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

	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Arniston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	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
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	1.6 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SSW	2.0 SE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	12	11	12	12	10	12	11	11	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	13
Energy	1155	2290	3040	1337	3108	2239	2230	1133	1003	1075	1132	1147	3101	2373	1592	1027	1027	1161	1158	1328	1436	2054
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:36AM 1.38	6:05PM 1.45		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.62		6:27AM 1.42	7:33PM 1.39		7:35AM 1.33		8:14PM 1.23	8:42AM 1.30		9:16PM 1.49	10:06AM 1.13		10:24PM 1.53	11:09AM 1.37		11:28PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	11:29PM 0.36	11:51AM 0.27		12:05AM 0.44	12:25PM 0.36		12:55AM 0.65	12:41PM 0.47		1:42AM 0.53	1:41PM 0.67		2:36AM 0.50		2:38PM 0.47	3:57AM 0.66		3:59PM 0.69		5:04AM 0.59	5:08PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	19	17	19	20	14	16	19	14	16	16	15	18	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	17	18	16
Low °C	16	17	17	18	13	15	15	12	15	14	14	17	14	14	16	14	14	16	15	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	19	17	19	20	12	15	19	13	16	16	14	18	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	17	18	16
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	3.0 SSE	2.3 S	1.6 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	1.7 S	2.0 SE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	11	11	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	1.1 NE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSE	0.5 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.2 SSE	1.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.8 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	12	7	8	11	11	11	13	9	8	9	11	11	13	7	7	6	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 S	2.1 NE	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.8 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	7	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Margate Durban/KZN South	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Infanta Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Salmon Bay KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	6	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SE	1.6 S	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	9
Energy	1372	1501	1530	1155	918	5003	2290	2267	3040	3501	3099	1337	1984	3297	3108	2808	2239	3049	3019	2230	2087	1826
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	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)		5:10PM 1.45				5:35AM 1.40				6:07PM 1.35				6:08AM 1.42				6:43PM 1.48				6:52AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				11:29PM 0.36				11:51AM 0.27				12:05AM 0.44				12:25PM 0.36				12:55AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	5	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	18	17	17	17	16	17	15	14	18	14	13	14	15	15	19	17	16	13	12
Chill °C (?)	17	16	15	18	17	16	17	15	17	14	13	18	14	12	12	14	14	19	17	16	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16
Sunset	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.3 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SE	1.6 S	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	7	12	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	-	-	-	0.8 NE	3.5 SSW	-	-	2.5 S	-	-	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	4	11	-	-	12	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	9	9

	Wednesday 03									Thursday 04
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mzimpuni Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Margate Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	6	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SE	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 S
Period(s)	13	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	1936	1583	1372	1372	1501	1501	1501	1419	1530	1400	4136	1155	1117	1035	918	535	4785	5003	5006	5078	2290	3073
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:31PM 1.36												5:36AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)										11:13PM 0.44												11:51AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	17	14	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	12	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	17	12	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	18	18	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.2 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 S
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	14	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	13	8	8	13	8	12	12	12	8	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	2.2 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	3	4	4	11	11	11	11	-	11

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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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