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

	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	9	4	8	5	8	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.1 S	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 S	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	15	15	14	12	15	12	12	12	11	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	13
Energy	2527	1206	1441	4965	7879	5443	3221	2662	2078	4163	2222	1675	1831	1509	1301	1101	850	1246	1461	1525	1642	774
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:31PM 1.18		12:56AM 1.45	12:45PM 1.30		1:31AM 1.60	1:59PM 1.45		2:10AM 1.83		2:41PM 1.78	2:55AM 1.99		3:03PM 1.77	3:09AM 1.73		3:42PM 1.54	4:00AM 1.85		4:33PM 1.77	4:43AM 1.54	5:04AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		6:32PM 0.45		6:39AM 0.25	7:16PM 0.29		7:53AM 0.16	7:58PM 0.18		8:34AM 0.05		8:40PM 0.33	8:46AM -0.04		9:00PM 0.11	9:30AM -0.04		9:49PM 0.35	10:18AM 0.24		10:33PM 0.14	11:22AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	28	25	15	20	15	16	16	15	18	17	17	17	20	24	21	20	16	17	21	18	19
Low °C	24	26	24	15	19	14	14	16	14	15	17	16	15	19	21	20	18	16	15	20	16	15
Chill °C (?)	27	28	25	13	19	13	15	15	15	18	16	16	17	20	24	21	20	14	16	21	17	19
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	5:13	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.1 S	1.8 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	12	-	-	12	12	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	0.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 S	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	7	7	12	-	-	-	-	15	16	11	11	12	13	13	11	-	13	13	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 NE	-	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SE	-	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	4	7	-	-	15	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	6	5	6	7	7	6

	Mon	Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	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	Inner Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Danger Reef Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	9	9	5	8	9	9	9	5	4	6	9	8	5	5	9	9	8	9	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	12410	17446	8280	3314	9904	14531	8531	8110	3289	1020	5078	8023	7133	3430	4310	12456	12192	9832	9688	3776	3221	1361
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- 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
High Tide / height (m)		11:54PM 1.63				12:24PM 1.31				12:59AM 1.53				12:45PM 1.29				1:38AM 1.56				1:59PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				5:51AM 0.39				6:19PM 0.46				7:15AM 0.31				7:09PM 0.32				7:53AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	6	1	6	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	16	16	15	16	20	16	19	21	18	18	25	16	15	15	16	14	14	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	15	14	15	20	15	19	21	18	17	25	15	14	14	15	12	13	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.5 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	12	14	13	12	13	14	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	3.0 W	-	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	2.4 W	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	-	12	17	-	8	17	7	14	15	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	7.0 WSW	5.5 SW	-	4.0 W	-	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	13	-	12	-	13	14	12	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	12	14	13	12	-	-	-

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12
	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	Inner Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Danger Reef Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	9	9	5	8	9	9	9	5	4	6	9	8	5	5	9	9	8	9	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.5 SW	6.0 WSW	5.5 SW	5.0 WSW	7.5 WSW	6.5 SW	1.8 SW	6.0 SW	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	16	16	16	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	12471	22191	12410	10329	43216	24896	1167	19207	26	223	3427	3385	1905	2936	6875	7588	1648	2356	9263	17189	7926	11677
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				11:22PM 1.27													12:31PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)											6:27AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	18	18	17	23	16	23	18	23	24	25	16	16	16	28	21	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	17	17	16	23	16	23	18	23	24	25	15	15	14	28	21	16	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	3.0 SW	7.0 SW	5.5 SW	1.8 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.9 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.1 SE	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	16	7	16	16	16	13	13	12	15	14	-	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	3.0 W	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	-	12	9	12	9	13	9	9	8	12	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	7.0 WSW	6.0 WSW	7.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	7.5 WSW	6.5 SW	0.8 WNW	6.0 SW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.5 SW	0.8 W	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	5.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	14	4	13	-	-	4	4	-	12	12	13	4	9	14	14	-	13

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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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