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

	Sat	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Mzimpuni Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Umdloti KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Hawston Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	5	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	3.0 ENE	0.8 SW	0.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	8	14	6	11	13	13	10	14	8	16	11	9	13	12	12	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	322	380	511	900	330	266	876	597	742	432	894	1157	718	97	2281	2091	1521	1620	3195	1166	1828	1584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:10AM 1.50	7:14PM 1.33		7:42AM 1.58		8:16PM 0.96	8:28AM 1.16		10:05PM 0.90	10:37AM 1.01		12:16AM 1.23	1:08PM 1.23		2:05AM 1.05			2:28AM 1.24		2:43PM 1.63	3:06AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	12:48AM 0.40	1:18PM 0.46		1:21AM 0.46	1:51PM 0.82	2:06PM 0.56	2:01AM 0.64		3:10PM 0.77	3:59AM 0.72		5:55PM 0.61		6:57AM 0.83	7:04PM 0.51		8:00AM 0.64		8:23PM 0.45	8:38AM 0.71		8:56PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	21	24	27	27	22	29	27	23	27	28	21	24	22	19	23	23	22	21	23	20
Low °C	19	21	20	21	24	27	20	26	27	23	24	27	19	24	21	17	20	23	21	19	23	19
Chill °C (?)	20	22	21	24	27	27	22	29	27	23	27	28	21	24	22	18	23	23	22	21	23	20
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	1.8 ESE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.8 SW	1.0 ENE	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	6	14	8	13	13	10	14	13	16	8	14	13	12	12	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 E	-	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	1.4 SSW	-	0.8 E	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	15	8	-	12	14	6	11	-	9	6	14	10	10	11	16	10	12	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.3 SE	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.8 E	1.8 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	-	1.6 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.7 SSW	0.8 S	2.5 S	-	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 SE	1.4 SSE	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	4	5	7	8	8	6	-	7	5	-	8	8	7	6	9	-	5	5	6	7	7	8

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mzimpuni Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 S	1.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.2 ESE	1.9 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 ESE	1.5 SSW	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	6	6	10	10	10	10	7	9	8	8	7	9	13	13	7	12	7	7	13
Energy(?)	379	216	211	210	227	344	545	439	552	719	601	1073	1048	1183	643	542	438	832	1020	1172	1107	1056
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:48PM 1.47				7:00AM 1.27				7:22PM 1.07				7:38AM 1.37				7:53PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)				12:54AM 0.31				1:22PM 0.52				1:15AM 0.53				1:54PM 0.57				1:50AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	25	25	24	19	24	21	21	24	21	21	20	22	24	26	25	22	22	25	24	25
Chill °C (?)	24	25	25	25	24	19	24	21	21	24	21	21	20	22	24	26	25	22	22	25	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31
Sunset	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	0.3 NW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 NW	1.1 SW	1.8 SE	0.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	6	6	10	14	10	10	8	9	13	10	7	13	13	13	10	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	6	8	8	9	9	12	11	12	12	13	11	-	12	11	12	6	6	12	12	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	0.8 S	1.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 ESE	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.2 ESE	1.9 S	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.1 ESE	-	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	1.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	9	6	6	5	10	5	4	7	7	8	8	7	9	8	6	7	-	7	7	7

	Saturday 07									Sunday 08
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mzimpuni Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	5	10	10	7	7	7
Energy(?)	364	125	125	212	185	411	408	339	346	363	302	335	316	354	312	115	81	377	335	142	142	141
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					6:48PM 1.70													7:09AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)											12:37AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	27	26	26	26	20	20	22	22	19	19	19	19	21	19	25	25	21	22	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	24	27	26	26	26	20	20	22	22	19	19	18	19	21	19	25	25	21	22	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	5	10	10	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	9	9	10	10	15	15	6	5	15	15	15	15	8	15	10	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	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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