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

	Tue	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	To Strand Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	3	4	2	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 SSW	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	14	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	11	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy	1669	606	1527	224	3128	1175	3588	3686	3513	4315	1187	1035	1158	1486	1262	1828	1666	1225	1083	1882	2559	1185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:39AM 1.31		5:10PM 1.45		5:36AM 1.47	6:03PM 1.60		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.42		6:27AM 1.42	7:11PM 1.49		7:35AM 1.33		8:12PM 1.47	8:37AM 1.09		9:18PM 1.31	9:52AM 1.10		10:24PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	10:37PM 0.36	10:55AM 0.30		11:29PM 0.37	11:51AM 0.28		12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.36		12:47AM 0.50	12:41PM 0.47		1:38AM 0.71	1:41PM 0.67		2:46AM 0.70		3:00PM 0.68	3:46AM 0.47		4:09PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	9	5	1	-	-	-	3	1	-	2	6	1	-	4	14	-
High °C	16	17	17	20	16	22	14	14	15	19	13	18	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	16	14
Low °C	14	16	16	17	16	20	13	13	14	15	12	17	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	14	17	17	20	15	22	13	12	14	19	12	18	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SSW	0.6 E	2.1 S	0.8 NE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 S	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 E	2.2 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	8	11	7	12	12	12	10	12	12	11	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	1.0 ESE	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.7 E	0.2 W
Period (s)	11	11	10	14	8	10	11	11	11	11	13	12	10	9	-	13	12	11	12	11	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	-	-	0.6 NE	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	1.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	1.0 W	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	4	11	12	-	-	8	10	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	12	-

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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	Groenvlei Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	To Strand Durban/KZN South	Corner Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	2	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSE	1.7 SSW	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE
Period(s)	11	8	11	13	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12
Energy	816	1094	926	1669	1332	1403	606	3097	1527	1734	1629	224	4621	3277	3128	2278	1175	3291	3335	3588	3720	4004
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	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)	4:54PM 1.55				4:40AM 1.45					5:10PM 1.45				5:36AM 1.41				6:05PM 1.45				6:08AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			10:54PM 0.34				10:55AM 0.30	11:14AM 0.29				11:29PM 0.37				11:46AM 0.64				12:07AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	2	3	3	2	1	3
Temp. °C	18	16	17	14	16	16	17	14	17	17	17	19	16	15	16	17	20	14	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	16	17	12	16	16	17	12	17	17	17	19	15	14	16	16	20	13	13	13	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26
Sunset	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.6 E	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.1 S	3.0 SSE	0.8 NE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE
Period (s)	11	9	11	13	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	8	10	11	11	11	7	11	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 E	0.9 W	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 W	1.8 SW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	8	11	13	13	11	13	10	10	10	14	12	7	8	7	10	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	2.5 SE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	3.5 S	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	8	-	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	10	10	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	8

	Tuesday 02									Wednesday 03
	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	Hawston Overberg	Heaven West Coast	Groenvlei Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	2	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	11	9	11	11	8	8	8	11	11	10	9	13	9	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1073	1002	816	761	676	1094	1094	926	926	1010	1028	1669	1104	1350	1332	1383	1204	1403	594	645	606	587
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:54PM 1.55												4:40AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)									10:54PM 0.34												10:55AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	14	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	17	18	16	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	12	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	11	11	10	9	13	9	10	10	10	13	10	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 W	1.4 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	10	15	11	8	12	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	11	13	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	11	5	8	8	8	6	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-

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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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