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 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Yzerfontein West Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	7	10
Energy(?)	8859	6377	3453	1509	1769	1475	1338	914	1034	1335	905	1523	1225	1416	1194	1370	833	1000	1078	797	465	320
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:44PM 1.46		5:53AM 1.47	6:12PM 1.34		6:21AM 1.26	6:46PM 1.13		6:55AM 1.13	7:17PM 1.23		8:13AM 1.01		9:27PM 1.10	11:12AM 1.04		11:36PM 1.35			1:03AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		11:30PM 0.39	12:04PM 0.41		12:12AM 0.48	12:38PM 0.50		12:47AM 0.59	1:24PM 0.61		1:57AM 0.81		2:37PM 0.76	4:09AM 0.92		5:51PM 0.73			6:42PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	1	-	-	10	-	-
High °C	21	19	19	23	21	26	29	22	25	26	24	32	24	21	21	21	19	17	19	20	19	21
Low °C	19	16	15	23	20	19	27	19	20	26	23	24	22	19	20	19	18	16	19	18	16	21
Chill °C (?)	21	18	19	23	21	26	29	22	25	26	24	32	24	21	21	21	19	17	19	19	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	6:08	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	0.1 SW	1.4 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	12	16	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	7	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	17	16	11	10	10	9	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 SE	0.9 ESE	1.5 E	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.9 SSE	-	2.1 SSW	-	1.4 SSE	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	11	-	7	7

	Monday 06					Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thu
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	8328	6837	6850	6102	6793	5763	5005	5011	5029	1778	2646	3307	1874	1354	1762	1750	1260	1095	1184	1061	1602	1085
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	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
High Tide / height (m)				5:44PM 1.46				5:54AM 1.39				6:12PM 1.27				6:20AM 1.39				6:46PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		11:23AM 0.28				11:44PM 0.35				12:05PM 0.36				12:14AM 0.45				12:29PM 0.49				12:46AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	17	19	23	20	19	21	22	21	21	25	28	26	24	26	26
Chill °C (?)	19	17	18	18	16	15	16	17	19	23	20	19	21	22	21	21	25	28	26	24	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.6 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SW	1.3 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	17	13	12	12	15	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	1.0 ESE	-	1.8 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	7	-

	Monday 06															Tuesday 07
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	1.2 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 ESE	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	14	14	16	13	16	16	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	8020	7611	8328	8215	10824	10956	10956	19987	19949	2104	5901	7994	2162	1812	3474	3704	3698	2932	3968	4180	5005	4802
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										5:44PM 1.69												5:54AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)				11:37AM 0.29												11:47PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	19	20	21	21	20	19	19	24	18	19	22	22	21	21	16	16	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	20	21	21	20	18	18	24	18	18	22	22	21	21	15	15	15	15	16	16
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.5 ESE	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	12	12	12	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	17	13	12	16	16	6	6	14	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	2.0 S	-	-	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	7	-	-	8	7	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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