.49				6:35AM 0.43				7:27PM 0.68				7:25AM 0.29	8:01AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	29	20	20	20	20	24	18	18	19	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	21	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	18	20	29	20	20	20	20	24	18	18	19	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	21	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	0.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 E	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	8	11	9	7	9	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	5	8	12	10	18	11	12	11	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	14	13	8	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.8 ENE	2.2 WSW	-	-	0.3 W	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	9	9	6	9	-	-	3	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Meerensee Beach Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	686	699	766	692	729	366	318	259	246	269	161	142	427	364	428	396	355	366	340	314	332	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										11:23AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)				5:44AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	18	18	20	20	21	18	19	25	20	22	21	21	22	21	20	20	18	18	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	20	20	21	18	19	25	20	22	21	21	22	21	20	20	18	18	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	3	-	8	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	3	3

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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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