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

	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Santos Reef Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	9	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 SW	4.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	13	13	16	14	12	16	13	15	14	14	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	14
Energy(?)	349	680	811	646	1295	2295	1963	9507	3690	3999	1627	2545	1102	1397	1198	1492	1774	1210	1453	2680	2346	5314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											2:45PM 1.78	2:56AM 1.93					4:17PM 1.80			4:55PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)					7:32PM 0.50							8:45PM 0.32										11:12AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	19	22	19	20	19	18	17	18	18	19	17	19	22	16	16	17	19	16	20	21	18	16
Low °C	17	21	18	18	19	17	17	17	17	18	17	19	18	15	15	16	18	14	15	19	17	15
Chill °C (?)	19	22	19	20	19	18	16	18	18	19	16	19	22	15	14	16	18	15	20	21	17	15
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	6:25	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 SW	4.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	3.5 SW
Period (s)	10	14	13	13	16	14	12	16	13	15	14	14	12	12	10	15	15	10	10	19	18	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	-	1.5 SW	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.0 SW	0.3 E	-	0.2 E	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	15	21	20	16	21	19	18	-	17	9	22	8	8	18	16	8	7	13	8	-	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	11	12	-

	Sun	Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	Kleinmond Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	14	12	14	14	12	14	13
Energy(?)	858	663	506	504	357	501	758	774	847	1018	1114	1341	1034	1137	1127	1099	1049	1074	3458	3060	4649	6433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	-	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)												7:26AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	18	20	19	20	20	19	18	18	18	20	20	20	19	19	17	18	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	20	19	20	20	19	18	18	18	20	20	20	19	19	17	18	16	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	14	12	14	14	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 E	0.2 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 E	-	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	7	7	15	14	6	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	20	20	8	20	12	8	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	12	-	-

	Sunday 12			Monday 13
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	Kleinmond Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	14	11	14	14
Energy(?)	940	925	858	778	295	258	258	353	330	263	303	303	228	278	154	173	299	159	465	320	450	703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:28AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)											6:48AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	23	25	24	22	23	21
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	23	25	24	22	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	15	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 S	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	3	6	-

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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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