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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	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			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	Quissico Inhambane	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kamer Van Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	The Wreck Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	1	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	1.6 SW	0.9 E	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	4.0 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	12	11	8	7	8	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	271	3199	1876	1657	557	1324	481	1199	1537	413	698	769	826	872	2411	3018	2546	3774	1279	4831	1299	2530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:46PM 1.65	4:12AM 1.66		4:32PM 2.29	4:44AM 1.61		4:49PM 1.60		5:14AM 1.65	5:17PM 1.70		5:44AM 1.65	5:51PM 1.54		5:55AM 1.52	6:13PM 1.40		6:35AM 1.54	6:58PM 1.31		7:32AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 0.29		10:01PM 0.14	10:15AM 0.23		10:31PM 0.07	10:47AM 0.18		11:00PM 0.04	11:19AM 0.17		11:26PM 0.06	11:52AM 0.18		11:57PM 0.36	12:09PM 0.22		12:33AM 0.14	12:51PM 0.28		12:52AM 0.30	1:54PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	21	18	20	21	18	22	28	21	21	24	21	28	21	19	23	19	19	22	20	17	22
Low °C	25	20	17	19	21	17	19	26	17	21	23	18	22	21	19	21	19	17	21	19	17	18
Chill °C (?)	27	21	18	20	21	16	22	28	20	21	24	21	28	21	19	23	18	19	22	20	16	22
Sunrise	5:07	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	3.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.4 E	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	11	8	10	10	13	7	12	12	12	15	15	14	13	13	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.1 W	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.9 E	0.5 E	-	0.7 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.6 E	-	0.1 NW	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	-	10	10	15	-	-	14	-	13	10	-	14	13	16	12	10	12	11	-	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	3.5 SW	-	-	1.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 SE	-	1.6 ESE	1.5 S	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	1.2 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	5	12	-	-	5	8	7	8	7	-	6	7	7	-	-	-	14	-	6	13	-	-

	Sunday 18							Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Quissico Inhambane	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Kamer Van Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Kleinemonde Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	7	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.9 ESE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	2.4 SSE	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	8	11	9	9	7	10
Energy(?)	2818	2565	6109	3007	196	2860	2655	2375	2113	1878	1282	1072	1252	1089	1035	1362	1136	1350	1312	799	1044	639
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	on	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					4:03PM 2.20				4:15AM 1.55				4:18PM 1.57				4:18AM 1.58				4:23PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			9:43AM 0.30				10:03PM 0.13				10:14AM 0.24				10:26PM 0.34				10:25AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	19	20	27	19	19	17	17	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	20	24	26	22	20
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	20	27	19	19	17	17	19	20	20	19	19	19	17	16	20	24	26	22	20
Sunrise	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.9 ESE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	11	9	11	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.1 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	-	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 S	1.7 S	2.4 SSE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	11	8	9	7	5

	Sunday 18																					Mon
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Quissico Inhambane	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Kamer Van Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Kleinemonde Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	7	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.9 ESE	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2117	1509	1616	1780	273	1894	2236	2623	2935	3261	6059	2672	3371	3373	3491	2584	3073	4362	2874	4963	926	1821
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:42AM 1.57												3:49PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)								9:44AM 0.28												9:35PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	17	24	19	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	20	18	17	20	16	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	16	24	18	19	21	21	21	20	20	19	21	20	17	15	20	14	14	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	-	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	12	-	11	-	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	-	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 NNW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.0 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	3	10	10	10	11	11	12	-	12	12	12	-	12	11	12	12	5	-

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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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