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 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Voelklip Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	9	8	7	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	2.3 SSW	5.0 SSE	5.0 SE	4.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SE	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	11	12	12	11	8	8	13	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	11	13	12	13	13
Energy	680	1030	1119	1260	1110	1581	1762	505	1479	10681	7362	6461	1489	3198	3047	1172	1514	1036	1341	1236	1541	1655
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:06PM 1.58	4:05AM 1.58		4:34PM 1.37	5:00AM 1.54		5:30PM 1.40		5:34AM 1.35	6:06PM 1.35		6:12AM 1.58	6:48PM 1.29		6:50AM 1.39	7:35PM 1.30		7:35AM 1.33		8:12PM 1.47	8:40AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)	9:46AM 0.43		10:00PM 0.59	10:21AM 0.23		10:54PM 0.37	10:53AM 0.30		11:13PM 0.44	11:51AM 0.27		12:07AM 0.42	12:25PM 0.51		12:47AM 0.50	1:08PM 0.40		1:42AM 0.53	1:41PM 0.67		2:46AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	7	-	-	3	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	17	16	15	16	17	19	16	17	17	16	20	18	19	20	18	16	14	15	15	14
Low °C	17	18	16	15	15	16	16	19	15	15	17	15	17	16	15	16	18	15	12	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	18	19	17	15	14	16	17	19	16	16	17	16	20	17	19	20	18	16	14	15	15	13
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	0.4 WSW	4.5 SSE	0.8 SW	4.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	8	8	13	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	9	11	13	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 W	0.5 E	0.3 W	0.7 SW	-	0.6 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	14	13	12	7	10	10	11	8	10	12	-	12	9	10	12	11	12	9	10	9	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.8 S	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	-	-	2.3 SSW	5.0 SSE	5.0 SE	-	0.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	8	8	-	-	12	11	12	-	3	9	10	-	-	-	3	3	-	-

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	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	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	Platboom Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Onrus Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Voelklip Overberg	Groenvlei Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 S	2.3 SSE	1.7 SW	2.3 SSW	1.6 S
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	9	9	8	8	13	13	10
Energy	603	556	605	596	680	1012	1030	1088	1112	1119	1007	1455	1260	1469	1110	1705	1593	1581	1383	1077	1762	619
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	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	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:33AM 1.61				4:06PM 1.58				4:29AM 1.48				4:34PM 1.37				5:00AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	9:28PM 0.31				9:46AM 0.43				10:00PM 0.59				10:21AM 0.23				10:37PM 0.39				10:53AM 0.30	11:17AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	2	2	-	-	1
Temp. °C	19	18	18	17	18	17	18	17	17	16	17	15	16	18	15	16	17	16	15	16	17	19
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	17	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	18	14	16	17	15	14	16	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	2.3 SSW	1.6 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	9	9	8	13	13	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	7	11	7	11	10	8	10	10	10	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 S	2.3 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	-	-	-

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	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	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	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	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	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy	1033	603	603	571	565	556	616	605	605	602	602	596	660	680	680	748	760	1012	1064	516	1030	1064
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:33AM 1.61												3:59PM 1.34	4:06PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		9:28PM 0.31												9:46AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	17	17	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	24	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	17	17	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	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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