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 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Bog Bay KZN North	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	1.7 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	10	13	13	12	12	11	11
Energy	3185	3075	2199	1409	1281	1118	1295	1186	1713	1000	1026	1979	1178	1341	1040	1152	1079	2093	1494	1622	3133	1027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:12AM 1.58	6:46PM 1.62		6:50AM 1.27	7:37PM 1.29		7:35AM 1.33		8:14PM 1.23	8:38AM 1.08		9:16PM 1.49	10:06AM 1.13		10:52PM 1.45	11:04AM 1.14		11:28PM 1.59	12:13PM 1.45		12:27AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.51		12:49AM 0.70	1:09PM 0.38		1:32AM 0.50	1:41PM 0.67		2:35AM 0.50		2:47PM 0.70	3:57AM 0.66		4:09PM 0.48			5:21PM 0.45		6:04AM 0.50	6:03PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-
High °C	14	19	16	15	14	16	15	16	18	18	15	16	16	17	18	19	17	22	15	14	15	15
Low °C	14	16	15	13	12	16	14	14	18	15	14	16	14	15	18	16	16	21	13	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	19	15	13	14	16	14	16	18	18	15	16	16	17	18	19	17	22	15	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	2.2 S	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 S	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	9	9	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	1.7 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	8	11	12	11	9	14	9	12	11	11	11	12	7	7	9	10	9	12	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	-	1.1 W	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	2.5 WSW	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	11	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	6	-	-	11	4

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Blythedale KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SW	1.7 SE	2.3 SW	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	9	12	9	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	12
Energy	1027	3291	3434	3185	3309	2948	3075	2628	2199	3070	3134	1409	2013	1456	1281	1072	1118	1023	1223	1295	1001	1081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	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
High Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 1.45				6:08AM 1.42				6:46PM 1.42				6:50AM 1.27				7:35PM 1.30				7:40AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)				12:07AM 0.48				12:25PM 0.36				12:49AM 0.70				12:41PM 0.47				1:32AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	3	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	14	15	14	14	12	19	15	15	14	12	13	13	12	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	19	13	14	12	12	10	19	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	14	16	16	15	14	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28
Sunset	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.2 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	9	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 SE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	9	8	12	14	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	2.5 S	0.9 W	-	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.1 W	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	4	-	10	9	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-

	Thursday 04									Friday 05
	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	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSE
Period(s)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12
Energy	1379	1256	1027	3182	3277	3291	3724	3472	3434	1234	1234	3185	3120	3185	3309	3030	2901	2948	2842	3079	3075	2715
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					6:05PM 1.45												6:08AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)											12:05AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	14	14	14	16	15	15	19	18	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	18	19	15
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	13	13	13	15	13	14	19	18	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	17	19	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	6	7	11	11	11	12	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	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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