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

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	Thu	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	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	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Blythedale KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Groenvlei Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Baggies Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	0.5 SSW	2.2 SSE	2.3 SE	1.6 SE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	11	14	7	8	8	8	9	8	7	8	12	12	12	14	14	13	7	9	12	6	12	12
Energy(?)	344	224	989	1093	600	1572	1537	574	679	1336	738	493	568	539	860	503	441	652	2199	435	1110	1170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:20AM 1.81	5:11PM 1.49		5:34AM 1.87	5:53PM 1.68		6:12AM 1.79	6:36PM 1.67		6:57AM 1.67	7:27PM 1.45		7:55AM 1.52		8:36PM 1.05	9:22AM 1.40		10:58PM 1.11	11:56AM 1.27		12:51AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	11:02PM -0.03	11:30AM 0.04		11:12PM 0.08	11:47AM 0.38		12:06AM 0.10	12:28PM 0.47		12:28AM 0.29	1:17PM 0.59		1:26AM 0.68		2:28PM 0.72	2:36AM 0.56		4:19PM 0.69		5:15AM 0.75	6:43PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	4	9	-	-	1	-	-	1	8
High °C	22	28	26	24	24	24	21	27	31	25	25	21	23	22	21	20	22	22	19	19	22	22
Low °C	21	25	26	20	21	24	21	24	27	23	23	21	22	22	21	20	21	21	19	17	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	28	26	24	24	24	21	27	31	25	25	21	23	22	21	20	22	22	19	18	22	22
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:02	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.8 SE	1.1 SW	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	1.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.8 E	1.2 E	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	12	9	11	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	9	12	12	11	14	13	12	9	12	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.6 E	0.7 WNW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.1 W	0.9 S	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	8	14	11	10	16	16	14	10	12	12	8	8	14	8	9	8	12	8	19	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SE	1.6 SE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 SSW	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	5	7	8	8	8	9	-	7	8	3	-	4	-	3	4	7	-	-	6	-	6

	Thursday 19			Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Off The Wall Cape Town	Blythedale KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.5 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.3 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1971	1990	1253	1421	1431	1287	1353	832	201	1072	650	1093	900	715	600	517	551	1642	1483	1012	1508	1323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass
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)	4:58PM 1.79				4:58AM 1.91					5:11PM 1.49				5:34AM 1.87				6:02PM 1.68				6:30AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)			10:40PM 0.03					11:11AM 0.32				11:17PM 0.35				11:44AM 0.10				12:04AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	21	20	20	20	23	26	26	25	22	21	20	21	24	24	26	21	21	22	22	24
Chill °C (?)	23	22	21	20	20	20	23	26	26	25	22	21	20	21	24	24	26	21	21	22	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11
Sunset	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SE	1.5 S	0.9 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.7 SW	1.5 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 E	0.7 WNW	0.6 E	1.0 SW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	7	7	7	10	14	8	11	14	11	11	11	10	10	13	15	15	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	1.6 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.3 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	7	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8

	Thursday 19									Friday 20
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Off The Wall Cape Town	Blythedale KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 E	1.6 SW	1.2 ESE	1.5 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	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1820	1995	1470	1455	1350	1336	456	1451	300	1292	1506	1251	1190	1334	1431	1370	1340	1014	1005	867	1013	803
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:37PM 1.53												4:58AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)																						11:24AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	24	23	21	20	21	20	24	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	24	22
Chill °C (?)	23	23	24	23	21	20	21	20	24	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	24	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 ESE	1.5 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	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.4 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 E	0.7 WNW	0.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 SW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	5	12	15	14	14	7	7	7	7	8	8	12	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	1.8 SSE	0.7 NE	1.6 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	6	6	-	6	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	11

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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
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