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

	Mon	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Kleinmond Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Donkin Bay West Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	5	4	9	7	4	5	4	4	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.4 S	1.7 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 S
Period(s)	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	14	13	10	10
Energy	2929	1309	3350	4849	3871	5721	4432	2166	1622	5111	3487	2584	2301	3246	1577	1036	1187	501	336	4469	1339	485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	off	off	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:10AM 1.42	1:38PM 1.32	2:11PM 1.39	2:25AM 1.58		2:41PM 1.76	2:45AM 1.74		2:43PM 1.45	3:16AM 1.65		3:40PM 1.65	3:51AM 1.76		4:07PM 1.49	4:16AM 1.57		4:34PM 1.63	4:44AM 1.67		5:02PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		7:36AM 0.21		8:09PM 0.27	8:40AM 0.21		8:35PM 0.25	9:03AM 0.15		9:05PM 0.20	9:34AM 0.11		9:39PM 0.15	9:59AM 0.11		10:05PM 0.17	10:22AM 0.18		10:34PM 0.19	10:53AM 0.18		11:04PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-
High °C	14	15	20	16	16	20	19	21	20	16	18	19	17	21	17	18	21	18	20	17	17	22
Low °C	13	14	20	13	13	19	17	18	17	13	13	17	15	17	17	17	16	18	17	16	16	19
Chill °C (?)	12	15	20	14	16	20	19	21	20	16	18	19	17	21	16	18	21	17	20	16	16	22
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:38	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	2.1 S	0.7 E	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.4 S	1.7 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	11	10	13	13	14	14	13	13	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.3 SW	-	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	1.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 S	1.0 S	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SE	0.9 WSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	-	10	10	9	10	10	12	11	10	10	10	16	11	16	15	14	14	12	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	1.2 NW	0.8 NW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 S
Period (s)	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	5	10	13	10	10

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	6	6	6	4	5	4	4	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	4	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period(s)	12	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1864	1405	5234	5443	5732	4130	3072	2972	1518	4654	9500	9414	9979	7108	6045	5296	2745	5314	4954	4432	3642	3035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:53AM 1.49									2:27AM 1.67				2:36PM 1.59				2:56AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		7:02PM 0.33					8:05AM 0.28				8:10PM 0.27				8:40AM 0.20				8:42PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	13	15	18	15	15	16	14	15	15	15	14	19	19	16	19	18	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	11	14	18	14	13	16	12	14	14	14	13	19	19	16	19	18	18	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	12	13	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.3 S	0.2 E	1.1 SW	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5

	Monday 27									Tuesday 28
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	6	6	6	4	5	4	4	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	4	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.6 E	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S
Period(s)	10	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	2023	1864	2889	2778	2794	2161	1677	3059	1502	5059	4911	2242	2104	81	2724	2724	5924	2556	2687	2856	2912	1907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												1:55AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)						7:37PM 0.55													8:10AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	21	19	19	21	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	15	15	15	13	17	18	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	14	14	21	18	18	21	12	12	13	11	12	17	17	13	13	13	11	16	18	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.0 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	2.5 SSW	0.3 E	2.1 S	0.4 E	2.5 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	3.5 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.6 SW	-	0.7 E	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	12	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	10	-	-	12	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	-	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	11	11	10	11	-	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12

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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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