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

	Tue		Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Big Bay Cape Town	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape Vidal KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kellys Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kosi Bay KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town
Rating	5	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.2 S	1.4 SSE	2.4 E	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	11	14	13	8	12	12	13	12	9	9	8	10	11	11
Energy(?)	3960	10239	4537	5220	3520	2476	1678	1535	676	1829	1073	1422	866	726	451	634	416	431	549	280	126	391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:09AM 1.20	12:46PM 1.30		1:41AM 1.40	1:31PM 1.36	2:16PM 1.42	2:30AM 1.48		2:07PM 1.47	2:48AM 1.62		3:07PM 1.67	3:19AM 1.58		3:35PM 1.72	3:46AM 1.61		3:59PM 1.75	4:12AM 1.61		4:27PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	6:05PM 0.53		6:34AM 0.43	7:05PM 0.38		7:20AM 0.30		8:28PM 0.37	8:34AM 0.23		8:51PM 0.21	9:01AM 0.13		9:20PM 0.12	9:24AM 0.07		9:45PM 0.08	9:24AM 0.11		10:10PM 0.06	10:11AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-
High °C	14	16	15	17	14	17	16	19	16	21	16	20	22	18	24	23	20	23	27	15	15	15
Low °C	14	14	12	15	11	13	16	18	12	21	15	18	22	16	22	21	18	21	24	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	16	13	16	14	19	16	21	15	20	22	17	24	23	20	23	27	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:44	-	-	6:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.1 S	1.4 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	0.7 S	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	12	12	14	13	11	14	13	12	12	9	8	8	9	9	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.2 E	1.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	0.9 S	0.3 SSE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	9	-	-	11	15	9	16	9	7	10	10	14	12	13	12	11	11	11	6	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	1.6 ESE	2.4 E	1.7 E	2.0 W	0.9 SSW	1.4 S	-	-	1.9 ENE	-	0.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	12	4	6	9	7	8	7	6	4	7	-	-	8	-	6	-

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	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Hell West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Mzimpuni Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	6	4	4	5	6	5	9	8	9	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	5370	4458	3906	3375	5113	3303	8395	7568	8635	2530	3793	3180	3919	3337	3848	3010	2476	1035	2373	2419	1489	1448
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- 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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:39AM 1.16				12:10AM 1.14				12:49PM 1.23				1:43AM 1.30				1:32PM 1.36	2:07PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)				6:04PM 0.51				7:19AM 0.58				7:49PM 0.47				7:59AM 0.35					8:21PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	15	13	13	12	14	16	18	13	15	17	13	12	13	13	17	14	16	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	13	12	11	11	13	15	17	12	14	17	12	11	12	12	16	13	15	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	2.4 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 E	1.0 S	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	0.2 E	1.0 S	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	14	11	-	11	9	9	16	11	11	9	11	11	16	9	15	11	10	11	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16															Wednesday 17
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Hell West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Mzimpuni Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	6	4	4	5	6	5	9	8	9	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	16	14	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	5875	5963	5370	5170	10610	4536	6558	4129	9050	3593	6380	7691	9646	8996	8990	8395	7601	4185	6672	7428	10331	10188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				11:41AM 1.10	12:21PM 1.19												12:51AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)											6:44PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	14	13	14	20	21	19	13	13	16	14	14	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	12	10	12	20	21	18	11	10	14	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	4.0 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	3.5 SW	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	0.8 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	-	12	9	8	9	12	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	16	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	-	15	-	8	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	5.5 SW	-	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	-	14	16	14	-	12	14	13	13	13	12	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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