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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	Thu		Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	1	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 E	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 ENE	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	2.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.3 S	2.4 SE	1.1 S	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	8	18	16	14	14	14	13	7	11	12	7	8	11	8	7	7	7
Energy(?)	1348	826	472	955	774	206	1267	4717	3594	2261	2214	1237	371	610	324	251	758	218	751	748	210	815
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:01AM 1.44			2:15AM 1.40		2:29PM 1.48	3:27AM 1.73		3:40PM 1.80	4:04AM 2.10		4:16PM 2.06	4:42AM 1.76		4:52PM 1.66		5:15AM 1.75	5:27PM 2.00		5:36AM 2.08	5:37PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	7:14PM 0.31		8:07AM 0.48		8:03PM 0.17	8:25AM 0.22		9:19PM 0.11	9:11AM 0.13		9:50PM 0.24	10:16AM 0.08		10:29PM -0.02	10:52AM 0.07		10:59PM -0.02	11:24AM 0.09		11:28PM 0.05	11:49AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	23	25	26	23	26	24	20	21	23	23	24	27	21	22	26	19	23	24	20	22	25
Low °C	25	20	22	25	22	24	22	19	20	22	22	23	26	20	22	26	18	22	24	19	22	24
Chill °C (?)	26	23	25	26	23	26	24	20	21	23	23	24	27	21	22	26	18	23	24	19	22	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	7:52	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 ESE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 E	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	0.4 SW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 ESE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	7	12	12	8	18	16	14	14	14	13	14	11	12	7	13	8	12	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.4 S	1.1 SSW	0.2 E	1.0 E	0.5 SSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	6	12	10	6	13	18	-	-	-	5	8	-	7	7	14	19	11	10	11	11	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.1 SE	-	1.3 E	-	-	1.8 SW	0.9 SSE	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.5 ENE	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 S	2.5 SSW	0.9 S	2.3 S	2.4 SE	1.1 S	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	6	5	-	6	-	-	10	5	-	4	-	-	7	5	5	5	8	6	8	7	7	7

	Thursday 29					Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sun
	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	De Kelders Overberg	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	De Kelders Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	10	18	16
Energy(?)	1734	276	269	1384	1478	1243	1036	1095	841	741	420	750	532	784	680	542	501	466	168	554	1428	4896
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:22PM 1.44				1:24AM 1.27					2:10PM 1.85				2:48AM 1.46				3:09PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				7:14PM 0.31									8:35PM 0.44				8:55AM 0.24				9:15PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	25	26	26	22	22	21	20	22	24	25	24	22	22	22	22	24	24	24	26	23	21	19
Chill °C (?)	25	26	26	22	22	21	20	22	24	25	24	22	22	22	22	24	24	24	26	23	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 E	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	7	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	10	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	-
Period (s)	-	14	14	-	13	13	13	6	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	12	19	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.5 E	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	6	5	5	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5

	Thursday 29															Friday 30
	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	De Kelders Overberg	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	De Kelders Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1645	251	251	1593	1686	1575	1550	1535	1194	1305	781	1716	1257	1545	1552	1354	1343	1235	210	1271	1137	1019
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	off
High Tide / height (m)					12:35PM 1.29													1:58AM 1.28	2:04AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)												7:47PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	26	26	25	25	26	24	22	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	22	25	26	26	25	25	26	24	22	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	21	21	20
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	7	7	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.4 ESE	-	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	12	12	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	3	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	-	7	7	5

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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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