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

	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	3	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	9	17	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	13	7	8	8
Energy(?)	320	921	2113	13022	5809	5156	3005	1592	1425	1281	1770	2196	1271	1025	1335	1969	1402	611	849	946	1142	1425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:47PM 1.13	9:40AM 1.24		9:58PM 1.03	10:55AM 1.20		12:47AM 1.73	11:27AM 1.20		12:38AM 1.45	12:50PM 1.39		1:01AM 1.22	1:02PM 1.33		2:07AM 1.33		2:14PM 1.41	2:15AM 1.27		2:18PM 1.37	3:17AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	2:53AM 0.55		4:13PM 0.62	3:59AM 0.57		5:28PM 0.62	6:31PM 0.92	5:11AM 0.56	6:10PM 0.43		6:31AM 0.61	6:54PM 0.39		7:03AM 0.50	7:32PM 0.32		8:03AM 0.48		8:07PM 0.27	8:40AM 0.38		9:07PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	4	12	13	4	-
High °C	25	20	18	17	19	20	18	20	20	19	22	22	20	21	25	19	17	17	17	18	21	16
Low °C	20	19	17	16	17	19	15	18	20	19	20	21	18	19	23	18	17	16	15	17	20	15
Chill °C (?)	25	20	17	16	18	19	18	20	20	19	22	22	20	21	25	18	16	16	16	18	21	14
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 ENE	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	17	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	6	19	12	11	10	10	10	20	10	8	9	16	16	8	15	15	14	9	8	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.2 NW	1.8 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	1.2 SW	0.4 NNW	-	1.3 SSW	-	2.4 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 S
Period (s)	4	5	9	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	3	-	10	-	7	8	8

	Thursday 11			Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	12PM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Keurbooms Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Hell West Coast	Hell West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	9	9	9	9	16	16	10	9	10	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	13	12	13
Energy(?)	740	1373	1410	1310	3889	2002	2944	1686	3175	2057	3162	5570	6115	5957	3577	5305	3398	3789	3140	3019	2171	2507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:49PM 1.09				10:38AM 1.89				10:12PM 1.10				10:28AM 1.20					11:35PM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)	2:55PM 0.60				2:46AM 0.50				4:05PM 0.50				4:06AM 0.58					5:35PM 0.58				5:23AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	22	23	29	28	35	18	19	18	17	16	17	17	17	19	18	18	17	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	24	24	22	23	29	28	35	17	19	18	16	15	17	16	16	19	18	18	17	16	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01
Sunset	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.9 E	2.5 E	0.9 S	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	10	8	9	13	9	9	16	9	16	16	10	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	-	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	1.4 SW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	10	10	-	13	13	-	16	16	10	16	-	-	18	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	2.2 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	0.6 NW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	9	9	9	9	-	5	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11									Friday 12
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Keurbooms Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Hell West Coast	Hell West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 E	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 SW	1.3 E	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	8	8	8	14	9	9	9	9	19	19	18	18	9	9	10	17	10	17	7
Energy(?)	526	977	1199	1442	2121	1177	1473	255	255	355	430	408	408	593	630	846	618	584	1317	524	1175	794
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							9:58PM 1.83													9:40AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	2:55PM 0.60												2:51AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	24	24	24	23	27	20	20	21	22	18	18	17	18	20	20	21	18	24	21	25
Chill °C (?)	24	25	24	24	24	23	27	20	20	21	22	18	18	17	17	20	20	21	17	24	20	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	13	13	14	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	17	7	17	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.1 S	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 E	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 E	0.2 SSE	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	13	10	-	11	20	-	8	8	7	9	9	9	18	18	20	9	10	5	10	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.8 E	2.3 E	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 S	-	-	0.4 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	7	8	8	8	7	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	3	9	5	6	4	6	6	7

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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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