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

	Tue		Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Baboon Point West Coast	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	9	9	7	8	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 ENE	2.1 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	12	14	18	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	8	11	11	11	11
Energy	1529	1122	8053	8107	6072	7859	7187	5459	3469	3005	2063	1335	1131	1045	1138	1186	1072	1072	1204	2742	1714	1202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:30AM 1.45	1:07PM 1.21		1:11AM 1.35	1:45PM 1.26		2:18AM 1.48		2:27PM 1.54	2:22AM 1.39		2:52PM 1.34	3:24AM 1.51		3:48PM 1.54	3:57AM 1.51		4:21PM 1.44	4:05AM 1.35		4:54PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	6:22PM 0.44		7:02AM 0.30	7:06PM 0.40		7:38AM 0.25	7:45PM 0.37	8:06PM 0.37	8:11AM 0.22		8:21PM 0.34	8:44AM 0.20		9:15PM 0.31	9:16AM 0.43		9:48PM 0.30	10:12AM 0.20		10:02PM 0.33	10:22AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	18	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	15	16	15	16	17	17	19	23	22	28	30	15	15	16
Low °C	18	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	14	17	17	16	22	21	19	28	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	14	15	15	16	17	17	19	23	22	28	30	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	18	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	8	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.1 S	-	1.2 E	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	-	7	13	14	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.6 S	-	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	-	1.9 ENE	2.1 WSW	-	0.2 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	5	7	-	8	11	-	8	4

	Tuesday 26					Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Fri
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	1282	1431	1529	2025	2061	1122	3103	8698	8053	8748	8107	7090	6229	6072	7024	7520	7859	7859	7187	6769	5070	5459
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:24PM 1.17				12:30AM 1.45				1:07PM 1.21				1:11AM 1.35				1:45PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)				6:29PM 0.66				7:02AM 0.30				7:06PM 0.40				7:39AM 0.25				7:45PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	15	16	17	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	16	16	-	-	-	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26															Wednesday 27
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	1462	1439	1282	1134	1431	1431	1455	1431	1529	1529	1155	2025	1997	2121	2061	2002	1020	1122	1090	3096	3103	3094
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:24PM 1.17												12:30AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)											6:21PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	15	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	15	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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