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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	Sun		Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Fish Boma Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	The Wedge Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Hell West Coast
Rating	5	4	3	4	4	1	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	1	4	2	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	0.8 S	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	13	7	12	12	14	13	13	12	15	13	6	12	11	11	8	9	12	12
Energy(?)	6800	3440	661	1559	1164	124	838	1680	2118	1511	1372	639	2075	1975	100	761	262	339	403	1049	2457	4076
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:04PM 1.51	2:27AM 1.49		2:59PM 1.82	2:55AM 1.52		3:00PM 1.61	3:43AM 1.67		3:28PM 1.58	4:13AM 1.87		4:17PM 1.72	4:35AM 1.60		4:44PM 1.54	4:47AM 1.46	5:02AM 1.44	5:12PM 1.80		5:18AM 1.23	5:24PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		8:25PM 0.13	8:58AM 0.14		8:51PM 0.10	8:55AM 0.19		9:38PM 0.09	9:22AM 0.19		10:08PM 0.07	9:49AM 0.22		10:27PM 0.16	10:35AM 0.22		10:35PM 0.26	11:03AM 0.28		11:07PM 0.42	11:16AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	21	19	20	20	24	20	24	18	24	26	20	19	20	16	22	21	16	18	16	17	14	15
Low °C	19	13	19	18	20	18	22	16	19	24	17	18	18	14	21	20	15	17	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	21	18	20	20	24	20	24	18	24	26	20	19	20	15	22	21	15	18	15	16	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	7:01	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	0.8 S	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 E	1.6 SW	0.3 S	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	13	7	12	12	14	13	13	12	15	13	6	12	11	8	8	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	9	20	18	-	5	6	6	-	-	8	-	10	11	11	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 ESE	-	0.7 ENE	1.7 SSE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	1.2 SW	-	2.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	6	-	4	6	5	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	6	-	9	-	-

	Sunday 19					Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Blythedale KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	8	5	2	6	9	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.4 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	7	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	12	16
Energy(?)	7024	6762	423	5575	11483	3440	3531	3468	2149	1906	720	1232	1351	1183	1370	1118	1060	1063	82	1301	1214	1644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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)			2:46PM 1.82				2:27AM 1.49				3:12PM 1.94				3:19AM 1.55				3:34PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)					8:25PM 0.13				8:28AM 0.20				9:14PM 0.11				8:56AM 0.21				9:16PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	19	16	20	14	18	16	22	23	19	22	15	15	14	16	28	19	20	13	20	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	15	20	13	18	16	22	23	19	22	14	15	14	16	28	19	20	12	20	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.6 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SE	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	12	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	7	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	1.6 S	0.2 ESE	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	0.1 E	1.0 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.1 SE	0.4 E	-	0.9 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	-	-	8	9	-	-	14	-	11	6	5	6	-	9	9	-	17	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	-	1.4 S	0.5 E	4.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	-	0.6 ESE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	-	1.6 S	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	-	0.7 E	1.0 E	-	1.5 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	7	9	16	7	-	4	7	8	-	7	6	6	5	6	-	6	5	-	7	6

	Sunday 19															Monday 20
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Blythedale KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	8	5	2	6	9	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.6 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.6 SSE	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	8	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	15
Energy(?)	7656	8262	502	7312	7370	6621	7043	6152	6800	6819	410	4823	5259	5259	4853	4688	4954	4327	357	3239	2894	2622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:05PM 1.57												2:57AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)													8:50PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	19	18	19	21	20	17	19	19	20	19	16	16	16	16	21	16	18	11	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	19	18	19	21	20	16	18	18	20	18	15	15	16	16	21	16	18	11	12	12
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.8 SSE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	17	16	9	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	2.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	13	10	-	-	-	9	-	-	8	-	10	10	10	10	-	8	9	10	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	2.0 SSE	-	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	7	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	6

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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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