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

	Mon		Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Treskostraal West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	2	3	4	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.3 SW	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.4 SSE	2.5 SE	0.7 SW	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 E	1.2 SW	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	12	12	12	12	11	7	8	11	8	8	6	6	8	16	8	8	8	8	13	8	8
Energy(?)	396	1268	1437	1132	1891	478	1107	1571	404	1502	664	140	296	1038	332	736	1093	1178	1437	944	511	854
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:21AM 1.73		2:37PM 1.84	3:02AM 1.65		3:16PM 1.87	3:41AM 2.10		3:55PM 1.97	4:21AM 1.78		4:37PM 1.75	4:45AM 1.50		5:19PM 1.61		5:36AM 1.47	5:52PM 1.35		6:31AM 1.30	6:58PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		8:15PM 0.03	8:21AM 0.07		8:56PM -0.06	9:10AM 0.12		9:31PM 0.10	9:41AM 0.01		10:12PM -0.06	10:23AM 0.05		10:33PM 0.01	10:51AM 0.16		11:20PM 0.14	11:44AM 0.29		12:22AM 0.34	12:46PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
High °C	22	17	18	19	16	18	22	16	17	26	19	20	31	21	21	26	21	27	29	24	28	24
Low °C	22	16	17	19	15	16	19	16	17	25	14	20	30	17	19	25	20	25	28	18	23	21
Chill °C (?)	22	17	18	18	14	17	22	14	17	26	18	20	31	21	21	26	21	27	29	24	28	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:24	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:20	-	-	4:56	-
Sunset	6:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SE	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	16	11	14	12	11	12	11	7	10	10	7	10	14	14	13	8	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	9	11	16	15	-	11	12	21	20	9	18	18	16	16	-	-	-	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	-	-	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.5 ESE	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.4 SSE	2.5 SE	1.1 SE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 E	0.4 WNW	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	-	4	12	6	7	8	6	8	8	6	6	8	7	8	8	8	8	3	8	8

	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thu
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 NE	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	8	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	8
Energy(?)	1350	962	1202	1198	1332	1283	1513	1009	1437	1507	1504	1812	1621	1314	1250	1219	1379	962	511	663	1108	1571
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	on	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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 Tide / height (m)		1:54PM 1.89					2:23AM 1.58				2:34PM 1.96				2:36AM 1.57				2:47PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)					8:18PM 0.03				8:20AM 0.08				8:56PM -0.06				8:38AM 0.06				9:08PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	23	21	19	18	21	16	16	18	19	18	17	16	16	15	19	20	22	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	25	23	21	19	18	21	15	16	18	19	18	17	16	16	14	19	20	22	17	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 ENE	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	8	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 E	1.2 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	7	11	8	13	9	9	9	8	8	16	16	9	15	15	14	15	24	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	-	-	2.5 NE	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	4	-	5	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	7	7	6	6	7	8

	Monday 03															Tuesday 04
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 ENE	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1399	980	1335	798	1199	293	1211	829	1034	1034	1089	1198	1227	735	720	1354	981	899	578	1227	843	834
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																		1:56AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)													8:18PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	23	25	25	22	23	21	22	20	17	19	19	15	15	17	14	14	15	17	15	14
Chill °C (?)	20	21	23	25	25	22	23	21	22	20	17	19	19	14	14	16	12	12	14	17	14	12
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	0.6 S	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	12	11	7	11	11	13	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	1.7 ENE	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	1.0 S	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	3	9	3	3	3	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	7	7	-	-	5	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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