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

	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	6	9	8	8	6	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	9	14	13	16	15	14	13	15	15	13	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1209	1318	1483	1556	1557	891	606	325	560	4857	4102	8360	9246	7326	3732	2844	1470	2472	787	780	1092	670
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:38PM 1.49	3:55AM 1.84		4:06PM 1.47	4:22AM 1.79		4:34PM 1.44	4:49AM 1.72		5:20PM 1.47		5:28AM 1.56	5:45PM 1.36		5:58AM 1.67	6:10PM 1.61		6:21AM 1.26	6:42PM 2.06		6:53AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	9:40AM 0.32		9:44PM 0.38	10:03AM 0.06		10:10PM 0.41	10:47AM 0.32		10:36PM 0.47	10:57AM 0.44		11:16PM 0.29	11:38AM 0.29		11:44PM 0.35	12:07PM 0.57		12:13AM 0.42	12:38PM 0.50		12:46AM 0.60	1:08PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	17	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	5	1	-
High °C	22	25	22	25	23	20	20	21	19	18	18	17	19	18	17	19	22	18	27	26	23	20
Low °C	21	23	21	22	21	19	19	20	17	18	17	16	18	18	15	19	22	16	24	24	19	19
Chill °C (?)	22	25	22	25	23	20	20	21	19	18	18	17	18	18	15	19	22	17	27	26	23	20
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 E	1.8 SW	1.9 E	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	9	13	9	12	11	11	9	14	13	16	15	14	13	15	15	13	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 E	1.7 SW	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.7 S	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	15	15	12	10	13	9	9	9	9	-	10	11	12	13	17	12	19	12	11	11	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	-	-	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	0.5 E	2.1 SE	1.7 E	-	1.0 SE	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	4	7	-	-	4	5	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	6	-	6	11	-

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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	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Groenvlei Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Tofinho Inhambane	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 E	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 ENE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 NE	1.8 E	1.3 SW	1.9 SE	1.3 SW	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	14	9	13	13	12	13	13	12	9	12	12	7	9	12	9	11	11
Energy(?)	855	1191	1133	1487	1569	2032	2047	1551	1477	1212	1486	1195	1112	3013	1003	1099	1025	635	656	678	603	508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:27AM 1.86				3:38PM 1.49				3:55AM 1.84				4:27PM 1.66				4:44AM 2.04				4:54PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			9:40AM 0.32				10:00PM 0.29				10:25AM 0.05				10:27PM 0.10				10:49AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	2	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	24	23	23	24	22	22	20	19	27	20	21	24	20	19	20	23	21	25	20	24
Chill °C (?)	21	21	24	23	23	24	22	22	20	19	27	20	21	24	20	19	20	23	21	25	20	24
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 E	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 ENE	1.6 SW	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 E	1.3 SW	1.9 SE	1.3 SW	1.5 E
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	14	9	13	13	12	13	13	12	9	12	9	8	9	12	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.9 SW	1.4 E	1.6 SW	0.7 ESE	0.6 SW	1.1 E	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	5	15	15	12	15	8	13	7	11	8	9	10	9	13	9	12	10	12	9	12	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	2.5 E	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	0.5 SW	3.5 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 NE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.8 SW	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	4	4	-	9	-	-	-	3	-	3	9	5	5	7	4	6	-	5	-

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	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Groenvlei Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Tofinho Inhambane	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 E	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 ENE	2.3 E	3.0 E	1.2 E	0.4 SW	2.1 E	2.1 SE	2.0 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	13	13	13	8	8	9	6	13	9	7	9	6
Energy(?)	886	974	855	945	1121	1184	857	1036	1133	1223	824	674	829	1145	1789	1657	176	71	1239	432	1283	319
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:18AM 1.61													4:02PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)								9:36AM 0.04													10:01PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	23	24	25	25	24	22	25	22	23	24	23	21	25	21	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	23	24	25	25	24	22	25	22	23	24	23	21	25	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 E	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 E	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 E	1.2 SW	0.6 E	0.4 SW	2.1 E	0.3 SSW	2.0 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	8	13	13	13	9	13	8	13	9	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.7 SSE	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.2 SSE	1.3 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	1.3 SW	0.1 S	1.4 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	7	5	7	15	16	13	7	15	15	13	8	8	11	13	8	8	11	12	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	1.9 E	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	2.3 E	3.0 E	1.2 E	3.0 ENE	-	2.1 SE	-	1.3 E
Period (s)	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	5	5	-	-	-	8	8	9	6	8	-	7	-	6

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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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