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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	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	North Beach Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	3	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	1.2 S	2.5 E	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	13	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	9	8	8	16	16	15	13	13
Energy(?)	1849	1872	1481	1818	1270	1469	1342	1022	793	662	466	646	504	787	2400	328	217	1622	1552	1917	1756	2354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			1:56AM 1.56		2:36PM 1.68	2:51AM 1.51		3:06PM 1.87	3:26AM 1.79		3:30PM 1.88	3:52AM 1.93		3:56PM 1.90	4:09AM 1.75		4:25PM 2.09	4:37AM 1.58		4:52PM 1.90	4:59AM 1.62	5:03AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)				7:57AM 0.21		8:52PM 0.20	8:56AM 0.36		9:23PM 0.16	9:29AM 0.22		9:50PM 0.21	9:55AM 0.18		10:07PM 0.07	10:10AM 0.09		10:33PM 0.08	10:35AM 0.27		10:55PM 0.15	11:03AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	19	21	17	22	20	18	22	21	20	28	24	20	19	18	14	14	15	12	18
Low °C	14	16	12	18	18	17	19	18	16	21	20	20	22	20	19	15	16	13	13	15	11	12
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	19	21	15	22	20	17	22	21	20	28	24	19	19	17	12	13	13	9	17
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:51	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	0.5 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 S	1.6 ENE	2.4 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	12	14	11	13	9	9	9	9	8	8	11	8	9	8	8	16	9	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.2 E	0.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.2 S	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 E	-	1.1 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	13	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	-	9	12	12	11	16	11	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	-	-	2.3 ESE	2.5 E	-	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 S	-	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	2.2 SSW	1.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	6	8	-	4	6	4	-	8	8	11	9	-	-	7	-	9	6	-

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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 Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Blythedale KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 S	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.7 ESE	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	15	12	14	14	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	3148	1998	1002	1105	1838	2512	1772	1616	4243	2116	1285	1537	1290	1551	1358	1389	2278	3437	1395	1235	1022	3077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	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)				1:32PM 1.36	2:04PM 1.54				2:29AM 1.57				2:47PM 1.83				2:50AM 1.86				3:04PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		7:54AM 0.57					8:21PM 0.51				8:27AM 0.24				8:50PM 0.21				8:56AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	18	18	19	19	19	17	17	16	17	16	22	20	18	21
Chill °C (?)	10	12	14	13	15	14	16	15	18	18	19	19	19	16	17	15	17	16	22	20	18	21
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 S	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.7 ESE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	14	15	12	14	14	11	13	13	8	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.1 E	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S
Period (s)	11	15	11	11	11	10	10	10	16	9	10	9	8	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	-	0.9 E	-	-	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 E	-	-	0.6 SW	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	4	-	-	7	7	8	8	9	-	-	4	9

	Thursday 18																					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 Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Blythedale KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	13
Energy(?)	3461	2463	1453	1490	2381	2888	1972	1972	1741	1487	1852	1145	1145	1899	1753	1838	1624	2457	1763	1771	1684	2142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													2:17PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)						7:56AM 0.34													8:21PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	14	12	14	15	16	22	20	16	20	20	15	15	15	14	15	16	17	13	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	14	11	13	14	15	22	20	15	20	20	14	15	15	14	14	15	16	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.8 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	15	10	11	15	12	15	15	16	16	11	9	9	11	11	11	14	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	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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