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

	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Off The Wall Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Black Rocks Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 E	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	1.0 SSW	1.3 E	1.7 SW	1.0 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	2.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	16	15	14	13	8	9	8	8	11	8	10	8	12	11	7	11	10	10	12
Energy(?)	709	447	90	2468	3333	1658	1245	2428	3752	916	804	348	457	745	220	255	463	900	186	1205	1093	2424
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:33PM 1.51		6:03AM 1.74	6:24PM 1.51		6:44AM 1.54	7:10PM 1.18		7:37AM 1.18		8:42PM 1.12	9:23AM 1.32		10:41PM 1.07	11:23AM 1.15		12:13AM 1.45	12:37PM 1.20		1:05AM 1.33	1:35PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	11:23AM 0.05		11:50PM 0.04	12:18PM 0.22		12:26AM 0.28	1:02PM 0.40		1:15AM 0.48		2:03PM 0.54	2:55AM 0.60		4:07PM 0.60		5:14AM 0.58	5:55PM 0.73		6:34AM 0.43	6:52PM 0.36		7:32AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	21	21	21	22	25	25	23	28	24	29	27	18	23	23	25	20	26	23	21	19	21	21
Low °C	18	20	19	17	25	20	21	26	23	23	26	17	20	21	23	19	25	23	21	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	22	25	25	23	28	24	29	27	18	23	23	25	20	26	23	21	19	21	21
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	-	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 ESE	1.1 SSW	2.1 E	1.0 SSW	1.3 E	1.7 SW	1.0 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.6 E	1.3 E	2.2 WSW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	16	-	14	13	13	9	13	8	11	8	10	8	9	11	7	8	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	-	0.8 E	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.3 SE	-	1.6 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	-	8	8	-	13	-	13	7	11	9	12	12	10	10	7	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 S	0.5 S	1.7 SSE	3.0 SSW	-	2.2 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.0 E	-	-	0.8 SW	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	1.2 ESE	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	4	7	15	-	9	8	9	8	-	-	6	-	6	3	5	7	-	-	-	-

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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	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape Vidal KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	12	12	16	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1001	1913	1906	686	556	640	551	727	1147	2001	1026	3184	3058	2404	2365	3243	2142	1833	1302	1226	1100	1190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-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
High Tide / height (m)						5:46PM 1.56				5:46AM 1.51				6:17PM 1.46				6:40AM 1.61				7:16PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)				11:41AM 0.07				11:31PM 0.18				12:05PM 0.19				12:17AM 0.33				12:54PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	23	21	20	20	19	17	16	17	22	25	26	21	21	23	20	22	29	25	24	22
Chill °C (?)	16	15	23	21	20	20	19	16	15	16	22	25	26	21	21	23	20	22	29	25	24	22
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	-	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	-	-	1.0 SW	1.5 SSE	1.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	-	-	9	7	7	7	6	-	-	16	9	-	-	11	8	9	8	8	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	1.6 S	2.4 S	1.7 SSE	-	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSE	-	1.8 SSE	-	2.1 SE	1.7 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	12	12	-	-	3	-	6	8	6	-	16	8	-	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape Vidal KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 E	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	6	7	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1100	1619	617	838	839	818	752	876	1945	1464	97	724	512	1640	447	942	666	666	455	583	594	714
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				5:26AM 1.89												5:33PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)										11:23AM 0.05												11:35PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	22	16	16	18	19	19	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	22	16	16	18	19	19	21	21	21	21	20	18	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	-	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	-	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	-	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 E	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	8	8	6	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	2.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	12	8	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	7	6	11	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6

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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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