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

	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	TTs West	Keurbooms Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Guns Swakopmund	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Meerensee Beach Overberg
Rating	3	2	4	3	2	4	4	1	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	0	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 S	2.5 S	0.7 SSE	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	2.2 E	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	13	10	10	6	8	6	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	7	9
Energy(?)	960	265	2269	605	548	713	1441	65	1420	950	736	941	1166	923	550	631	273	570	266	314	792	168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:34AM 1.92		3:49PM 2.19	4:11AM 2.14		4:34PM 1.68		5:01AM 1.59	5:15PM 1.70		7:07AM 2.55	6:00PM 1.53		6:35AM 1.57	6:47PM 1.38		7:29AM 1.38	7:34PM 1.15		8:16AM 1.26		8:54PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	9:25PM 0.20	9:38AM 0.26		10:00PM 0.05	10:21AM 0.06		10:48PM 0.04	11:07AM 0.16		11:23PM 0.12			12:15AM 0.24	12:48PM 0.41		1:00AM 0.31	1:44PM 0.49		1:42AM 0.44		2:50PM 0.48	3:01AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	21	26	19	19	21	17	20	21	19	21	22	20	22	23	19	21	21	20	17	25	23
Low °C	22	20	26	18	19	20	15	20	21	17	19	21	18	20	22	17	19	20	17	17	24	20
Chill °C (?)	25	21	26	19	19	21	15	20	21	19	21	22	20	22	23	18	21	21	19	17	25	23
Sunrise	-	5:09	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:26	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 SSE	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	12	10	13	10	10	13	13	6	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	-	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	6	-	9	10	8	-	9	8	8	4	-	4	16	16	15	12	-	14	10	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	-	1.4 S	-	-	2.1 S	2.5 S	-	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.1 SSE	1.5 ESE	2.1 SE	-	2.2 E	-
Period (s)	7	-	6	-	-	6	8	-	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	6	5	6	7	-	7	-

	Thursday 04			Friday 05							Saturday 06									Sunday 07
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	TTs West	Keurbooms Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Hawston Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	2.4 NE	2.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	9	8	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1267	1056	1046	1033	1371	635	312	254	203	1255	2181	605	579	525	502	510	474	992	1008	1010	1117	1239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	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	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:07PM 2.04				3:28AM 2.35				3:46PM 1.86				4:15AM 1.78				4:32PM 1.68				4:40AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			9:19PM 0.09				9:34AM 0.09				11:26PM 0.03				10:21AM 0.12				10:28PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	22	22	21	23	20	20	21	25	24	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	17	16	14	17
Chill °C (?)	21	20	22	22	21	23	20	20	21	25	24	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	16	15	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Sunset	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	2.0 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	9	8	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.1 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 S	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	6	7	10	10	10	11	-	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	1.6 NE	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	-	2.4 NE	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	3	3	3	7	-	7	4	4	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	6	6

	Thursday 04									Friday 05
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	TTs West	Keurbooms Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Hawston Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1131	1267	524	595	625	736	518	474	319	915	1059	379	378	318	322	347	392	151	275	150	140	415
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:07PM 2.04												3:31AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)								9:22PM -0.00												9:12AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	23	23	23	20	19	19	18	20	23	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	21	21	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	21	23	23	23	20	18	19	18	20	23	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	21	21	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 E	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	11	11	11	11	10	6	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SW	1.3 S	0.9 ESE	0.2 E	1.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	7	14	14	14	14	11	10	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	10	10	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.6 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 E	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	5	5	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	-	-	5	5	10

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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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