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

	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	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	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	TTs West	TTs West	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	5	8	6	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	8	13	12	15	15	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	13	12
Energy(?)	6871	16955	8393	4761	1414	2228	1254	1917	2195	497	752	1689	1287	833	687	588	572	564	690	2679	2057	1152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:52PM 1.65	3:16AM 1.65		3:34PM 1.57	3:55AM 1.74		3:57PM 1.78	4:14AM 1.92		4:05PM 1.53	4:19AM 1.65		4:54PM 1.74		5:12AM 1.74	5:24PM 1.57		5:40AM 1.95	6:05PM 1.25		5:59AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	8:50AM 0.42		9:06PM 0.12	9:31AM 0.13		9:41PM 0.03	9:58AM 0.05		10:04PM -0.01	10:27AM 0.02		10:09PM 0.05	10:35AM 0.05		10:56PM 0.06	11:21AM 0.09		11:28PM 0.04	11:46AM 0.14		11:45PM 0.24	12:08PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1
High °C	17	15	17	18	22	16	20	31	25	20	21	20	23	23	21	22	21	20	19	21	18	20
Low °C	16	15	15	14	22	14	17	27	24	18	21	19	20	22	20	21	20	18	19	19	15	20
Chill °C (?)	16	13	16	18	22	16	20	31	25	20	21	20	23	23	21	22	21	20	18	21	17	20
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	7:05	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	15	13	12	15	15	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	0.4 NW	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.3 E	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.9 S	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	12	13	11	8	11	10	-	-	16	16	9	8	9	8	8	16	14	8	15	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	2.3 S	-	-	0.6 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	1.2 SE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	13	14	-	-	8	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	12	7	7

	Sat	Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Main Break Swakopmund	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	6	9	5	4	3	3	5	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	12
Energy(?)	7562	9045	4392	1367	802	851	7738	8371	8486	7678	7284	6117	5200	3941	3290	3627	3075	1795	1799	3130	1254	1061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:42AM 1.51				2:52PM 1.61				2:44AM 1.55				3:25PM 1.77				3:56AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)	8:28PM 0.46				8:58AM 0.25				9:04PM 0.12				8:59AM 0.10				9:37PM 0.03				9:58AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	5	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	18	20	24	23	14	15	14	13	16	17	17	18	18	17	17	20	21	16	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	19	18	20	24	23	12	14	12	11	16	17	17	18	18	17	17	20	21	16	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	18	18	17	8	9	9	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	12	9	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Main Break Swakopmund	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	6	9	5	4	3	3	5	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 NE	1.6 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	8	10	14	14
Energy(?)	5939	2797	2374	997	631	658	3845	5635	5476	5850	10427	21887	7079	6890	7270	7068	7023	300	422	616	16955	16959
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							2:39AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	8:28PM 0.46												8:21AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	21	19	19	21	21	22	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	17	17	26	28	19	15	14
Chill °C (?)	21	19	19	21	21	22	18	17	16	16	16	14	16	14	15	15	16	26	28	18	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	4.0 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	8	12	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	13	12	8	8	8	18	18	-	-	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	12	10	18	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	5.5 SW	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.5 S	1.4 NE	1.6 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	11	-	-	6	6	-	-	12	12	12	-	14	-	13	13	13	13	5	8	10	14	14

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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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