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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	Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Misty Cliffs Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	0.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	3.0 SE	2.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	8	7	10	11	9	13	8	12	14	12	12	10	8	8
Energy(?)	2233	2418	1335	1243	952	743	911	1669	1359	316	431	535	552	337	980	1376	420	1152	859	1387	2011	1228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:17PM 1.23		1:01AM 1.15	1:02PM 1.27		1:41AM 1.25		2:14PM 1.41	2:44AM 1.33		2:18PM 1.35	3:15AM 1.50		2:54PM 1.42	3:24AM 1.35		3:29PM 1.52	3:57AM 1.37		4:25PM 1.63	4:53AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		7:22PM 0.45		6:59AM 0.48	8:00PM 0.37		8:02AM 0.44		8:34PM 0.31	8:16AM 0.65		9:06PM 0.27	9:14AM 0.36		9:13PM 0.20	9:29AM 0.34		9:45PM 0.18	10:19AM 0.33		10:40PM 0.18	10:54AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	19	22	20	21	19	20	16	21	19	19	20	23	18	22	25	20	22	28	21	23
Low °C	20	21	18	20	20	20	18	19	15	21	18	17	18	21	16	19	23	18	21	26	19	19
Chill °C (?)	22	21	19	22	20	21	19	20	14	21	18	19	20	23	16	22	25	20	22	28	20	23
Sunrise	5:03	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	7:27	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:54	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	0.6 E	1.1 WSW	0.7 E	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	2.2 SW	0.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.0 ENE	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	8	12	9	10	11	9	13	10	12	14	12	8	10	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 W	0.3 E	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 NW	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.6 W	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 E	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	8	8	16	9	16	16	14	13	14	12	12	9	11	11	12	10	10	9	-	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	2.5 S	1.4 SSE	-	0.5 NE	-	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	7	-	3	-	6	8	-	6	-	12	7	8	8

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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	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Onrus Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	1466	2397	2182	1476	2418	1903	2257	2142	2032	1629	1112	1144	1071	3215	1111	1214	1310	2495	1950	1025	872	1228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:18PM 1.23				1:29AM 1.18				1:34PM 1.45				1:39AM 1.35					2:12PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		6:29AM 0.56				6:56PM 0.40				7:01AM 0.72				7:34PM 0.34				7:40AM 0.43	8:03AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	1
Temp. °C	17	20	19	19	21	19	19	18	18	19	22	22	21	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	20	19	19	21	19	19	18	18	19	22	22	21	20	20	18	18	17	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.4 E	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.1 W	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.6 SW	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	15	8	15	15	8	18	9	9	9	18	16	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	14	8	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-

	Monday 15	Tue
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Onrus Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1438	2168	1953	1422	2399	1799	2269	2269	2233	1967	1576	2049	2016	1978	992	882	672	2183	1634	1939	1939	2180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)											12:18PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)					6:29AM 0.56												6:56PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	19	18	20	21	22	20	21	22	22	21	20	23	21	20	18	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	17	19	18	20	21	22	20	21	22	22	21	20	23	21	20	18	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.1 NW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.4 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	19	8	15	10	8	-	8	8	8	15	15	8	8	18	18	15	17	18	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	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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