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

	Sun	Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05
	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	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	8	10	8	8	14	13	12	13	13	13	8	13	8	9	11	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1043	511	248	319	186	342	208	721	719	710	1029	1470	1659	1530	1140	226	515	598	797	930	1128	1393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:18AM 1.53		2:05PM 1.39	2:18AM 1.55		3:06PM 1.55	3:21AM 1.72		3:32PM 1.75	3:47AM 1.76		4:07PM 1.76	4:20AM 1.88		4:13PM 1.72	4:15AM 1.60		4:53PM 1.65			5:20PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	8:06PM 0.27	8:36AM 0.22		8:10PM 0.18	9:05AM 0.37		9:10PM 0.09	9:07AM 0.05		9:35PM 0.07	10:00AM 0.04		10:07PM 0.02	10:27AM 0.03		10:08PM 0.17	10:47AM 0.11		10:51PM 0.19	10:56AM 0.19		11:17PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	26	18	24	22	19	22	20	20	26	27	25	27	26	24	26	28	25	27	26	17
Low °C	18	17	24	18	19	20	19	20	19	19	21	26	22	24	24	23	23	26	23	23	24	16
Chill °C (?)	19	20	26	17	24	22	19	22	20	20	26	27	25	27	26	24	26	28	25	27	26	16
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:39	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 E	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 SSW	2.0 E	1.6 E	0.4 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	12	9	11	8	10	8	8	14	13	12	12	13	13	14	9	8	13	11	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 S	0.5 S	1.5 WSW	0.1 S	1.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	12	9	9	15	9	9	9	6	6	13	11	9	14	13	12	13	13	12	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 W	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	-	-	0.5 S	-	2.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.8 E	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	4	6	5	3	2	4	5	6	-	-	6	-	8	2	5	9	-	-	4	3

	Sunday 29			Monday 30								Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gansbaai Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SE	1.6 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.3 SW	2.4 E	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	13	9	10	10	9	12	9	11	11	11	14	10	7	8	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	1071	1067	674	672	1058	664	603	373	404	590	514	287	240	349	251	387	300	1413	1864	605	1609	1427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	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
High Tide / height (m)				1:44AM 1.46	2:14AM 1.78				2:32PM 1.62				3:01AM 1.74				3:03PM 1.66				3:19AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)							8:38AM 0.23				8:39PM 0.17				8:44AM 0.36				9:07PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	17	18	18	21	22	19	21	20	24	23	24	21	23	24	21	21	18	21	21
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	17	18	18	21	22	19	21	20	24	23	24	21	23	24	21	21	18	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.3 SW	2.0 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	13	9	10	12	9	10	9	8	5	6	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	10	12	10	10	9	16	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	10	9	9	10	13	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ENE	-	1.0 ENE	-	0.9 SE	1.6 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 E	-	2.4 E	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	4	10	-	-	-	10	-	3	4	5	-	6	-	10	7	8	8	-	8	8

	Sunday 29									Monday 30
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gansbaai Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	12	13	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	9	10
Energy(?)	1200	1212	831	931	1149	1067	980	685	691	877	424	483	434	353	412	474	448	457	457	442	522	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)													2:30AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)							8:10PM 0.28												8:34AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	19	18	19	18	17	18	18	23	22	22	17	16	16	17	19	18	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	19	18	19	18	17	18	18	23	22	22	17	15	16	17	19	18	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SW	1.0 S
Period (s)	11	11	13	13	11	11	10	12	13	10	10	9	9	9	12	9	10	10	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	13	13	10	10	13	13	13	10	9	13	10	12	12	12	9	12	8	8	8	12	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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