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

	Thu	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 E	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	9
Energy(?)	3564	3609	4627	3792	2595	1186	1881	1399	2400	1474	2762	1055	1110	1600	2032	679	1357	1843	1920	888	37	680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:15AM 1.18	6:28PM 1.24		6:51AM 1.07	7:05PM 1.12		7:23AM 1.11	7:53PM 1.15		9:38AM 1.15		10:16PM 0.97	11:52AM 0.96		11:59PM 1.05	12:50PM 1.10		12:55AM 1.19	1:28PM 1.25		1:42AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	12:12AM 0.35	12:10PM 0.42		12:45AM 0.45	12:42PM 0.53		1:39AM 0.76	1:26PM 0.70		2:38AM 0.71		3:28PM 0.72		5:26AM 0.61	6:28PM 0.73		6:37AM 0.50	6:58PM 0.53		7:17AM 0.36	7:36PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	15	16	15	16	14	15	15	13	14	19	20	23	22	14	17	17	16	14	16	13
Low °C	14	14	15	15	14	15	13	14	15	12	12	18	16	15	20	13	14	16	15	14	15	12
Chill °C (?)	14	17	14	15	15	16	13	14	14	11	13	19	20	23	22	13	17	16	16	14	15	12
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	0.8 E	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 E	1.2 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	1.2 E	0.9 E	0.1 W	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	-	-	10	16	15	13	5	19	18	18	18	16	7	7	15	7	15	11	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	1.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	5	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	12	9

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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	Dias Beach Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3162	3430	3666	3253	3427	5363	5152	4590	4295	4508	3028	3105	1380	1198	3170	2531	2557	2165	2292	1071	1860	1679
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
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)		5:58PM 1.35				6:15AM 1.18				6:40PM 1.35				6:49AM 1.07				7:06PM 1.12				7:51AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)				12:13AM 0.35				12:22PM 0.42				12:44AM 0.46				12:41PM 0.53				1:27AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	13	14	15	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	18	15	15	15	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	14	13	14	15	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	18	14	14	15	14	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05
Sunset	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	0.1 W	1.2 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	-	-	11	24	24	23	18	10	16	15	15	14	21	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 28	Friday 29
	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	Dias Beach Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	3125	3087	3163	2699	2666	3430	3035	1736	2053	1543	3137	4118	1815	1792	2351	4536	5013	3907	5078	2488	4866	5017
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				5:58PM 1.35													6:15AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)											12:16AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	15	14	15	15	14	15	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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