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 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Keurbooms Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 E	0.9 S	2.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	6	7	10	12	11	11	8	14	8	10	14	10	13	12	6	14	14	13
Energy(?)	118	401	377	824	436	893	849	1337	831	724	461	759	731	342	789	651	1733	1500	129	2645	2196	1695
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:53PM 1.64		7:09AM 1.45	7:22PM 1.07		7:42AM 1.58	7:41PM 1.40		8:27AM 1.18		9:27PM 0.97	11:05AM 1.05		12:10AM 1.01	12:20PM 1.06		2:04AM 1.04	1:15PM 1.20		2:27AM 1.34		2:33PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 0.40	1:22PM 0.52		1:21AM 0.46	1:51PM 0.82		1:54AM 0.63		3:06PM 0.71	3:20AM 0.82		6:33PM 0.77		6:24AM 0.67	7:04PM 0.51		7:23AM 0.58		8:20PM 0.47	8:29AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	-	20	2	17	15	3	2	17	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	-
High °C	27	22	23	21	23	24	23	23	22	28	25	27	27	23	19	25	20	25	24	23	21	23
Low °C	27	21	21	21	23	22	23	20	22	25	23	24	27	20	19	24	20	21	23	21	20	22
Chill °C (?)	27	22	23	21	23	24	23	23	22	28	25	27	27	23	18	25	20	25	24	23	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	6:50	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:02	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 NW	1.2 SE	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	6	10	10	7	11	9	8	14	13	10	9	14	13	12	12	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	0.9 SW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	5	8	-	8	-	-	12	-	11	12	14	10	7	14	16	10	13	6	7	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	-	-	2.0 SSW	1.6 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	0.7 SSW	-	1.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.6 SW	1.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.0 ESE	1.5 S
Period (s)	9	-	-	10	6	7	7	7	7	4	-	7	8	5	6	10	6	6	-	-	6	7

	Saturday 07					Sunday 08								Monday 09								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	Brak River Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	9	6	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	13	9	7	8	8	12
Energy(?)	283	328	389	371	211	200	323	400	338	425	585	517	517	1118	1137	625	507	762	836	1827	1767	1337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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	glass	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:44PM 1.18				7:11AM 1.37				7:17PM 1.22				7:40AM 1.14				7:53PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)		12:43PM 0.35				12:55AM 0.49				1:23PM 0.47				1:16AM 0.56								1:54AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	2	3
Temp. °C	25	21	24	20	25	25	24	22	23	21	22	20	21	20	19	21	27	21	21	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	25	21	24	20	25	25	24	22	23	21	22	20	21	20	19	21	27	21	21	21	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	0.3 NW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	9	6	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	13	13	10	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 WNW	0.5 SE	0.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.7 SW	-	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SE	0.1 W	-	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	15	6	15	8	9	8	8	8	8	12	-	13	13	13	12	6	24	-	10	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	-	1.5 S	0.9 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.2 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	6	7	5	-	6	8	9	5	-	-	8	8	9	7	8	8	7

	Saturday 07															Sunday 08
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	241	316	331	429	166	187	186	314	349	375	400	383	399	368	415	363	91	315	438	438	384	394
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											6:48PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)					12:50PM 0.34												12:53AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	20	25	20	29	27	27	25	23	24	23	23	22	19	19	19	25	19	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	23	20	25	20	29	27	27	25	23	24	23	23	22	19	19	19	25	18	21	21	21	22
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 ENE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.6 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	5	6	15	8	8	8	6	6	6	9	6	9	15	15	15	10	15	8	8	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	9	9	9	3	3	-	6	3	6	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	5

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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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