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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	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	2.0 ENE	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 E	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SE	2.2 SE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 ESE	1.8 SW	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	10	8	7	9	10	13	12	14	8	14	13	13	13	12	12	8	9	17	16	12	14	12
Energy(?)	251	577	846	1340	2159	2278	1592	402	348	3715	3965	2761	1565	1590	949	877	968	1060	1097	2113	1703	1862
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:57AM 1.29		12:17AM 1.18	1:09PM 1.34		1:58AM 1.43	1:57PM 1.52	2:08PM 1.48	2:37AM 1.52		2:33PM 1.36	2:24AM 1.32		3:16PM 1.70	3:22AM 1.69		3:29PM 1.69	3:23AM 1.55		3:32PM 1.51	4:18AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		5:43PM 1.04		6:24AM 1.02	7:46PM 0.58		7:51AM 0.95		8:27PM 0.73	8:38AM 0.71		8:15PM 0.28	8:33AM 0.34		9:13PM 0.19	9:27AM 0.24		9:12PM 0.10	9:32AM 0.14		10:06PM -0.00	10:26AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	29	20	20	22	19	21	27	26	19	21	18	20	23	23	22	22	29	24	24	23	22
Low °C	26	28	18	19	21	19	20	26	24	19	20	16	18	22	17	18	22	22	23	23	20	20
Chill °C (?)	28	29	19	20	22	19	21	27	26	19	21	16	20	23	23	22	22	29	24	24	23	22
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	6:46	-	-	7:42	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.5 S	0.7 SW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 E	3.0 SSW	0.3 WNW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	2.2 SE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 ESE	1.8 SW	2.3 E
Period (s)	7	13	16	9	13	13	12	8	8	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	9	17	16	12	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	-	0.4 NW	0.3 SSE	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	15	16	10	14	10	10	13	-	13	12	13	12	21	13	11	11	12	18	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 ENE	2.3 S	0.4 E	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	3.5 SSW	1.4 SE	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	-	1.2 SE	-	-	1.4 SE	-
Period (s)	-	8	7	7	10	-	-	-	4	-	13	6	-	-	8	8	-	7	-	-	6	-

	Tue	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kamer Van Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 NE	0.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 E	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	7	11	13	10	8	8	8	16	9	9	8	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	988	512	559	531	554	242	290	833	1305	1117	608	1420	1953	307	1667	1772	2508	2768	1994	1800	1592	1410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:26PM 1.25				10:57AM 0.99					12:17AM 1.18				1:20PM 1.19				1:15AM 1.07				1:56PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			2:41AM 0.96					5:43PM 1.04				6:23AM 0.67				7:46PM 0.64				7:21AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	23	25	24	26	24	26	26	24	21	19	22	27	19	19	19	18	17	19	21	21
Chill °C (?)	24	24	23	25	24	26	24	26	26	24	21	18	22	27	19	19	19	18	17	19	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 S	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 E	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	11	8	8	10	8	8	6	14	14	8	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	7	9	10	13	13	13	10	16	16	13	14	14	10	16	16	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 NE	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 E	-	0.7 E	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	7	7	-	-	-	8	8	8	6	9	9	4	8	-	4	6	-	-	-	-

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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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kamer Van Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 WNW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	7	10	10	10	7	7	7	12	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	10	18	11	10
Energy(?)	723	1029	988	881	386	319	277	621	559	569	550	254	281	424	329	329	379	335	331	436	313	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:26PM 1.25													9:40AM 1.14		11:09AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	23	23	23	23	22	20	29	25	25	25	24	25	24	23	23
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	23	23	23	23	22	20	29	25	25	25	24	25	24	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	7	7	7	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.3 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	7	7	7	12	11	11	7	13	13	14	7	7	7	18	18	12	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	5	6	8	-	-	6	5	4	4	5	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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