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 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28
	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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	8	12	8	12	8	12	13	7	11	11	10	11	10	10
Energy(?)	1050	597	1314	2183	763	764	594	433	376	476	490	202	401	1509	1921	491	1655	1645	724	613	1358	568
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:23AM 1.80	6:39PM 1.53		7:02AM 1.60	7:33PM 1.58		7:52AM 1.44		8:28PM 1.16	9:18AM 1.14		10:37PM 1.30	11:50AM 1.13		1:02AM 1.13	1:32PM 1.20		1:26AM 1.56		2:21PM 1.35	2:49AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	11:47PM 0.17	12:38PM 0.24		12:40AM 0.30	1:21PM 0.39		1:25AM 0.45		2:20PM 0.56	2:34AM 0.64		4:12PM 0.63	4:49AM 0.94		6:44PM 0.58		7:16AM 0.57	7:49PM 0.41		8:12AM 0.38		8:37PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	30	26	24	26	20	24	25	27	21	22	27	20	19	20	21	20	19	18	25	18	19
Low °C	22	25	25	22	24	19	23	24	25	20	21	26	19	18	19	18	17	19	17	22	18	17
Chill °C (?)	22	30	26	24	26	20	24	25	27	21	22	27	20	19	20	21	20	19	18	25	17	19
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:57	-	-	7:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	2.5 E	0.7 SSW	1.7 E	0.6 SSW	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 E	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	2.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	10	15	8	13	8	12	9	8	7	8	8	8	12	8	8	11	11	10	11	16	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 SE	1.1 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.3 E	1.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.2 WNW	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	15	12	13	8	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	13	13	9	11	10	7	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	0.3 SW	0.5 S	1.4 WSW	-	1.3 S	-	-	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	8	-	7	2	4	7	-	6	-	-	13	7	-	-	-	4	10	-

	Saturday 21			Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	2	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	4.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	1.6 E	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	12	12	8	8
Energy(?)	227	2246	1844	3179	1866	1588	597	714	2332	2257	1123	1018	1594	1044	1672	776	1035	682	543	730	1780	1419
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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
High Tide / height (m)		6:02PM 1.68				6:30AM 2.02				6:39PM 1.51				7:06AM 1.50				7:21PM 1.26				7:47AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				12:04AM 0.14				12:38PM 0.24				12:41AM 0.23				1:21PM 0.36				1:24AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	22	22	22	24	30	28	23	22	22	22	23	23	23	19	22	19	20	20	22	24
Chill °C (?)	24	23	22	22	22	24	30	28	23	22	22	22	23	23	23	19	22	19	20	20	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.9 SSW	2.2 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.2 SSW	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	10	10	9	8	8	10	14	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	15	10	10	10	15	9	14	13	9	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	16	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SE	4.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	-	2.5 E	-	2.3 E	-	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	-	8	-	8	-	7	-	-	-	8	8

	Saturday 21									Sunday 22
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	2	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WNW	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	0.5 WNW	2.0 ESE	1.6 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	13	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	8	7	7
Energy(?)	196	1796	1937	1830	2163	2054	1944	1943	1603	1603	465	510	389	490	479	484	559	513	240	519	384	278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					6:03PM 1.64												6:28AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)											12:06AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	26	26	23	23	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	22	22	21	23	23	20	28	28	26
Chill °C (?)	23	26	26	23	23	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	22	22	21	23	23	20	28	28	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.5 ESE	0.5 SW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SW	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	7	10	8	10	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	8	8	15	7	16	13	14	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	0.3 WNW	2.0 ESE	1.6 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	-	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	3	8	7	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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