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 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			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	Cape St Martin West Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 E	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SE	3.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	8	16	16	16	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	10	11	11	7	8	10	9	8	8
Energy(?)	745	913	1065	1692	1571	2011	1525	2585	1256	1100	1627	1291	1051	930	612	588	509	564	392	706	1087	1418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:05PM 1.68	3:59AM 1.61		3:58PM 1.77	3:52AM 1.62		4:09PM 1.79	4:25AM 1.90		4:41PM 1.79	4:58AM 1.91		5:32PM 2.00		5:28AM 1.62	5:48PM 1.41		6:30AM 1.92	6:39PM 1.41		7:02AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	9:02AM 0.22		9:46PM 0.07	9:57AM 0.12		9:41PM 0.04	10:04AM 0.08		10:12PM 0.31	10:52AM 0.21		10:43PM 0.31	11:09AM 0.05		11:29PM 0.21	11:44AM 0.10		12:06AM 0.10	12:37PM 0.46		12:27AM 0.30	1:20PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	4	-
High °C	30	28	25	26	28	22	25	26	22	24	22	23	24	29	21	23	28	20	24	21	20	22
Low °C	28	26	20	25	26	20	22	23	21	20	22	22	22	27	20	21	27	19	23	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	30	28	25	26	28	22	25	26	22	24	22	23	24	29	21	23	28	20	24	21	20	22
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:40	-	-	7:35	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 ESE	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 E	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	16	10	16	14	13	13	8	8	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 E	0.3 W	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 NW	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	21	20	11	16	9	18	7	16	13	14	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	13	8	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 ESE	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	-	-	1.7 ESE	-	-	1.9 ENE	1.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	-	2.5 SE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	10	-	-	7	8	6	-	8	8

	Sun	Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	20	11	18	18	18	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	13	14
Energy(?)	1055	1064	1186	1202	741	784	831	1108	1166	1513	1605	2080	1492	1757	1570	3003	3250	2176	1685	2061	1172	1286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:32AM 1.49				3:01PM 1.52				3:25AM 1.79				3:57PM 2.01				4:21AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)	8:44PM 0.18				9:28AM 0.23				9:12PM 0.39				9:33AM 0.14				9:41PM 0.04				10:05AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	23	18	21	26	26	27	26	23	27	20	20	20	27	26	21	21	23	21	23	26	26
Chill °C (?)	25	23	18	21	26	26	27	26	23	27	20	20	20	27	26	21	21	23	21	23	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 ESE	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 E	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	7	12	11	11	11	11	8	16	16	15	10	15	15	15	15	16	15	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	0.3 E	1.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.4 ESE	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 S	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	8	20	20	18	18	11	11	19	19	16	10	18	18	8	8	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.7 SE	1.0 ENE	2.1 E	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	1.7 E	1.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	4	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	7	-	8	8	-	-

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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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 E	1.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	11	20	12	7	12	19	12
Energy(?)	1467	1014	1466	1160	1106	645	1096	547	547	1128	733	515	617	978	919	602	817	566	886	598	722	956
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:53AM 1.51													3:32PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	8:44PM 0.18													9:22AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	24	19	19	19	22	28	23	23	20	25	26	23	25	26	25	26	30	23	29	30	28
Chill °C (?)	27	24	19	19	19	22	28	23	23	20	25	26	23	25	26	25	26	30	23	29	30	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	7	7	11	11	12	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.8 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	11	8	13	12	8	8	12	8	8	7	12	12	7	20	8	8	21	19	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 SE	-	-	-	2.1 E	1.3 SE	-	1.4 SE	1.8 E	1.7 E	-	-	2.3 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.7 SE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	4	6	6	8	-	-	-	7	7	-	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	8	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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