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 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	4	5	9	9	9	7	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	11	12	10	11	10	10	10	12	12	14	13	12	12	13	15	16	16	16	13
Energy(?)	3116	2369	1999	905	2831	2735	1709	1179	879	363	5211	4975	5444	1831	2604	2943	5072	9151	9491	4424	3449	1903
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:45PM 1.78	2:50AM 1.71		3:17PM 1.57	3:34AM 1.96		3:55PM 1.59	4:33AM 2.20		4:55PM 1.74	4:49AM 1.62		5:35PM 1.71		5:36AM 1.46	6:10PM 1.33		6:40AM 1.38	7:18PM 1.27		7:45AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		8:40PM 0.07	9:10AM -0.07		9:23PM 0.29	10:12AM -0.07		10:14PM 0.15	10:49AM -0.02		10:38PM 0.11	11:09AM 0.06		11:24PM 0.21	11:56AM 0.19		12:22AM 0.60	12:59PM 0.37		1:28AM 0.51		2:13PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	17	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	15	1	-
High °C	22	21	17	14	14	20	19	17	22	26	15	17	16	16	16	20	18	17	18	19	19	22
Low °C	21	20	15	14	14	15	18	14	16	23	14	14	16	15	16	18	15	15	18	18	18	21
Chill °C (?)	22	21	15	12	13	20	19	17	22	26	12	16	15	15	15	20	18	16	18	19	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 E	4.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.2 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	12	11	12	16	11	10	10	10	16	9	14	13	12	-	13	15	16	16	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	1.3 E	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 E	1.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.0 SE
Period (s)	8	7	19	18	15	8	14	9	12	7	17	9	-	-	18	-	7	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 WNW	0.4 NNW	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	0.4 NW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	3	-	10	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	3	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	14	13	13	10	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	4222	3963	1412	1181	2103	2197	1796	1077	1713	1263	1869	1072	3607	1469	3653	3114	3018	2257	2035	1825	1004	1051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	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)			2:39PM 1.53				2:50AM 1.73				3:17PM 1.59				3:27AM 1.72				4:18PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	8:37AM 0.25				8:45PM 0.32				9:37AM -0.06				9:40PM 0.01				9:51AM 0.19				10:14PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	18	17	17	21	15	17	24	18	14	16	14	15	14	15	16	20	18	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	17	17	21	13	17	24	18	12	15	14	15	14	14	16	20	18	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	14	13	13	15	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	1.3 E	0.3 SW	0.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.1 S	0.4 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	22	22	22	-	7	20	8	8	8	18	17	18	14	-	14	11	8	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	0.8 WSW	-	1.2 NW	0.6 NNW	3.0 WSW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	5	4	11	3	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	8

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	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	4887	5046	2090	1929	3963	3532	3390	1869	3134	2653	2509	1181	1906	993	2103	1530	1957	2197	2135	2289	1444	1512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							2:39PM 1.55	3:05PM 1.97												3:20AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	8:37AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	17	18	22	18	20	21	19	17	17	18	17	16	17	15	21	21	21	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	17	18	22	18	20	21	19	17	17	18	17	16	17	14	21	21	21	17	16
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	22	8	22	8	8	8	22	22	8	22	-	20	20	7	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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