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

	Thu	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	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	Danger Reef Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town
Rating	4	4	7	2	3	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	11	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	12	18	18	16
Energy(?)	1123	2639	4873	218	450	3453	11815	18887	6107	3903	1676	1452	1789	1364	1213	597	479	918	1675	4634	2743	4013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:07AM 1.61		3:22PM 2.01	3:42AM 1.59		4:00PM 1.82	3:47AM 1.49		4:29PM 1.81	4:39AM 1.71		4:59PM 1.72		5:06AM 1.67	5:29PM 1.96		5:36AM 1.53	5:31PM 1.51		6:00AM 1.40	6:19PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	9:07PM 0.24	9:20AM 0.12		9:42PM 0.15	9:51AM 0.05		9:49PM 0.10	10:12AM 0.23		10:39PM 0.11	10:43AM 0.06		11:08PM 0.12	11:08AM 0.11		11:37PM 0.16	11:39AM 0.12		12:00AM 0.22	12:02PM 0.22		12:25AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	17	20	21	23	14	16	16	13	14	18	13	16	19	17	25	17	14	14	19	15
Low °C	14	15	16	19	16	20	13	13	15	12	11	17	11	12	17	15	16	16	13	13	18	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	20	21	23	12	14	14	12	13	17	13	16	18	16	25	16	12	13	19	15
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:11	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	-	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	16	10	9	12	11	9	-	14	14	13	13	9	13	12	12	12	12	10	12	18	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	1.5 SW	0.2 E	0.1 SW	1.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	12	10	18	7	9	13	6	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	3.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	-	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	1.0 NE	1.8 S	1.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	12	-	-	13	14	14	-	-	-	13	-	5	5	7	6	7	6	5	-	-

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Stillbaai Overberg	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Danger Reef Cape Town	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Inner Pool Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	6	6	7	8	9	2	1	3	8	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.2 S	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	12	10	14	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	2238	3802	3219	4512	1733	3196	1192	2067	3549	5531	5818	6429	7109	8938	248	144	561	9994	10188	12350	16190	10825
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:56PM 1.59				3:09AM 1.53				3:29PM 1.71				3:42AM 1.59				4:09PM 1.69				4:12AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)			9:03PM 0.28				8:52AM 0.11				9:41PM 0.16				9:55AM 0.06				10:15PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	13	14	13	15	15	18	16	14	14	12	12	13	22	35	20	14	16	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	13	12	14	13	17	15	13	13	11	11	12	22	35	20	13	15	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	9	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	12	12	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	10	10	9	9	13	11	6	9	-	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	1.2 S	-	4.0 SSW	6.5 SW	5.0 SW	-
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	-	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	-	-	10	-	14	15	14	-

	Thursday 21									Friday 22
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Stillbaai Overberg	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Danger Reef Cape Town	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Inner Pool Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	6	6	7	8	9	2	1	3	8	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	9	8	12	10	11	9	11	11
Energy(?)	2536	1984	1591	3013	2760	3802	825	2907	1656	1422	1387	2089	4369	1283	218	96	481	911	349	88	2003	2558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:56PM 1.59													3:07AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)							8:39PM 0.21	9:04PM 0.42												9:24AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	15	13	13	14	14	13	20	20	15	14	17	19	14	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	15	15	14	12	14	14	12	12	13	13	12	20	20	15	13	17	19	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	7:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	3.0 SW	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	9	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	9	8	12	10	11	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.1 W	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.8 S	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	9	12	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	9	16	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 NNW	3.0 SW	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	11	-	11	11	11	11	3	11	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	11	11

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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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