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

	Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Platboom Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Cape Vidal KZN North	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 S	2.0 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	16	10	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	12	12	13	6	14	13	12	16	14
Energy(?)	510	581	682	689	390	2687	3663	7006	729	1547	1248	1283	272	1559	1100	429	616	1335	787	661	1304	1512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:07PM 1.73		5:19AM 1.83	5:28PM 1.42		6:14AM 1.75	6:10PM 1.31		6:54AM 1.53	6:50PM 1.22		7:18AM 1.34	7:37PM 1.10		8:14AM 1.39		8:19PM 1.08	9:01AM 1.15		9:45PM 1.05	10:29AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)	10:45AM 0.12		11:21PM 0.04	11:34AM 0.44		11:38PM 0.13	12:26PM 0.30		12:16AM 0.23	1:06PM 0.37		1:05AM 0.34	1:42PM 0.42		1:41AM 0.47		2:36PM 0.50	2:24AM 0.51		3:42PM 0.67	3:33AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	21	24	25	22	19	22	24	23	24	21	24	23	23	22	24	21	25	30	21	25
Low °C	21	22	20	23	25	20	19	21	23	22	23	18	22	23	17	22	22	20	23	29	18	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	24	25	22	19	22	24	23	24	21	24	23	23	22	24	21	25	30	21	25
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 E	0.4 E	3.5 SW	4.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	10	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	12	12	13	10	14	13	12	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.7 WSW	0.8 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 NE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 ESE	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	15	15	16	-	14	10	8	10	10	13	7	13	13	10	12	12	7	18	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	3.5 SW	-	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	1.0 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	0.7 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	0.8 S	1.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	5	4	10	-	-	7	-	-	-	5	7	8	8	6	6	-	6	7	-

	Sun	Monday 05								Tuesday 06								Wednesday 07
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Platboom Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	9	9	10	12	11	12	13	13
Energy(?)	560	524	600	509	583	406	548	613	605	627	729	636	771	545	1755	2686	1039	2531	1624	10951	4989	6992
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:57AM 1.67									5:35AM 1.78				5:46PM 1.64				6:15AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	10:19PM 0.01				10:45AM 0.12				10:59PM 0.06	11:21PM 0.04				11:29AM 0.17				11:57PM 0.08				12:26PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	21	18	19	20	20	24	24	21	20	19	19	23	21	22	24	22	22	21	19	20	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	18	19	20	20	24	24	21	20	19	19	23	21	22	24	22	22	21	19	20	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	12	11	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	0.3 WNW	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.4 WSW	0.8 E	1.1 WSW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	13	11	10	5	14	14	10	13	15	10	15	10	14	15	11	10	11	9	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	0.8 SE	-	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.5 W	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	-	4.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	3	9	9	10	12	-	12	-	-

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Platboom Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	11	12	11	12
Energy(?)	582	456	728	441	441	425	477	450	450	600	536	561	648	402	585	582	277	123	547	622	538	577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	glass	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									4:33AM 1.58													5:08PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			10:43PM 0.02													11:05AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	21	19	22	23	24	23	24	22	23	24	22
Chill °C (?)	22	19	21	20	18	19	18	18	18	19	19	21	19	22	23	24	23	24	22	23	24	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	11	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.9 ESE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	13	11	11	13	13	13	11	5	5	10	11	10	13	14	10	10	14	13	15	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	0.7 SE	-	1.5 SSE	1.7 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 SE	-	1.0 SSE	-	0.8 ESE	-	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	5	-	6	6	6	4	-	5	-	4	-	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4

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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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