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

	Wed	Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Mzimpuni Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hell West Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Tofinho Inhambane	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Hawston Overberg	Hawston Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	4	0	4	0	2	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 ENE	3.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 SW	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	1.9 S	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	11	6	12	7	7	9	9	13	9	8	9	11	17	15	13	12	18	16
Energy(?)	1483	987	1710	469	826	635	3711	623	432	2982	447	1711	1847	738	811	225	240	480	527	341	1271	2602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:06PM 1.11	11:03AM 1.28		11:40PM 1.16	12:09PM 1.68		12:40AM 1.16	12:22PM 1.31		12:56AM 1.23	12:56PM 1.51		1:29AM 1.27	1:31PM 1.40		2:26AM 1.50		2:34PM 1.84	3:00AM 1.41		3:10PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	4:20AM 0.62		5:19PM 0.49		5:51AM 0.80	6:43PM 0.51		6:11AM 0.44	6:52PM 0.32		6:56AM 0.44	7:25PM 0.28		7:29AM 0.35	7:56PM 0.20	8:22PM 0.25	8:23AM 0.30		8:53PM 0.18	8:57AM 0.23		10:51PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	22	21	25	23	21	21	20	16	17	23	19	22	25	17	19	21	17	20	22	18
Low °C	18	16	19	16	18	21	18	21	20	14	17	23	16	21	23	15	17	19	16	18	21	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	22	21	25	23	21	21	20	14	16	23	18	22	25	16	19	21	17	20	22	16
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:43	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:44	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSE	3.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SE	1.6 SW	1.6 S	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	11	9	12	9	11	15	9	13	12	14	11	11	10	15	13	12	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SE	0.7 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.5 SE	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	0.3 NW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	15	15	11	8	12	14	12	8	13	9	15	16	14	13	8	8	14	7	20	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.2 SSE	-	1.4 SE	1.4 E	2.2 ENE	-	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 S	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	1.9 S	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSE	-	0.6 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	8	5	-	6	6	6	-	7	7	9	-	8	9	8	9	6	5	5	-	5	6	8

	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Donkin Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	TTs West
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 E	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	9	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	6	11	11	7	8	8	7	13
Energy(?)	1363	1071	1044	1559	1272	1761	2404	862	697	1030	1035	1378	688	697	346	251	477	731	1122	1240	1308	3280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:50PM 1.05									11:14PM 1.20				12:09PM 1.39				12:43AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)	4:06PM 0.68				4:33AM 0.86					5:17PM 0.51				5:18AM 0.49				6:48PM 0.71				8:18AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	19	17	18	17	18	21	18	20	18	18	18	17	19	18	22	22	19	18	20	20	25
Chill °C (?)	22	19	17	18	17	18	21	17	19	17	18	18	17	19	17	22	22	19	18	20	20	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-
Sunset	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	8	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	6	7	7	8	8	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.1 SE	1.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	15	15	13	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	9	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 SW	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.7 ESE	-	-	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	12	5	-	9	-	-	-	6	6	4	-	-	7	7	6	-	-	-	8	8	7	4

	Wednesday 12									Thursday 13
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Donkin Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	TTs West
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	9	8	7	12
Energy(?)	1168	1676	135	1350	591	900	1263	524	519	1044	615	690	1464	1672	1069	1384	3338	2633	723	681	726	730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								9:52PM 1.03													10:58AM 1.28	12:01PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)															4:03AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	24	20	21	21	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	19	18	22	24	22	27
Chill °C (?)	22	24	20	21	21	19	18	18	16	17	16	15	15	15	14	17	18	17	22	24	22	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	13	10	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	15	15	16	15	15	12	13	12	13	13	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	-	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 S	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	13	10	12	5	6	5	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	8	7	3

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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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