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

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	Sat	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Platboom Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	2.0 E	3.0 E	2.4 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	12	8	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	13	12	12	11	11	8	8	9
Energy(?)	3025	1905	1286	1100	779	1040	1418	1346	1423	2269	1530	2016	1562	1768	1647	1286	991	771	480	658	1158	1009
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:55AM 1.53		3:10PM 1.44	2:54AM 1.44		3:32PM 1.57	3:23AM 1.55		3:37PM 1.75	3:52AM 1.62		4:09PM 1.79	4:57AM 2.09		5:06PM 2.01	4:54AM 1.67	5:16AM 1.97	5:16PM 1.76		5:52AM 2.13	6:05PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	8:47PM 0.33	8:59AM 0.36		8:44PM 0.18	9:37AM 0.23		9:12PM 0.10	9:32AM 0.14		9:40PM 0.04	10:34AM 0.05		10:44PM -0.07	10:56AM 0.03		10:40PM 0.03	11:28AM 0.05		11:33PM 0.02	11:58AM 0.31		11:47PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	20	23	28	22	26	27	28	25	27	23	24	26	22	23	28	22	27	22	23	28	28	22
Low °C	15	16	26	22	21	26	20	25	24	22	21	25	21	21	27	20	26	21	21	23	24	20
Chill °C (?)	20	23	28	22	26	27	28	25	27	23	24	26	22	23	28	22	27	22	23	28	28	22
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 E	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	2.4 E
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	12	11	16	9	16	15	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	0.6 WNW	1.1 ESE	0.7 WNW	1.0 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	21	20	11	16	9	8	8	15	16	14	9	15	8	14	8	7	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.1 E	1.8 S	-	1.3 S	-	2.0 E	3.0 E	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	8	7	8	-	-	4	4	-	-	8	8	13	8	-	8	-	8	8	-

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Robberg Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	2.2 E	1.7 SE	0.6 SW	2.0 ESE	1.1 SW	3.0 E	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	7	8	20	8	18	9	9	9	16
Energy(?)	4549	4302	3074	3025	6853	3436	1682	1509	1093	1001	1059	1137	949	1256	711	606	1089	1251	3180	1715	1048	1031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:30PM 1.49				3:09AM 1.45				2:34PM 1.60				3:36AM 1.76				3:29PM 1.73				4:02AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 0.31				8:32AM 0.33				9:24PM 0.22				9:37AM 0.24				9:40PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	19	16	19	18	24	24	28	27	21	22	22	21	21	31	28	25	25	27	19	20
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	15	19	18	24	24	28	27	21	22	22	21	21	31	28	25	25	27	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	8	7	8	11	12	11	9	9	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.6 NE	0.2 E	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.7 SE	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	9	13	13	13	13	6	8	13	12	11	7	20	18	11	11	12	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.5 S	-	-	1.7 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	1.8 SE	-	2.2 E	-	-	2.0 ESE	-	3.0 E	-	1.7 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	7	7	8	-	8	-	7	-	-	8	-	9	-	9	-

	Saturday 14									Sunday 15
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Robberg Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	9	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	4948	4976	3410	4455	1528	5402	4378	3539	3168	3812	3483	4273	2225	3241	2052	1859	2777	2660	2705	2048	2256	839
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:30PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)							8:15PM 0.28												8:59AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	21	21	20	19	19	17	17	17	20	16	22	16	22	15	16	16	18	19	22	22
Chill °C (?)	18	19	21	21	20	19	19	15	16	16	20	15	22	16	22	14	16	16	18	19	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 WNW	1.1 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.3 WNW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.8 NE	3.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	15	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NW	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.8 NE	0.4 SSE	0.6 NE	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.3 NW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	10	13	12	13	12	12	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	-	3.5 SSW	2.5 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	3.0 S	2.5 SE	3.5 SSE	-	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	0.7 E	2.0 SE	-	1.0 E	-	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	14	13	8	-	13	7	7	7	14	7	9	-	9	7	4	7	-	4	-	7

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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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