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.

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

More forecast maps

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Africa Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Africa Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Africa Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Africa Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Africa Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Africa Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Africa Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Africa Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Africa Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Africa Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat		Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Robberg Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.2 SW	2.3 SE	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	7	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	12
Energy	3225	3046	1004	1534	1189	1099	1129	1013	675	756	1267	1179	1357	1746	2390	1354	1113	1025	1386	1046	1087	1004
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:01PM 1.64	2:38AM 1.75		3:12PM 1.53	3:28AM 1.69		3:59PM 1.58	4:18AM 1.75		4:23PM 1.54	4:38AM 1.52	5:01AM 1.75	5:32PM 1.73		5:47AM 1.54	6:01PM 1.50		6:23AM 1.55	6:56PM 1.66		7:22AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		8:22PM 0.23	8:35AM 0.06		9:14PM 0.15	9:48AM 0.04		10:03PM 0.12	10:29AM 0.07		10:32PM 0.13	11:18AM 0.07		11:29PM 0.42	12:01PM 0.13		12:24AM 0.48	12:34PM 0.46		1:22AM 0.55	1:32PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	13	16	15	15	16	19	21	19	16	17	18	17	17	19	17	17	22	22	20	23
Low °C	15	12	13	16	13	13	15	18	19	19	14	15	17	15	16	18	16	16	21	19	17	23
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	16	14	14	14	19	21	19	14	17	18	16	17	19	17	17	22	22	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	5:44	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.3 ESE	-	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	11	6	6	6	9	8	7	7	8	14	7	-	16	16	15	12	15	7	8	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 E	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	2.3 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	-	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	8	7	6	6	6	-	6	6	7	7	7	6	7

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Arniston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	9	12
Energy	3448	3449	3225	3010	3095	3046	3343	1803	1004	1944	1534	1084	1036	1189	1044	1222	1099	1044	1129	3020	1324	1013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	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)			2:01PM 1.64				2:40AM 1.67				3:12PM 1.53				3:28AM 1.69				3:59PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)					8:22PM 0.23				8:35AM 0.06				9:21PM 0.31				9:48AM 0.04				10:03PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	15	15	13	13	14	16	13	16	16	20	19	13	13	13	15	14	15	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	15	12	12	13	16	12	16	16	20	19	11	11	12	14	13	14	15	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 ENE	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	13	7	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.4 E	0.7 E	1.2 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	10	6	6	6	9	13	6	6	6	9	11	8	8	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	-	-	1.1 E	-	1.3 ENE	2.0 NE	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	6	-	6	7	4	5	-	7	-	-	12	9	-

	Saturday 13															Sunday 14
	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	Snake Park Durban/KZN South	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13
Energy	5050	3447	3448	3442	3451	3449	3451	3225	3225	3225	3046	3010	3108	3305	3095	3048	3113	3046	1189	1064	3343	3226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:01PM 1.64												2:07AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	8:15AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.4 E	-	-	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	5	-	-	5	5

List of all animated swell maps

Important: JavaScript support must be turned on in order to use these animated swell maps. Alternatively, visit our basic swell maps of South Africa where each view becomes a separate image.

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

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None