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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	Sat		Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			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	Cape St Martin West Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	1.5 SW	1.0 E	1.6 SW	2.1 S	1.0 E	1.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	0.5 E	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	7	13	13	12	8	7	13	14	15	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	501	2757	3051	3068	1876	1657	1525	668	400	891	1393	541	745	1229	111	646	2412	1564	1694	74	3025	3127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:28PM 1.69	3:49AM 1.69		3:46PM 1.65	4:09AM 1.91		4:12PM 1.95	4:18AM 1.58		4:23PM 1.45		5:14AM 1.65	5:19PM 1.59		5:45AM 1.66	5:51PM 1.54		6:15AM 1.76	6:25PM 1.45		6:59AM 1.84	6:58PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		9:39PM 0.26	9:20AM 0.29		9:52PM 0.34	9:53AM 0.25		10:04PM 0.12	10:24AM 0.21		10:58PM 0.05	11:19AM 0.17		11:29PM 0.05	11:52AM 0.18		11:57PM 0.10	12:26PM 0.24		12:32AM 0.16	1:05PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2
High °C	20	20	20	21	18	20	19	18	23	29	21	23	22	21	22	23	22	24	22	21	20	19
Low °C	20	17	18	21	16	19	19	17	19	29	18	21	22	17	21	23	18	22	22	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	21	18	20	18	18	23	29	20	23	22	21	22	23	22	24	22	21	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	7:58	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.1 W	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSE	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	12	12	15	11	10	10	13	7	12	12	12	13	14	15	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	-	0.5 SW	-	1.0 E	0.5 S	0.7 SW	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	11	11	8	-	10	10	-	10	-	14	-	13	7	15	7	7	13	13	13	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	2.5 SE	-	1.8 E	2.1 S	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	-	-	11	-	6	7	7	-	6	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 17					Sunday 18								Monday 19								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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Inner Pool Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	8
Energy(?)	507	543	593	579	811	1177	4030	2884	3497	3017	2710	2860	2655	2414	2113	1975	1282	1076	1327	1089	1035	1433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:45PM 1.36				3:40AM 1.82				3:47PM 1.61				4:15AM 1.55				4:18PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	9:17AM 0.39				9:22PM 0.42				9:19AM 0.29				10:03PM 0.13				10:14AM 0.24				10:26PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	21	19	19	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	18	17	16	19	20	20	20	19	19	17
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	19	18	16	16	16	16	17	19	19	18	17	16	19	20	20	20	19	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.1 SE	1.6 SW	0.7 ESE	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	6	10	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.1 W	0.9 ESE	-	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	0.1 NW	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	9	9	11	9	-	11	9	11	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 SW	0.7 SW	2.0 SW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	10	4	10	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Saturday 17															Sunday 18
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Inner Pool Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.2 E	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10
Energy(?)	567	507	290	278	287	355	331	446	858	975	446	327	366	358	367	459	1136	1136	966	1178	816	1071
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				3:45AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		9:17AM 0.39												9:34PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	18	19	16
Chill °C (?)	23	23	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	17	17	18	17	18	14
Sunrise	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.2 E	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	2.2 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 S	0.3 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 NW	0.7 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	9	6	9	9	11	9	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	-	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	10	10	4	4	4	5	5	5	10	10	10	10	7	-

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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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