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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	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	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Gansbaai Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 ESE	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	3.0 ESE	2.1 SE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	15	15	13	11	13	13	14	12	12	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	12
Energy(?)	1041	1265	2176	973	1959	1318	1576	1516	1646	1362	831	830	665	920	623	604	1126	828	609	1004	459	490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:10PM 1.94	4:29AM 2.02		4:04PM 1.54	4:23AM 1.67		4:37PM 1.53	4:51AM 2.05		5:31PM 1.63		5:42AM 2.15	6:03PM 1.64		6:28AM 1.96	6:37PM 1.58		7:02AM 1.63	7:27PM 1.45		7:53AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	9:34AM 0.40		10:17PM -0.01	10:05AM 0.34		10:10PM 0.02	10:57AM 0.29		10:37PM 0.02	11:04AM 0.06		11:17PM 0.35	11:56AM 0.13		11:47PM 0.16	12:36PM 0.42		12:44AM 0.19	1:14PM 0.35		1:18AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	2	3	1
High °C	26	23	22	24	26	21	22	24	21	22	24	22	23	26	21	27	26	24	27	28	22	23
Low °C	22	23	21	21	25	20	21	23	20	20	23	21	21	26	21	22	23	22	25	25	20	21
Chill °C (?)	26	23	22	24	26	21	22	24	21	22	24	22	23	26	21	27	26	24	27	28	22	23
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	6:40	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 ESE	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	2.1 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	15	13	11	13	13	14	12	12	11	8	8	10	10	10	14	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 S	1.3 E	0.7 WNW	1.1 E	0.9 WSW	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.7 WNW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	17	15	9	7	14	16	8	12	11	10	14	11	10	13	13	14	9	13	12	8	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	1.4 S	0.9 WSW	1.4 S	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	3.0 ESE	-	-	2.2 ENE	0.5 W	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	8	4	8	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	3	5

	Mon	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	10	10	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	13	12	13
Energy(?)	1166	1039	1031	2060	1376	1486	1366	2142	1330	1103	2293	1762	1397	1341	1577	2157	1896	1416	1014	1292	1274	1744
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			4:02AM 1.91				4:01PM 1.90				4:21AM 1.75				4:04PM 1.54				4:57AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	9:12PM 0.39				9:33AM 0.14				9:39PM 0.03				10:20AM 0.06				10:43PM -0.06				10:35AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	21	19	21	25	24	21	21	21	22	20	24	25	23	25	23	22	22	20	23	23
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	19	21	25	24	21	21	21	22	20	24	25	23	25	23	22	22	20	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 E	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	16	15	15	8	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 S	0.7 WNW	1.0 E
Period (s)	18	9	12	19	19	18	16	18	9	9	8	7	9	8	16	16	16	15	14	8	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.4 E	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	10	10	18	17	16	8	16	16	16	18	16	16	16	15	9	10	10	10	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1152	1623	993	1248	1085	1086	1092	1506	921	1025	929	2060	1943	1825	1376	566	761	910	908	2098	1967	1952
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)								3:23AM 1.55												3:37PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		9:51PM 0.10												9:57AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	22	23	22	20	19	22	21	25	19	23	25	24	24	25	25	25	23	21	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	22	23	22	20	19	22	21	25	19	23	25	24	24	25	25	25	23	21	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 SW	1.7 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 SW	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	17	16	12	16	8	8	9	16	9	9	15	9	10	10	10	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.4 E
Period (s)	18	13	13	18	11	11	19	11	16	16	11	19	16	16	19	11	12	12	12	18	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	2.4 E	-	-	-	2.5 E	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	9	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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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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