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

	Mon	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town
Rating	9	9	7	4	5	8	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	14	12	12	15	12	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	13
Energy	10680	9647	2864	4035	6163	7879	5354	3221	2495	2993	3370	2454	1569	1768	1570	949	1175	1437	1271	1207	1603	1515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:55PM 1.42	12:26PM 1.22		12:11AM 1.45	12:45PM 1.30		1:31AM 1.60	1:59PM 1.45		2:10AM 1.83		2:41PM 1.78	2:55AM 1.99		2:57PM 1.53	3:15AM 1.89		3:47PM 1.79	4:00AM 1.85		4:33PM 1.77	4:43AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		6:22AM 0.45	6:28PM 0.40		6:39AM 0.25	7:16PM 0.29		7:53AM 0.16	7:55PM 0.19		8:32AM 0.05		8:40PM 0.33	8:46AM -0.04		9:03PM 0.34	9:30AM -0.05		9:49PM 0.35	10:15AM -0.00		10:33PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	15	10	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	20	17	15	21	15	16	17	15	19	18	17	17	21	18	18	20	18	20	23	20
Low °C	16	16	20	17	15	18	14	14	15	14	16	17	16	14	20	16	15	19	16	17	22	18
Chill °C (?)	16	14	20	16	13	20	13	15	17	15	19	17	16	17	21	18	18	20	18	20	23	20
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	0.9 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 SW	-	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	17	12	12	-	-	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	-	0.4 NE	2.5 SSW	1.6 W	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	-	8	12	12	-	-	-	14	11	11	17	11	12	12	11	11	-	13	10	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	6.5 SW	-	2.5 SSW	-	2.3 W	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.6 S	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	14	-	14	-	11	15	12	-	-	-	-	11	-	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	7

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	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	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	9	9	9	5	9	7	9	6	9	7	4	8	4	5	5	9	9	8	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.6 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	12
Energy	600	944	12410	10680	8280	3314	8032	6898	8523	5152	8950	6450	1188	7181	3248	3309	4310	8940	11538	9983	8859	3776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	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
High Tide / height (m)				11:55PM 1.42				12:24PM 1.31				12:55AM 1.42				12:45PM 1.29				1:38AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		5:32PM 0.54				5:51AM 0.39				6:25PM 0.39				7:15AM 0.31				7:10PM 0.30				7:53AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	7	1	7	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	19	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	20	20	21	18	16	16	15	14	16	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	23	19	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	20	20	21	17	15	16	14	12	15	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03
Sunset	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 NE	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	-	-	9	14	13	15	13	12	12	12	-	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 S	2.1 W	2.4 W	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	14	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	1.5 NNE	7.0 WSW	6.5 SW	-	4.0 W	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-
Period (s)	9	5	14	14	-	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	-	-	-	13	14	13	13	-

	Monday 11									Tuesday 12
	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	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	9	9	9	5	9	7	9	6	9	7	4	8	4	5	5	9	9	8	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	5.5 SW	5.0 WSW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	7.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	5.5 W	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	5.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	16	13	13	13	14	16	15	14	13
Energy	773	1299	52	52	12550	12530	12471	12410	19293	5359	2361	1241	245	3414	10314	2964	7191	11196	2169	2972	4680	9647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)											12:05AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)				5:23PM 0.54												5:51AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	1
High °C	23	22	19	19	17	18	17	17	19	22	23	23	18	23	18	16	16	16	25	26	27	16
Chill °C (?)	23	22	18	18	16	17	16	16	18	22	23	23	18	23	16	15	14	14	25	26	27	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	5.5 SW	3.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	7.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	-	3.5 W	3.5 SW	-	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	16	-	12	13	-	16	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 SE	0.8 NE	0.2 ENE	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	9	12	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	12	9	12	5	9	-	13	-	-	8	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NE	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	7.0 WSW	7.0 WSW	8.0 WSW	1.9 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	5.5 W	1.3 W	3.0 W	5.5 SW	-	0.9 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	6	4	4	-	4	13	6	12	14	-	4	-	-

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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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