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

	Fri		Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	2	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	7	6	9	5	4	4	4	5	7	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	3.0 SSW	1.2 E	0.5 S	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.9 E	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	6	16	9	12	8	9	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	12	13	13	12	13	15	14	16
Energy	686	5406	231	73	249	386	1260	2319	3060	1829	12400	6028	3520	3166	2916	2162	812	1108	1361	6651	3820	4623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:49PM 1.17	11:31AM 1.18		12:14AM 1.28	12:46PM 1.16		1:12AM 1.35	1:34PM 1.26		1:44AM 1.50		2:10PM 1.68	2:27AM 1.67		2:43PM 1.56	2:52AM 1.59		3:12PM 1.47	3:21AM 1.94		3:39PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	4:04PM 0.62		5:27AM 0.64	5:19PM 0.61		6:49AM 0.54	6:50PM 0.46		7:36AM 0.40	7:30PM 0.59		8:10AM 0.28		8:11PM 0.29	8:40AM 0.24		8:39PM 0.21	9:07AM 0.14		9:12PM 0.32	9:33AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	24	27	29	25	27	33	28	15	15	20	15	16	21	21	18	21	15	17	19	17	18	22
Low °C	23	23	22	23	23	28	26	14	15	20	14	14	20	20	13	20	14	16	17	15	15	21
Chill °C (?)	24	27	29	25	27	33	28	13	14	19	13	15	21	21	18	21	14	16	18	16	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	5:31	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.2 E	0.5 S	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	0.1 E	3.0 WSW	1.0 E	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	9	12	8	9	10	10	11	10	12	13	10	9	12	13	10	12	13	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.9 S	1.0 SW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	1.9 SSW	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.5 E	1.1 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 E	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	9	12	-	11	12	11	-	11	-	11	10	-	-	10	10	13	10	11	10	18	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	-	-	1.8 ENE	0.3 NW	1.8 ENE	1.9 E	3.0 SW	-	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	1.0 SW	-	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	7	3	8	10	11	-	11	12	-	14	14	-	3	-	-	5	-	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Guns Swakopmund	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.2 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s)	12	12	11	13	9	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	815	755	879	1057	733	1052	1042	1153	744	570	221	1056	732	655	768	748	631	1187	584	1252	1370	1354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:34AM 1.15				10:49PM 1.17					11:15AM 1.33				12:20AM 1.30				12:45PM 1.14				1:16AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)			4:04PM 0.62					5:23AM 0.63				5:42PM 0.54				6:47AM 0.60				6:53PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	27	25	17	23	19	19	20	26	29	26	23	22	22	21	23	33	34	29	24	23	23
Chill °C (?)	25	27	25	17	23	19	19	20	26	29	26	23	22	22	21	23	33	34	29	24	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	8	8	11	13	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	-	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 ESE	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.2 N	-	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	1.5 NE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	7	8	8	8	3	-	8	7	6	6	6	8	10	5	10	10	10

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Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Guns Swakopmund	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 E	1.8 E	2.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.8 NE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E
Period(s)	12	12	12	14	12	13	13	7	7	8	8	7	6	13	12	12	8	8	12	6	6	8
Energy	916	1707	815	1652	853	637	647	971	615	1047	704	874	451	280	271	267	843	621	104	505	278	302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:28AM 1.07													10:33PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)								3:45PM 0.59														5:02AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	23	25	19	26	24	23	22	23	23	25	22	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	20	23	25	19	26	24	23	22	23	23	25	22	20	20	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	17
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.7 E	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	14	8	13	13	12	12	12	8	12	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 E	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 E	-	2.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	6	6	7	7	8	-	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	6	6	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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