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

	Wed		Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kleinmond Overberg	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 SW	1.2 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s)	8	8	9	8	12	16	11	14	13	14	14	13	16	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1028	1463	652	1144	866	507	546	724	688	878	1037	826	1415	1973	1110	1074	1155	1214	1013	1047	1018	1679
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:26PM 1.59		6:25AM 1.56	7:27PM 1.36		7:37AM 1.19		8:23PM 1.27	8:58AM 1.10		9:38PM 1.25	10:20AM 1.08		10:53PM 1.50	11:31AM 1.23		11:43PM 1.42	12:32PM 1.39		12:30AM 1.33	1:33PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 0.37	12:45PM 0.38		1:30AM 0.65	1:52PM 0.39		2:55AM 0.45		3:06PM 0.46	4:17AM 0.44		4:22PM 0.48		5:29AM 0.44	5:34PM 0.52		6:28AM 0.57	6:21PM 0.44		7:30AM 0.37	7:27PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	20	19	24	21	18	22	16	17	19	17	18	19	17	19	20	18	17	18	16	18	19
Low °C	22	18	17	23	18	16	22	15	15	19	16	16	19	16	17	19	16	16	17	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	23	20	19	24	21	18	22	16	17	19	17	18	19	17	19	20	18	16	17	16	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	5:32	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.2 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	12	8	9	8	12	6	11	14	13	14	14	10	16	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.5 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	7	16	11	6	6	9	13	13	12	11	-	-	-	6	6	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	0.4 WNW	2.1 E	1.6 NE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	3	8	6	3	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Misty Cliffs Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kleinmond Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.0 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 E	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	12	12	6	16	16	11	16	15	14
Energy	1099	855	1028	1053	1865	1463	1495	1354	652	1283	1144	709	509	866	769	515	507	720	546	608	759	724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:11PM 1.39				6:44AM 1.47				7:24PM 1.61				7:34AM 1.50					8:23PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		11:54AM 0.42				12:38AM 0.37				1:00PM 0.31				1:30AM 0.65				1:52PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	22	19	18	18	20	20	19	23	24	22	17	18	17	18	18	18	22	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	17	19	22	19	18	18	20	20	19	23	24	22	17	18	17	18	18	18	22	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 SW	1.4 SSE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 E	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	12	12	7	6	16	11	6	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SE	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.8 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	7	13	12	16	11	11	16	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	0.4 WNW	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	0.6 WSW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	8	8	8	4	6	6	6	3	6	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 20															Thursday 21
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Misty Cliffs Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Misty Cliffs Cape Town	Misty Cliffs Cape Town	Misty Cliffs Cape Town	Misty Cliffs Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dias Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.5 ESE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	1347	1214	1099	1080	1016	855	826	1010	1028	1201	1117	1053	1018	811	1865	1750	1364	1463	1462	1495	1495	1493
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											6:11PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				11:54AM 0.42													12:24AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	19	22	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	19	22	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	20	20
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SE	0.5 SW	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SE	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.5 ESE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	-	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8

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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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