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

	Thu	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 E	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	11	10	13	10	9	11	14	15	13	13	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	853	696	136	559	388	718	1482	1391	791	670	469	285	250	286	333	540	658	718	1604	1498	1100	952
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:41PM 1.06	11:56AM 1.09		12:13AM 1.45	1:13PM 1.33		1:42AM 1.39	1:59PM 1.36		2:28AM 1.52		2:42PM 1.79	2:58AM 1.93		2:39PM 1.53	2:49AM 1.60		3:34PM 1.85	3:18AM 1.64		3:38PM 1.49	3:46AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		5:44AM 0.68	6:34PM 0.57		7:12AM 0.53	7:32PM 0.42		8:01AM 0.35		8:13PM 0.29	8:07AM 0.21		8:47PM 0.36	8:37AM 0.10		8:42PM 0.13	9:32AM 0.07		9:12PM 0.11	10:00AM 0.04		9:40PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	19	27	26	18	21	22	19	18	19	17	21	25	18	21	23	19	23	24	20	21	22	20
Low °C	19	23	26	18	19	20	18	17	19	15	17	24	17	17	20	18	19	23	18	19	21	18
Chill °C (?)	19	27	26	18	21	22	19	18	19	17	21	25	17	21	23	19	23	24	20	21	22	20
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:45	-	-	5:51	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 E	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 ESE	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	10	8	9	9	8	10	11	10	13	10	9	11	9	8	10	8	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	1.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 E	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	1.1 E	0.1 S	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	8	13	16	8	15	13	14	13	9	9	11	10	9	15	13	10	9	13	9	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	4	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 26			Friday 27								Saturday 28								Sunday 29
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Cemetery Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Onrus Overberg	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	1.8 W	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	9	7	7	10	11	11	9	10	10	11	10	11
Energy(?)	599	1054	1071	513	641	1003	696	625	588	631	1001	654	583	1118	1112	1304	1053	1723	1433	2136	1182	1070
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)								12:01PM 1.09				12:59AM 1.43				12:38PM 1.19				1:42AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	4:06PM 0.54					5:44AM 0.68				6:32PM 0.61				6:35AM 0.43				7:27PM 0.68				7:25AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	19	18	18	20	27	20	21	25	20	24	24	18	18	21	19	18	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	21	19	19	18	18	20	27	20	21	25	20	24	24	18	18	21	19	18	17	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.5 WSW	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	7	7	10	11	11	9	10	10	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	13	12	8	8	7	10	12	11	12	12	15	15	15	15	7	14	8	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.4 E	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.8 W	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	7	9	7	7	10	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 26									Friday 27
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Cemetery Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Onrus Overberg	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 E	1.6 SW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 E	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	8	10	8	8	9	10	9	10	7	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	490	543	687	713	881	1128	1051	1112	1111	280	546	235	235	225	489	266	598	586	330	585	289	289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																						11:23AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)		4:00PM 0.66														5:12AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	21	18	23	22	18	17	17	19	20	19	26	20	20
Chill °C (?)	22	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	21	18	23	22	18	17	17	19	20	19	26	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 E	1.6 SW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 E	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	8	10	8	8	9	10	9	10	8	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.1 NW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.6 ESE	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	19	8	8	14	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	5	5	18	13	18	5	10	12	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.4 E	-	0.7 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	5	7	-	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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