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

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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 Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SW	0.8 S	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	13	16	14	14	13	13	9	12	9	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	13	14
Energy(?)	820	616	476	551	920	938	1508	1193	1259	942	928	1672	165	939	1425	616	1682	499	966	1964	1375	1844
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 1.47	2:54AM 1.85		3:33PM 1.79	3:21AM 1.70		3:41PM 1.58	3:54AM 1.73		4:36PM 1.83	4:29AM 1.77		4:52PM 1.53		5:12AM 1.88	5:36PM 1.71		5:45AM 1.51	6:14PM 1.32		6:53AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	8:36AM 0.41		8:43PM 0.38	9:05AM 0.04		9:11PM 0.04	9:39AM 0.24		9:43PM 0.01	10:13AM 0.22		10:17PM 0.02	10:45AM -0.03		10:57PM 0.34	11:26AM 0.33		11:31PM 0.17	12:04PM 0.18		12:15AM 0.31	12:57PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	24	24	21	23	24	21	21	25	18	20	19	19	19	22	20	23	25	19	23	25	22	22
Low °C	21	22	20	20	23	20	20	25	17	19	19	16	18	22	19	19	21	18	20	23	21	21
Chill °C (?)	24	24	21	23	24	21	21	25	18	20	19	18	19	22	20	23	25	18	23	25	22	22
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	13	16	14	14	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 S	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 E	0.7 NNW	0.9 ESE	-	0.6 E	0.8 S	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.1 W	1.4 ESE	0.1 W	0.9 ESE	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	7	6	6	10	8	7	9	4	8	-	9	9	-	-	6	-	10	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.1 SSE	-	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SE	-	0.4 E	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	1.4 S	0.7 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	-	6	6	7	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	4	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17							Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	921	682	786	502	783	673	635	813	657	604	527	751	730	1013	1595	1551	1990	1035	1036	1004	1431	1774
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	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)	2:23AM 1.74				3:02PM 1.70				2:50AM 1.62				3:07PM 1.54				3:26AM 1.93				3:41PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			8:36AM 0.41				8:43PM 0.38				9:30AM 0.03				9:15PM 0.31				9:37AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	21	21	23	26	22	22	21	19	20	20	23	21	25	24	21	21	21	20	21	22	20	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	23	26	22	22	21	19	20	20	23	21	25	24	21	21	21	20	21	22	20	22
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSE	0.1 SW	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	12	19	7	18	8	7	16	16	15	14	6	10	10	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SE	-	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	-	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	0.9 SE	1.1 S	1.4 SE	2.2 SE	1.8 SE	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	-	7	6	6	6	6	-	5	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	4	4	-

	Tuesday 17																					Wed
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	668	813	921	557	788	682	802	600	589	767	825	470	514	614	606	623	631	391	373	372	580	436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:23AM 1.74												2:34PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)							8:36AM 0.41												8:40PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	21	20	20	21	21	23	25	24	23	22	21	22	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	20	20	21	21	23	25	24	23	22	21	22	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	7	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 E	0.1 SW	1.0 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	7	12	7	8	19	7	19	19	7	10	18	7	7	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SE	1.3 SE	0.6 SE	-	1.6 SE	-	-	1.6 SE	0.5 E	0.9 SE	-	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	-
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	5	-	6	-	-	6	8	6	-	7	7	7	7	6	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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