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 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Blythedale KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Santos Reef Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	0	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	0	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	7	11	7	10	10	10	11	8	8	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1663	1396	512	2024	348	699	460	278	571	456	341	181	204	312	271	831	186	892	751	479	874	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:12AM 1.49	1:29PM 1.63		2:02AM 1.46	1:43PM 1.60	2:16PM 2.16	2:47AM 1.67		3:01PM 1.91	3:15AM 1.71		3:51PM 1.70	4:18AM 1.58		4:34PM 1.64	4:59AM 1.70		5:13PM 1.85		5:29AM 1.47	5:48PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		7:08AM 0.29	7:54PM 0.13		7:34AM 0.20		8:38PM 0.04	8:47AM 0.12		8:46PM 0.14	9:34AM 0.09		10:06PM 0.02	10:20AM 0.09		10:45PM 0.05	11:03AM 0.15		11:12PM 0.12	11:42AM 0.24		12:07AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	23	19	19	27	18	21	20	19	25	28	24	24	21	17	19	21	18	21	21	20
Low °C	17	20	20	17	19	23	18	17	20	18	22	27	21	23	20	16	18	20	17	18	21	19
Chill °C (?)	19	21	23	19	19	27	18	21	20	18	25	28	24	24	21	15	19	21	17	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	5:09	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:26	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 S	0.6 WSW	1.2 S	1.4 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 S	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	7	7	11	8	8	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	10	15	12	11	10	10	-	10	10	14	-	8	13	20	8	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 S	2.1 SSW	1.4 S	2.1 S	-	1.3 SSE	1.9 E	-	-	2.1 ENE	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.8 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	12	6	7	-	7	6	-	-	7	6	7	6	6	5	4	5	3	5	-

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	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Guns Swakopmund	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	2.3 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	6	8	11	11	13
Energy(?)	1526	1899	1704	1964	1504	1185	1476	1650	1087	1326	1304	2024	1855	1667	543	535	545	284	1059	610	508	901
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:13AM 1.35				1:28PM 1.62					2:06AM 1.41				2:24PM 1.78				2:26AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		7:06PM 0.25				7:10AM 0.48				7:15PM 0.20					8:02AM 0.18				8:10PM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	20	20	19	18	18	21	21	19	20	17	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	18	18	21	21	19	20	17	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	18	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 S	1.0 WSW	1.6 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	1.0 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	15	14	14	12	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.7 SE	-	-	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	2.3 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	6	8	7	7	-

	Monday 01									Tuesday 02
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Guns Swakopmund	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	15	14	15	14	16	16	12	13	13	12	15
Energy(?)	1648	1975	1975	2029	1401	1148	1573	1761	1401	1310	1875	730	711	661	811	566	480	350	1823	1413	1369	587
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)												1:17AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)					6:33PM 0.17	7:10PM 0.45												7:17AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	18	15	18	19	19	19	19	20	21	23	21	22	22	25
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	18	15	18	19	19	19	19	20	21	23	21	22	22	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	15	14	15	14	16	16	12	13	13	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	1.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	15	15	15	12	7	14	14	13	11	14	4	4	8	9	7	11	7	12	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.7 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	1.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	4	4	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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