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

	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			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	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Robberg Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Margate Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg
Rating	5	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	5	3	3	9	5	9	5	5	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SE	5.0 SE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SE	3.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SE	1.1 S	1.0 SE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	5.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 W
Period(s)	13	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	8	13	12	14	13	12	12	13	13	11	11
Energy	7095	8666	4673	5295	3432	4678	3051	2313	1505	453	213	449	860	8061	690	7009	7797	3304	6271	6047	1815	2328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:42PM 1.30		6:54AM 1.45	7:54PM 1.42		8:05AM 1.16		9:25PM 1.12	9:37AM 1.12		11:00PM 1.16	11:21AM 1.19		12:07AM 1.29	12:33PM 1.29		12:47AM 1.47	1:15PM 1.34		1:28AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	12:32PM 0.42		12:44AM 0.58	1:11PM 0.71		2:03AM 0.71		2:38PM 0.62	3:45AM 0.68		4:07PM 0.63		5:16AM 0.62	5:30PM 0.50		6:28AM 0.54	6:22PM 0.40		7:10AM 0.30	7:23PM 0.34		7:57AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	17	16	20	16	22	14	17	18	18	24	18	23	23	18	23	15	18	15	18	17	18	17
Low °C	15	16	17	13	21	13	13	16	16	17	16	20	20	16	21	14	16	14	15	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	20	15	22	13	17	18	18	24	17	23	23	16	23	13	17	14	17	16	18	17
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:40	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SE	5.0 SE	2.4 SSW	4.0 SE	3.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SE	1.1 S	1.0 SE	1.0 ENE	1.4 SW	0.4 SE	1.3 SSW	0.1 SE	-	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	8	13	12	14	12	-	12	13	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 SW	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 SSE	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 S	-	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	10	18	16	16	14	14	13	6	6	9	10	12	8	-	-	12	-	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	3.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	5.5 WSW	0.4 WNW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	2.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	8	4	12	3	13	12	-	-	-	-	11

	Thursday 07							Friday 08								Saturday 09
	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	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mpame Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	9	8	8	7	8	7	8	6	9	9	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SE	4.5 S	4.5 S	2.3 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.5 SE	2.0 SSE
Period(s)	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	13	12	11
Energy	3403	1267	1018	6685	6382	8205	7605	7241	6797	7526	6151	7823	5806	11375	9346	3010	4339	3561	3091	1276	2488	1074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						6:51PM 1.28				6:51AM 1.29				7:46PM 1.10					8:03AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)				12:22PM 0.60				12:53AM 0.63				1:19PM 0.51				1:44AM 0.69	2:01AM 0.67				2:38PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	25	17	16	15	14	14	15	18	22	23	16	16	17	19	13	13	16	24	16	17
Chill °C (?)	14	18	25	16	15	14	13	13	14	18	22	23	16	15	17	19	12	12	16	24	16	17
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SE	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.3 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.5 SE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	7	7	16	15	15	14	13	11	10	17	15	16	10	10	12	15	15	14	11	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	4.5 S	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 07																					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	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mpame Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	9	8	8	7	8	7	8	6	9	9	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	6.5 SE	6.5 SE	6.5 SE	6.5 SSE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	5.0 SE	3.0 SW	1.9 SE	1.9 SSE	6.0 SSE	6.0 SSE	5.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	4.5 SE	5.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	13	9	11	11	13	13	12	10	13	12
Energy	3740	1500	1457	7631	7629	24048	23814	23291	12775	999	1078	1877	9007	3372	2054	1225	11068	11068	10249	567	7605	12028
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					6:09AM 1.57												6:51PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)											12:29PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	26	27	21	16	17	19	22	16	16	16	22	14	16
Chill °C (?)	13	16	16	14	13	14	14	14	14	26	27	20	15	15	18	22	14	14	14	22	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	6.0 SE	5.5 SE	5.5 SE	-	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	5.0 SE	2.1 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SSE	6.0 SSE	6.0 SSE	5.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	4.5 SE	4.0 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	-	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	13	13	12	10	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 SW	1.8 S	1.2 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SW	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	15	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	-	8	8	13	12	12	12	8	15	15	15	7	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	6.5 SE	6.5 SE	6.5 SE	6.5 SSE	-	-	2.3 SSW	-	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 ENE	-	5.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	13	13	13	12	-	-	9	-	9	9	8	12	12	12	7	-	12

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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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