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

	Wed	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25
	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	5	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSE	2.2 SE	1.0 S	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 SE	2.5 ENE	1.1 SW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	7	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	11	8
Energy(?)	2210	1308	1583	1466	477	831	1079	385	849	845	754	3761	469	637	522	547	1179	916	860	737	820	519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:47AM 1.93		5:03PM 1.63		5:26AM 1.94	5:34PM 1.61		5:49AM 1.88	6:03PM 1.64		6:05AM 1.53	6:35PM 1.58		6:49AM 1.40	7:23PM 1.19		7:49AM 1.31		8:41PM 1.33	9:22AM 1.40		10:38PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	10:34PM -0.04	11:03AM 0.21		11:11PM -0.07	11:33AM 0.03		11:38PM -0.02	12:02PM 0.11		12:06AM 0.10	12:24PM 0.19		12:33AM 0.55	1:11PM 0.31		1:25AM 0.65		2:17PM 0.44	2:50AM 0.81		4:18PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	17	15	-	4	2	-	-
High °C	24	23	22	19	25	25	24	18	24	21	24	26	25	27	22	23	21	28	22	23	29	21
Low °C	22	21	21	18	24	24	20	17	23	21	23	25	24	25	22	20	20	26	21	21	27	20
Chill °C (?)	24	23	22	18	25	25	24	18	24	21	24	26	25	27	22	23	21	28	22	23	29	21
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:23	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 ESE	1.1 SW	1.4 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	3.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 SE	0.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.1 E	1.2 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	10	11	8	8	10	10	14	9	8	8	8	8	9	12	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	9	12	14	13	14	11	11	16	15	10	14	14	12	12	11	14	9	12	12	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.9 S	0.3 SSW	1.8 SSE	2.2 SE	-	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.5 ESE	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.8 SE	2.5 ENE	1.7 W	1.2 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	4	7	8	-	7	8	8	9	-	-	3	2	8	8	6	6	11	6

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	15	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1263	2252	4493	1392	1007	1420	1158	1825	1971	1990	1194	1192	1054	1074	1065	624	370	1057	679	1079	966	874
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:27PM 1.80				4:57AM 1.93				4:58PM 1.79				4:58AM 1.91					5:11PM 1.49				5:34AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)			10:39PM -0.06								10:40PM 0.03					11:28AM 0.30				11:17PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	24	24	22	22	23	25	23	22	22	20	19	19	20	21	23	23	25	22	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	23	24	24	22	22	23	25	23	22	22	20	19	19	20	21	23	23	25	22	21	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.5 S	0.9 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	15	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	12	9	8	11	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 S	1.4 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	16	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	7	12	10	12	11	14	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 ENE	2.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE
Period (s)	-	4	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	4	8	8	8	8	8

	Wednesday 18									Thursday 19
	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	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.4 E	1.7 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	2.0 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	10	13	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1301	2271	1092	2568	2518	1607	1607	1205	1283	1389	1490	1492	1489	1351	1561	779	1362	1548	1464	1459	1516	1513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:33PM 1.63												4:23AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)									10:34PM -0.04												10:37AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	26	24	24	24	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	18	20	22	20	20	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	24	25	26	24	24	24	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	18	20	22	20	20	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.4 E	1.1 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	2.0 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.1 E	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.4 S	0.8 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	17	18	16	16	15	15	8	8	10	16	16	16	8	16	14	13	8	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 E	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	-	1.6 S	0.5 SW	-	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	8	4	-	8	8	8	8	8

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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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