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

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.0 ESE	3.0 SE	1.9 SE	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 NE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	14	14	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	16	16	14	13	12	14	16	16	14	13
Energy	1096	1238	2014	1717	1474	2093	1014	1112	2363	672	572	627	533	597	751	693	791	1192	1170	1295	1001	3167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:28PM 1.52	4:43AM 1.54		5:34PM 1.68		5:38AM 1.65	6:26PM 1.59		6:45AM 1.68	7:27PM 1.68		7:40AM 1.40		8:23PM 1.27	8:58AM 1.10		9:38PM 1.25	10:20AM 1.08		10:47PM 1.39	11:29AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)	10:15AM -0.00		10:34PM 0.14	11:02AM 0.07		11:30PM 0.47	11:54AM 0.42		12:38AM 0.38	12:52PM 0.50		1:30AM 0.65	1:58PM 0.64		2:55AM 0.45		3:06PM 0.46	4:17AM 0.44		4:22PM 0.48		5:26AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	18	18	21	18	18	23	19	21	23	21	16	17	17	17	19	17	17	18	20	18
Low °C	15	20	17	16	19	17	17	20	17	18	20	17	15	17	16	16	18	16	15	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	16	20	17	18	21	17	18	23	19	21	23	21	16	17	17	17	19	17	17	18	20	18
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.0 SW	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 SW	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ENE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	9	9	13	10	9	12	8	8	8	7	16	16	14	13	12	14	13	16	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.3 SSE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	-	1.3 SW
Period (s)	6	13	13	13	14	12	12	15	14	13	13	12	11	10	9	9	14	18	16	9	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.0 ESE	3.0 SE	1.9 SE	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	-	-	1.9 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	6	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	4	-

	Monday 18							Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 ESE	1.6 SSE	3.0 ESE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period(s)	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Energy	1057	1018	1096	1348	1238	1834	1299	2014	2235	2162	1717	1748	1474	1110	1454	2093	1701	1429	1014	969	1112	1304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					4:28PM 1.52				4:43AM 1.54					5:17PM 1.46				5:38AM 1.65				6:26PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			10:15AM -0.00				10:35PM 0.15					11:04AM 0.32				11:30PM 0.47				11:54AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	17	20	20	18	19	17	17	16	18	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	20	20	17	19	16	16	16	18	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	1.0 SW	1.1 S	0.8 SW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	10	13	10	9	9	9	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.3 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SSE	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 S	2.3 SSE	-	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 ESE	1.6 SSE	3.0 ESE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	8	8	-	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8

	Monday 18																					Tue
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 SSE
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	8
Energy	1000	1057	1057	1072	1005	1018	1044	1069	1096	1306	1342	1348	1372	1379	1238	1237	1491	1834	1809	1866	1299	1839
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)															4:28PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)									10:15AM -0.00												10:35PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	18	19	20	21	21	20	19	19	17	18	18	19	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	-	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8

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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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