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

	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kleinemonde Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mapelane KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	1	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	3	2	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 S	0.8 SW	1.2 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSW	3.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.4 SW	1.1 SE	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	12	12	12	10	11	6	12	6	7	7	6	8	6	8	8	8	10	8	6
Energy(?)	151	2390	1750	962	775	492	436	471	418	441	135	440	401	274	699	289	1672	386	274	460	271	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:13PM 1.53	4:04AM 1.87		4:24PM 1.78	4:40AM 1.89		4:29PM 1.53			5:04PM 1.47		5:43AM 1.86	5:52PM 1.65		6:13AM 1.73	6:24PM 1.77		6:29AM 1.45	6:47PM 1.23		7:30AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)	9:10AM 0.12		9:55PM 0.02	9:52AM 0.07		10:28PM -0.02	10:51AM 0.07		11:00PM -0.02	11:05AM 0.09		11:09PM 0.08	11:54AM 0.18		11:56PM 0.14	12:23PM 0.27		12:18AM 0.43	12:45PM 0.36		12:45AM 0.65	1:45PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	5	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	27	24	20	24	25	19	23	23	21	25	27	25	23	28	24	27	26	23	23	21	23	22
Low °C	25	23	19	22	25	18	20	23	20	23	26	23	22	25	22	25	24	22	23	19	22	21
Chill °C (?)	27	24	20	24	25	19	23	23	21	25	27	25	23	28	24	27	26	23	23	21	23	22
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	1.4 E	1.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.6 SE	0.6 E	1.1 SW	1.4 ESE	1.3 SE	0.4 NW	1.1 SE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	14	13	12	12	11	10	11	10	12	13	7	7	10	8	8	12	8	8	15	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.6 E	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	-	-	5	8	12	11	11	10	8	9	11	11	7	9	8	-	12	8	12	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.1 SSE	1.3 E	1.5 S	-	1.2 ENE	1.8 ESE	-	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSW	3.5 ESE	0.7 ENE	-	1.4 SW	-	1.4 SE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	6	5	6	6	-	6	7	-	6	8	6	8	4	-	10	-	6

	Sunday 01							Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Main Break Swakopmund
Rating	5	5	5	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	0.6 S	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	14	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	4569	4320	3358	1626	147	2232	1928	1750	2210	1000	849	892	697	674	619	592	824	860	583	388	366	521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- 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)					3:49PM 1.72				4:08AM 1.71				4:16PM 1.83				4:40AM 2.15				4:35PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			9:38AM 0.15				9:55PM 0.02				9:51AM 0.07				10:28PM -0.02				10:30AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	25	22	26	22	21	20	21	20	20	19	24	24	24	23	23	23	20	21	23	20
Chill °C (?)	20	21	25	22	26	22	21	20	21	20	20	19	24	24	24	23	23	23	20	21	23	20
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 E	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	16	14	8	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	6	6	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.6 S	-	0.3 E	-	1.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	11	-	8	-	14	14	12	16	6	8	8	8	8	11	11	10	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	-	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 S	-	1.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	5	5	-	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	6	-	5	-

	Sunday 01	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Main Break Swakopmund
Rating	5	5	5	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	17	16	11	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15
Energy(?)	4772	4772	2856	2336	155	3817	3768	3797	2832	3261	3253	3419	2837	2726	2466	2466	1837	1837	2390	2354	1862	2032
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														3:40PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)								9:10AM 0.12												9:27PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	21	20	24	23	24	23	25	23	24	21	25	25	25	25	23	22	18	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	20	24	23	24	23	25	23	24	21	25	25	25	25	23	22	17	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.7 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	17	16	8	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	11	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	4	4	-	-	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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