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

	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Main Break Swakopmund	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mapelane KZN North	Salmon Bay KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	9	7	7	8	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 E	2.1 ENE	1.4 E	2.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	2.0 E	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	14	16	13	12	8	8	9	8	8	8	10	10	11	10	8	14	15	13	13	14	12	14
Energy	2756	4891	1236	1037	873	943	495	789	364	350	1473	1993	2850	1973	945	10853	4974	13136	4780	5099	1003	871
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 1.41	9:24AM 1.07		10:10PM 1.30	11:22AM 1.11		12:19AM 1.39	12:45PM 1.34		1:03AM 1.47	1:29PM 1.29		1:45AM 1.51		2:06PM 1.38	2:23AM 1.54		2:38PM 1.45	2:48AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			3:24AM 0.78		3:47PM 0.50	4:47AM 0.52	5:08AM 0.73	5:28PM 0.45		6:42AM 0.67	6:50PM 0.44		7:31AM 0.37	7:29PM 0.38		8:07AM 0.27		8:08PM 0.27	8:40AM 0.20		8:37PM 0.23	9:07AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	19	25	28	21	29	28	27	31	28	16	15	21	21	19	21	17	19	21	15	16
Low °C	13	18	17	17	27	18	22	25	25	28	25	14	14	20	20	18	20	15	15	20	14	13
Chill °C (?)	17	19	18	25	28	21	29	28	27	31	28	15	14	21	21	19	21	15	19	21	14	16
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 E	1.1 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.7 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	1.0 E	1.1 E	3.5 S	0.8 E	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	16	13	8	12	8	9	12	8	8	10	13	11	10	10	14	10	13	13	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	2.4 S	-	0.1 S	0.9 E	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	11	12	17	12	12	11	12	11	-	13	10	-	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 ENE	-	2.0 E	2.1 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	2.0 E	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	5.0 SSW	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	8	8	-	8	-	8	10	10	-	10	8	14	15	13	-	-	12	9

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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	Boneyards Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Guns Swakopmund	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Main Break Swakopmund	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	6	6	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.2 E	1.6 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	2.1 ENE
Period(s)	14	16	14	14	13	15	16	15	15	14	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8
Energy	5241	5379	3156	2118	1619	3669	1931	3341	1305	1148	1198	1121	873	1070	1440	1350	1268	1366	1029	502	535	1062
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		7:35AM 1.18					8:16PM 1.23				9:30AM 1.07				10:49PM 1.17					11:30AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)					2:07PM 0.45				2:25AM 0.73				3:58PM 0.58					5:23AM 0.63				5:42PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	16	20	20	17	19	17	20	19	21	28	27	26	22	21	21	22	29	33	31	24
Chill °C (?)	11	17	16	20	20	17	19	17	20	19	21	28	27	26	22	21	21	22	29	33	31	24
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	14	16	14	14	13	15	16	15	15	14	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	1.0 SE	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	1.2 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	7	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	-	12	-	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 E	1.6 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 NW	-	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	2	-	8

	Thursday 23																					Fri
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Guns Swakopmund	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Main Break Swakopmund	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	6	6	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 S
Period(s)	15	16	14	14	14	12	17	16	17	17	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Energy	5835	6520	4555	3875	3549	2712	3565	3243	1905	2259	4186	3227	3580	2278	3115	2848	2734	1540	1397	2238	2172	1239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			8:35PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)													2:08PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	13	13	13	15	20	16	21	21	19	20	21	20	19	18	18	19	19	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	11	16	12	12	12	15	20	16	21	21	18	20	21	20	18	17	17	18	18	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 S
Period (s)	15	16	14	14	14	12	17	12	17	17	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.4 E	1.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	16	8	16	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.3 E	2.4 E	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	4	5	5	6	5	6	6	5	5	7	7	5

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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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