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

	Sat	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25
	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	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Off The Wall Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Main Break Swakopmund	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bloubergstrand Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	9	8	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 ENE	3.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SE	3.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	8	12	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	15	8	16	16	14	8	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	1864	864	1213	4105	1812	5432	4494	3439	5939	5211	7112	9083	5711	1428	4247	1257	1212	1736	2181	429	864	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:33AM 1.83		4:57PM 1.98		5:11AM 1.72	5:36PM 1.54		5:53AM 1.67	6:22PM 1.47		6:42AM 1.38	7:12PM 1.24		7:48AM 1.20			9:30AM 1.36		10:45PM 1.45	11:10AM 1.32		11:36PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	10:18PM 0.00	10:49AM -0.02		10:57PM 0.09	11:27AM 0.08		11:39PM 0.17	12:10PM 0.24		12:26AM 0.34	12:55PM 0.37		1:21AM 0.74		2:07PM 0.46	2:20AM 0.86		3:58PM 0.58		5:07AM 0.72	5:15PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	23	25	15	16	16	16	16	20	16	18	18	16	19	19	21	22	26	22	23	24	18
Low °C	14	17	23	14	13	16	13	15	18	15	17	17	13	19	18	20	21	22	19	19	24	16
Chill °C (?)	17	23	25	12	14	15	16	15	20	15	17	17	14	19	19	21	22	26	22	23	24	18
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:40	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:45	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 S	2.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	8	16	12	14	14	13	-	13	13	15	15	13	16	8	8	12	9	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	-	1.5 SSW	-	0.3 E	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	10	-	16	-	10	19	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	16	14	12	12	12	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 ENE	3.5 WSW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.2 NNE	1.8 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	12	3	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	8	9	6	9	-

	Saturday 18			Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Inner Pool Garden Route	Stompneus West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Quissico Inhambane	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	5	5	6	1	5	9	9	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.3 ENE	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 SSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	11	8	11	12	14	11	14	12	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3287	3028	1152	1317	1360	1127	1037	653	1099	1121	3442	509	7050	6531	5493	71	7544	9704	10443	3775	3272	3033
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:18PM 1.68				4:33AM 1.83				4:55PM 1.70									5:36PM 1.54				5:36AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			10:14PM 0.15				10:49AM -0.02				10:58PM 0.05					11:22AM 0.08				11:28PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	15	15	16	24	23	23	18	17	17	13	15	16	31	19	16	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	15	14	16	24	23	23	18	17	17	11	14	15	31	19	16	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13
Sunset	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 ENE	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 ESE	2.2 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	8	11	12	14	8	14	12	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.3 E	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	9	8	8	8	9	17	16	-	5	9	9	-	-	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.7 ENE	-	2.4 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	4.5 WSW	-	-	0.2 NNW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	-	12	-	11	6	11	-	-	3	14	12	14	-	-	-

	Saturday 18									Sunday 19
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Inner Pool Garden Route	Stompneus West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Quissico Inhambane	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	5	5	6	1	5	9	9	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	3402	3318	1590	2249	3049	3028	2889	1649	1750	2110	1995	1058	847	1568	704	75	375	1127	802	1522	1522	1522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:18PM 2.03												4:08AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									10:18PM 0.01												10:27AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	19	19	21	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	16	17	17	16	15	23	16	16	18	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	21	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	15	16	17	15	13	23	16	16	17	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	6:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 SW	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	15	13	9	12	5	13	13	12	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	-	1.1 NW	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NNE	0.6 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	5	4	-	3	3	6	6	6

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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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