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

	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	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)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	6	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.4 ESE	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	14	13	12	16	14	12	17	16	14	14	13	13	7	8	9	10	11	12
Energy(?)	784	884	306	349	758	1177	613	1775	2168	1769	8509	7537	4542	4308	2152	1533	457	757	734	1203	1742	1733
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						1:37AM 1.58	1:55PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)							7:52AM 0.30						8:37AM 0.25						9:51AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	18	18	20	19	20	20	19	19	18	17	18	18	18	24	28	22	22	23	19	22
Low °C	18	20	17	17	19	18	18	20	17	18	17	16	14	18	16	19	25	18	18	20	17	18
Chill °C (?)	19	20	18	18	20	19	20	20	19	18	18	16	18	18	17	24	28	22	22	23	19	22
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.9 E	1.4 ESE	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	14	13	12	16	14	18	17	16	14	14	13	13	13	8	9	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.1 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	15	6	20	16	20	20	7	-	-	-	-	20	8	20	12	10	9	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.8 NW	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	1.7 E	-	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	7	7	3	-	-	4	-	12	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	-	5	10	-	-

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	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Platboom Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1248	1148	1112	755	688	699	699	505	802	633	1108	403	383	501	758	764	847	1177	1127	1286	1535	1045
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	ebb	ebb	ebb	high	mid-ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	mid-flow	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	mid-ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:26AM 1.12				12:35PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	18	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	20	19	18	18	18	17	19	20
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	20	19	18	18	18	17	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	6	15	14	6	21	20	20	18	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 W	-	1.6 SSW	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	4	-	12	-	7	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

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	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Platboom Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 SSE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1357	1267	1248	875	866	860	849	850	1112	1026	149	915	771	737	725	677	610	577	610	596	513	379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				11:40PM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	21	18	18	19	19	21	21	19	20	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	21	18	18	19	19	21	21	19	20	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

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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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