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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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Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5

SW
4.0

SW
4.0

SW
3.5

SW
2.5

SW
3.0

SW
2.3

SW
2.2

SW
2.1

SW
1.9

SW
2.3

WSW
2.3

SW
2.1

SW
3.0

SW
2.5

SW
3.0

SW
3.0

SW
4.5

SW
4.0

SW
4.5

SW
4.0

SW
3.5

SW
Period(s) (?)14141414131312121111141413161413131616151514
Energy(?)856868805928484321742600164314151046878209118941544413629272995284397167619865860945156
Wind
(km/h)
15
10
10
10
10
30
5
10
15
15
20
15
10
5
30
20
5
25
10
10
15
35
Wind State(?)offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
1.63

4:32PM
1.47
4:39AM
1.43
5:08AM
1.54
5:09PM
1.50

5:18AM
1.40
6:11PM
1.60

5:59AM
1.35
6:27PM
1.49

6:59AM
1.39
7:31PM
1.53

7:37AM
1.22

8:05PM
1.39
8:47AM
1.18

9:20PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03PM
0.49
10:17AM
0.12

10:39PM
0.24
11:20AM
0.08

11:18PM
0.23
11:27AM
0.14

11:59PM
0.23
12:04PM
0.19

12:44AM
0.26
1:06PM
0.22

1:49AM
0.35
1:36PM
0.35

2:35AM
0.36

2:52PM
0.64
4:04AM
0.61
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
---------------6-1----
High °C
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Low °C
12141210111612121312131412131614151514141511
Chill °C (?)
12131212132014151212121415181613171416151412
Sunrise
-7:22--7:48--7:31--7:50--7:22--7:31--7:48--
Sunset
--5:52--5:27--5:53--5:53--5:52--5:54--5:57-
Swell1 (m) & direction
4.5

SW
4.0

SW
4.0

SW
3.5

SW
2.5

SW
1.3

E
2.3

SW
2.2

SW
2.1

SW
1.9

SW
2.3

WSW
2.3

SW
2.1

SW
3.0

SW
2.5

SW
3.0

SW
3.0

SW
4.5

SW
4.0

SW
4.5

SW
4.0

SW
3.5

SW
Period (s)14141414131012121111141413161413131616151514
Swell2 (m) & direction
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0.4

ENE

-
0.4

E

-
1.5

E
0.1

W
0.7

E
0.2

WSW
0.9

SW
0.3

SW
1.6

SW
1.1

SSW
0.8

E
0.2

E

-
0.5

E

-
0.6

E

-

-

-
Period (s)-10-11-9161018152219181112-11-11---
Wind waves (m) & direction
-

-

-
1.1

ENE

-
3.0

SW

-

-

-
0.4

N

-

-

-

-
1.4

NW
0.7

NNW

-

-

-

-

-
1.6

ESE
Period (s)---5-13---3----54-----6

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