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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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Danger Reef Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	6	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.3 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 S	1.7 S	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.2 ESE	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	9	11	12	7	8	7	9	10	9	6
Energy(?)	4694	4800	2208	1591	1317	1771	2358	2418	1926	1394	1526	1546	502	2467	885	555	1129	832	2003	2874	2128	272
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:53AM 1.32		11:19PM 1.10	11:41AM 1.48		12:15AM 1.08	12:50PM 1.39		1:01AM 1.15	1:35PM 1.35		2:08AM 1.26			2:42AM 1.46		2:18PM 1.35	2:49AM 1.32		3:23PM 1.50	3:50AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		5:36PM 0.62		5:22AM 0.78	6:10PM 0.44		6:31AM 0.61	7:22PM 0.47		7:20AM 0.51	7:33PM 0.35		8:01AM 0.57		8:33PM 0.34	8:39AM 0.41		8:40PM 0.22	9:14AM 0.33		9:39PM 0.21	9:26AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	15	16	-	15	5	1	-
High °C	19	19	17	19	21	18	22	22	19	25	20	21	23	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	18	22
Low °C	17	19	16	17	19	17	20	22	18	21	20	19	23	17	16	16	16	14	15	17	14	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	19	21	18	22	22	19	25	20	21	23	16	16	15	15	15	17	17	18	22
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:30
Sunset	-	7:24	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.3 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	1.0 S	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.2 ESE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	12	13	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	9	11	11	12	9	12	9	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.4 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.3 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.9 SW	0.6 E	-	0.2 WNW	1.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 S	0.4 ENE	1.5 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	9	11	10	20	8	7	7	8	9	15	8	-	14	12	8	13	11	12	8	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	1.1 SW	1.8 SSW	-	2.1 S	2.5 S	1.7 S	-	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.6 SE
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	10	10	-	7	8	7	-	9	11	6

	Fri	Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Queens Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Baboon Point West Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	4	5	7	7	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2856	3773	6115	6230	5134	3305	3758	3344	3069	3301	1247	2517	1385	1565	1195	1270	1410	1412	2399	2436	2358	1771
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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)	10:12PM 1.10				10:29AM 1.26					11:35PM 1.05				11:28AM 1.20				12:16AM 1.09				12:18PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)			4:06AM 0.58					5:36PM 0.62				5:23AM 0.59				6:36PM 0.55				6:29AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	16	18	17	18	17	16	15	13	17	20	17	19	17	18	17	17	20	22	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	18	17	18	17	16	15	12	17	20	17	19	17	18	17	17	20	22	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.1 W
Period (s)	11	11	-	11	18	18	11	11	-	10	16	10	10	16	10	10	19	19	8	6	7	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12			Saturday 13
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Queens Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Baboon Point West Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	4	5	7	7	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	10	15	14	15	14	11	11	14	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	2028	2856	5823	14404	5808	6400	3622	4238	6583	3950	2704	4259	5558	5799	4290	5667	4610	4207	5651	4790	4773	2833
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:09PM 1.08												10:53AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)									4:02AM 0.55													5:14PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	18	18	16	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	17	17	15	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	0.4 E	4.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.6 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	9	16	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	15	14	14	10	13	14	14	13	13	15	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.6 E	0.1 W	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 W
Period (s)	16	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	-	10	18	10	11	11	11	11	18	18	10	9	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	-	4.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	14	-	14	11	11	-	11	-	10	14	-	12	12	-	-	12	-	-	-

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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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