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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	Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			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	Robberg Garden Route	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Dunes Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.0 ENE	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 S	3.0 SE	1.4 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 E	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	6	12	12	12	12	7	7	12	11	8	7	6	8	8	16	15	9	14	14	13	8
Energy(?)	1177	396	1005	1435	1132	1891	313	963	818	395	1021	1283	203	1204	909	359	553	716	1038	1238	790	593
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:32PM 1.85		1:54AM 1.69		2:35PM 1.92	3:02AM 1.65		3:23PM 2.16	3:18AM 1.59		3:56PM 2.29	4:21AM 1.78		4:37PM 1.75			5:01PM 1.50		5:36AM 1.47	5:56PM 2.43		6:40AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		7:46PM 0.00		8:20AM 0.09		8:56PM -0.06	9:01AM 0.01		9:08PM -0.11	9:20AM 0.04		10:12PM -0.06	10:23AM 0.06		10:53PM 0.03	10:51AM 0.16		11:35PM 0.15	11:44AM 0.29		12:15AM 0.45	12:52PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-
High °C	22	22	18	18	19	16	21	22	18	16	25	18	21	22	18	21	23	22	29	27	25	24
Low °C	18	22	16	17	19	15	20	19	17	16	24	15	20	21	16	20	20	20	24	26	18	20
Chill °C (?)	22	22	18	18	18	14	21	22	17	15	25	16	21	22	17	21	23	22	29	27	25	24
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:24	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:54
Sunset	-	6:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	0.5 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 E	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	16	8	14	12	11	11	11	8	11	10	7	15	14	14	14	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SE	0.5 SW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	11	9	8	11	16	14	-	23	12	21	20	10	19	18	16	6	10	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 ENE	-	-	0.9 S	2.5 SSW	1.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 ESE	2.3 S	3.0 SE	1.4 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.2 N	1.4 SE	1.7 E	-	-	-	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	4	12	7	7	6	6	8	7	6	8	8	3	8	9	-	-	-	8

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	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Donkin Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Tofinho Inhambane	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 NE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.0 S	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	8	6	11
Energy(?)	1207	1009	611	1044	1108	1198	1332	1283	1060	1088	1206	1507	1504	1905	1738	1377	1230	1301	1181	230	190	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:54PM 1.89									2:34PM 1.96				2:36AM 1.57				3:23PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)		7:12AM 0.19					8:18PM 0.03			7:55AM 0.11	8:20AM 0.25				8:56PM -0.06				8:38AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	25	23	21	19	17	20	15	16	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	19	20	23	21	18
Chill °C (?)	13	16	25	23	21	19	17	20	14	15	19	19	18	17	17	16	14	19	20	23	21	18
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 ENE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.5 E	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	13	13	9	9	6	7	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	8	16	16	9	15	15	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	6	5

	Monday 03																					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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Donkin Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Tofinho Inhambane	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 ENE	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	15	8	12
Energy(?)	1147	1147	752	1145	1269	808	822	481	990	762	832	1097	1117	1254	1267	773	788	1198	1466	471	585	1081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												1:55PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)						7:41AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	17	14	16	18	20	22	20	21	24	23	23	21	21	18	17	19	15	22	20	16
Chill °C (?)	13	13	16	14	16	18	20	22	20	21	24	23	23	21	21	17	16	19	12	22	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.7 S	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SSE	0.5 S	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 S	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 E	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	11	-	9	9	12	12	11	-	-	9	9	9	15	15	12	12	6	-	15	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.2 S	1.3 S	-	2.5 SSW	1.3 ESE	2.1 ENE	-
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	3	3	3	9	-	-	3	-	-	9	9	5	5	-	10	7	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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