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

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	Mon	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29
	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Kamer Van Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yzerfontein West Coast	Crons Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Noordhoek Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	2	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	0.6 S	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.1 SW	1.4 E	1.1 SW	2.5 S	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 S	1.6 SE	2.4 SSW	0.8 E	1.4 ESE	0.6 SW	2.5 SE	1.1 SE	4.0 ESE	2.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	11	9	9	9	11	9	12	8	12	11	8	6	8	9	8	10	7	7	8	8
Energy(?)	995	775	121	632	507	534	592	390	714	1300	986	1009	1033	315	637	240	534	88	751	150	2177	801
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:28AM 1.48	5:31PM 1.47		6:05AM 1.44	6:09PM 1.44		6:43AM 1.45	6:47PM 1.33		7:22AM 1.64	7:32PM 1.38		8:12AM 1.58		8:30PM 1.11	9:23AM 1.34		9:55PM 1.16	10:50AM 1.59		11:17PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	11:11PM 0.18	11:28AM 0.31		11:43PM 0.21	12:07PM 0.33		12:18AM 0.25	12:48PM 0.38		1:01AM 0.26	1:30PM 0.49		1:46AM 0.41		2:27PM 0.57	2:26AM 0.44		3:51PM 0.53	3:45AM 0.51		5:15PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	4	5	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	18	10	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	26	26	25	21	23	21	23	23	18	20	24	18	20	22	20	21	24	21	23	24	22
Low °C	21	24	26	23	20	22	17	21	22	17	20	23	17	19	20	20	20	23	18	18	23	18
Chill °C (?)	21	26	26	25	21	23	21	23	23	17	20	24	17	20	22	20	21	24	20	23	24	22
Sunrise	-	4:56	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:33	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	0.6 S	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.1 SW	1.4 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.8 E	1.2 E	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	9	11	9	9	9	11	9	12	10	12	11	11	11	14	9	8	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.8 E	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	13	11	11	10	14	8	13	16	9	16	15	15	-	10	7	13	13	12	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	2.3 ENE	0.7 NNE	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.5 S	-	1.8 S	2.5 S	1.6 ESE	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.6 SE	2.4 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 S	2.5 SE	1.1 SE	4.0 ESE	2.5 SE
Period (s)	3	4	8	5	6	5	8	-	7	8	9	7	8	6	8	6	8	6	7	7	8	8

	Monday 22			Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thursday 25
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Groenvlei Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Muizenberg Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	3.5 E	2.5 E	1.9 ESE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 S	1.4 E	1.5 E	3.0 SSW	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	9	9	10	9	12
Energy(?)	1071	4614	1548	1057	3091	1961	558	646	688	653	599	660	595	593	568	537	375	585	1408	530	520	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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)	4:57PM 1.61					5:30AM 1.48				5:34PM 1.46				6:02AM 1.72				6:09PM 1.46				6:24AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)				11:11PM 0.19				11:30AM 0.29				11:48PM 0.19				11:48AM 0.35				12:25AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	22	21	21	24	23	24	22	22	24	22	23	24	25	20	21	21	19	21	21	19
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	21	21	24	23	24	22	22	24	22	23	24	25	19	21	21	19	21	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	5:33
Sunset	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	1.9 ESE	3.0 ENE	2.1 E	1.4 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.3 SW	1.4 E	1.5 E	0.4 SW	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	10	9	13	10	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	6	14	10	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 E	-	0.5 W	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 NNE	0.4 SW	-	-	-	1.9 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	10	-	3	9	8	4	4	6	6	5	3	-	-	-	8	6	6	9	6	6	7

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	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Groenvlei Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Muizenberg Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	3.5 E	3.5 E	2.0 ESE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.1 ESE	3.0 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.7 E	0.7 S	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	9	8	10	8	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	10	8	8	7	8	11	10
Energy(?)	1054	2510	4272	1039	2264	1296	1193	1289	180	184	594	222	407	412	417	151	1954	1289	390	560	121	383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:59PM 1.51													5:06AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)										11:16PM 0.15												11:11AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	24	22	23	23	21	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	24	26	20	25	26	21
Chill °C (?)	24	23	24	22	23	23	21	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	24	26	20	25	26	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.0 S	3.0 E	2.0 ESE	0.8 S	0.7 S	2.1 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.2 E	0.9 S	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.6 WSW	2.2 E	1.8 E	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	7	11	7	7	7	10	8	8	10	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.1 NW	0.7 S	0.1 SW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	13	13	10	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	9	11	11	16	11	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 E	3.5 E	-	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.3 E	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	9	8	-	8	9	9	7	7	-	-	-	5	8	8	7	8	8	10

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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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