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 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13
	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	Cape Vidal KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Noordhoek Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	11	12	11	12	11	12	11	11
Energy	1033	1257	1834	1050	1026	1757	1016	1019	1003	1179	1132	1305	1119	1429	1474	1516	1090	1455	1006	525	1078	1491
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:35AM 1.33		8:14PM 1.23	8:38AM 1.08		9:15PM 1.25	9:53AM 1.09		10:24PM 1.53	11:09AM 1.37		11:21PM 1.36	12:09PM 1.30		12:20AM 1.46	1:04PM 1.32		1:48AM 1.60	1:58PM 1.71		2:39AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	1:36AM 0.63	1:41PM 0.67		2:35AM 0.50		2:47PM 0.70	3:46AM 0.45		3:48PM 0.47		5:04AM 0.59	5:20PM 0.49		5:55AM 0.29	6:27PM 0.38		6:51AM 0.17	7:27PM 0.30		7:46AM 0.13	7:57PM 0.22	8:22PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	21	16	17	17	14	15	15	15	17	15	17	21	17	16	26	15	15	17	15	14	15	13
Low °C	19	14	17	16	13	14	14	14	17	14	16	19	16	15	21	14	14	16	14	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	21	16	17	17	14	15	15	15	17	15	17	21	17	16	26	15	15	16	15	14	15	10
Sunrise	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 E	2.3 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.4 E
Period (s)	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	13	8	12	11	12	11	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.8 W	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	9	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	11	9	11	11	13	12	-	9	9	9	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	11

	Saturday 06			Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13
Energy	1074	1050	1042	1033	1082	1017	1257	1500	1834	1864	1001	1050	1034	1049	1026	1917	1757	1417	1245	1016	1065	1471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:32PM 1.38				7:40AM 1.20					8:18PM 1.35				8:38AM 1.08				9:15PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)				1:36AM 0.63				1:38PM 0.44					2:35AM 0.50				2:47PM 0.70				3:46AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	19	20	13	14	16	17	17	16	18	16	16	16	13	14	15	15	14	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	20	13	13	16	17	17	16	18	15	15	16	13	14	15	15	14	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	10	11	11	12	12	9	12	12	12	13	11	11	13	11	13	11	11	-	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06									Sunday 07
	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	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	13
Energy	1034	1000	1074	1088	1071	1050	1092	1048	1042	1029	1095	1033	1025	1008	1082	1083	1027	1017	1242	1150	1257	1383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)						7:32PM 1.38												7:40AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)												1:36AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	21	20	20	19	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	14	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	21	20	20	19	13	13	14	13	13	14	15	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.7 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	12	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	14	12	14	12	12	11	9	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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