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

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wed
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.7 NE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	6	16	16	14	13	14	14	13	16	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12
Energy	1045	1044	1544	1556	1271	517	516	757	732	656	803	1102	846	1434	2163	1230	2505	2156	1420	1182	1425	1188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:26PM 1.62		6:43AM 1.36	7:27PM 1.36		7:39AM 1.18		8:23PM 1.27	8:58AM 1.10		9:38PM 1.25	10:20AM 1.08		10:47PM 1.27	11:31AM 1.23		11:45PM 1.31	12:24PM 1.17		12:41AM 1.57	1:07PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)	11:54AM 0.42		12:38AM 0.37	1:00PM 0.31		1:30AM 0.65	1:52PM 0.39		2:55AM 0.45		3:06PM 0.46	4:17AM 0.44		4:22PM 0.48		5:29AM 0.44	5:28PM 0.47		6:21AM 0.36	6:43PM 0.46		7:02AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	18	22	19	20	24	21	16	18	16	17	19	18	18	20	17	20	20	20	18	24	16	16
Low °C	17	21	17	17	23	18	15	18	15	15	19	16	16	19	16	19	18	17	16	19	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	22	19	20	24	21	16	18	16	17	19	18	18	20	17	20	20	20	17	24	16	16
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	5:34	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.5 SW	2.1 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	8	12	8	8	8	6	7	16	14	13	14	14	10	16	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.7 SW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	0.1 W	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	13	13	12	16	11	6	6	9	13	13	12	11	-	16	10	6	6	23	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.7 NE	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	6	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-

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	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Arniston Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.5 ESE	1.7 NE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	18	16	16	16	7
Energy	1785	1502	1045	1057	1044	1819	1673	1544	1464	1508	1556	1362	1271	709	509	517	702	560	516	755	757	680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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)		5:38AM 1.65				6:26PM 1.56				6:44AM 1.47				7:24PM 1.61				7:40AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)				12:09PM 0.23				12:38AM 0.37				1:00PM 0.31				1:30AM 0.65				1:52PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	18	22	22	19	18	17	18	19	20	24	24	21	17	18	20	16	16	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	22	22	19	18	17	18	19	20	24	24	21	17	18	20	16	16	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	1.5 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.4 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	6	7	16	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	18	16	10	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	-	1.7 NE	1.8 ENE	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	6	7	-	-	7	7	7

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	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Dunes Cape Town	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	1.7 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	1078	1089	1785	1602	1533	1502	1317	1197	1045	980	895	1057	989	699	1044	1010	1165	1819	1791	1685	1673	1710
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				5:38AM 1.65													6:28PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)										11:54AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	19	22	21	20	22	21	19	19	19	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	19	22	21	20	22	21	19	19	19	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	1.7 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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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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