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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	Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wed
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Onrus Overberg	Santos Reef Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	14	14	14	13	12	10	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2107	5180	4021	4158	1305	1694	1431	4362	3842	3918	3324	474	1085	1279	1392	275	869	930	1136	1175	956	1652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:11PM 1.16	10:26AM 1.08		10:56PM 1.06	11:08AM 1.19		12:09AM 1.28	12:04PM 1.58		12:28AM 1.27	1:15PM 1.73		1:41AM 1.58	1:58PM 1.73		2:27AM 1.53		2:34PM 1.96	3:06AM 1.98		3:14PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)	2:31PM 1.02	3:04AM 0.74		4:38PM 0.83			6:08PM 0.53		5:48AM 0.65	6:24PM 0.30		6:57AM 0.33	7:35PM 0.19		7:41AM 0.17	7:47PM 0.01	8:22PM 0.05	7:55AM 0.10		9:01PM 0.14	9:00AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	19	22	19	21	20	17	15	18	17	20	18	15	19	25	15	19	18	15	19	19
Low °C	18	15	15	21	17	20	19	16	14	18	14	18	17	14	17	24	13	16	17	14	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	14	19	22	18	21	20	16	14	17	16	20	17	14	19	25	15	19	17	13	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	7:09	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.4 E	3.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	16	14	14	14	13	12	10	12	10	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.1 NW	-	0.4 S	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.3 E	-	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	-	-	-	9	10	10	12	-	10	9	11	12	9	-	12	8	12	16	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	2.0 SSE	1.5 SE	3.5 ESE	2.1 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	2.0 ENE	-	-	1.9 SW	1.4 S	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	7	8	7	6	7	10	-	12	-	-	-	3	-	7	-	-	12	6	-	-

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	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	Brak River Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	2	4	5	5	7	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 ENE	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 NE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	8	13	12	8	9	10
Energy(?)	1398	422	2274	3192	3504	6063	7140	5233	4304	3558	3308	3660	4227	3338	3776	1391	1779	596	1431	2175	4196	4036
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:19AM 1.40				8:37PM 1.03				9:52AM 1.33				10:55PM 1.21					11:08AM 1.19				12:09AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		1:52PM 0.78	2:25PM 0.72				3:27AM 0.63				4:24PM 0.60									6:28PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	22	19	17	17	15	16	18	22	21	20	19	21	21	20	16	33	17	19	25	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	22	19	17	17	14	16	18	22	21	20	19	21	21	20	15	33	16	19	25	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 E	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	6	12	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	8	14	13	13	9	13	12	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	2.2 SSW	2.1 ESE	2.2 E	0.1 W	1.1 S	0.1 E	1.0 E	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	13	9	10	9	15	9	9	-	13	13	-	14	8	9	13	13	11	10	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	2.0 SSE	0.4 ENE	-	1.5 SE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	3.5 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	-	2.5 ENE	0.8 W	1.8 SW	3.0 NE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	6	9	-	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	-	8	4	7	8	9	10

	Wednesday 29															Thursday 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	Brak River Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	2	4	5	5	7	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	16	16	13	16	15
Energy(?)	1398	448	2136	1747	2254	2138	2253	1990	2588	3523	3630	2621	2357	2926	3504	4080	744	2731	4251	253	5528	5592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:19AM 1.40												8:42PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)							2:25PM 0.72													3:06AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	21	20	18	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	17	16	17	16	16	21	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	21	20	18	20	18	18	18	16	15	15	16	16	15	17	14	17	14	16	21	15	15
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	16	12	13	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.4 ENE	0.1 NW	2.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	14	10	10	9	15	9	10	15	15	15	10	10	10	9	15	9	15	16	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NE	0.5 WSW	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSE	-	1.7 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	3	-	3	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	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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