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 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	6	0	5	4	0	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 ESE	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 ESE	1.8 SW	1.9 E	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	8	16	16	15	15	14	11	13	11	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	5486	2665	4746	2843	865	1639	645	444	1572	1058	1795	1237	2240	2029	1051	1389	1628	1260	1312	1125	329	558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	off	on	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:37AM 1.20		2:45PM 1.42	3:06AM 1.70		3:17PM 1.88	3:23AM 1.65		3:01PM 1.45	3:50AM 1.78		3:58PM 1.77	3:55AM 1.86		4:04PM 1.54	4:23AM 1.66		4:37PM 1.53	4:54AM 1.67	5:26AM 1.94	5:29PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	8:27PM 0.45	8:34AM 0.47		8:56PM 0.56	8:52AM 0.58		9:13PM 0.19	9:28AM 0.23		9:39PM 0.08	9:32AM 0.14		9:42PM 0.34	10:35AM 0.24		10:10PM 0.02	10:35AM 0.04		10:40PM 0.03	11:33AM 0.03		11:32PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	20	18	19	21	20	22	22	28	28	25	27	24	22	22	26	21	23	25	24	24	23	22
Low °C	17	17	18	15	16	22	21	19	27	20	25	22	20	21	26	20	22	24	20	23	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	17	19	21	20	22	22	28	28	25	27	24	22	22	26	21	23	25	24	24	23	22
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:44	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:40	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 ESE	1.6 E	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 ESE	1.8 SW	1.4 E	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	16	9	10	15	14	11	13	11	13	12	12	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 NW	0.4 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.4 NE	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.3 WNW	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	13	10	13	21	20	11	16	15	9	8	15	16	13	12	11	10	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	1.9 SE	0.6 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	1.9 SSE	1.9 E	1.2 S	-	-	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	7	-	8	6	8	-	-	4	-	-	-	8	11	8	-	-	11	4

	Friday 13			Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Kosi Bay KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	6	4	0	5	8	5	5	5	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.2 NE	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 S	2.0 SSW	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	7
Energy(?)	1293	1361	631	678	3396	578	5888	5520	2029	4302	7928	3584	3289	6132	1682	1600	876	1043	1093	1160	1392	1336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:05PM 1.18				2:26AM 1.58								2:28AM 1.59				2:29PM 1.36				2:51AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 0.52				8:29AM 0.50				8:15PM 0.28				8:32AM 0.33				8:44PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	21	24	24	17	27	18	19	18	17	17	17	15	20	24	24	26	27	25	20	17	21
Chill °C (?)	23	21	24	24	16	27	18	19	16	17	16	17	14	20	24	24	26	27	25	20	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Sunset	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.2 NE	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	8	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.0 S	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	0.9 E	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	0.3 WNW	0.4 SE	0.3 NW	0.5 NE	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	1.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 WNW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	14	8	12	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	8	9	20	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	0.6 NE	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSE	-	3.5 S	-	2.3 SE	3.0 S	-	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	-	2.3 E
Period (s)	-	3	4	9	-	-	-	-	6	-	13	-	7	14	-	7	7	8	8	-	-	7

	Friday 13									Saturday 14
	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	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Kosi Bay KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	6	4	0	5	8	5	5	5	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.0 NE	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	10	15	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	10	13
Energy(?)	1173	1245	418	331	1690	515	2457	4747	2553	3077	4270	5486	5129	1357	4662	6065	2976	4873	4803	1630	1641	5000
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:05PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)							8:20PM 0.47											7:59AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	26	25	20	26	19	19	20	19	19	18	19	24	17	17	17	17	18	21	17	18
Chill °C (?)	23	23	26	25	20	26	18	18	20	18	18	17	18	24	16	15	15	16	17	21	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:45	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.1 E	2.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.5 SSE	3.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.6 E	2.2 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	10	15	8	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	8	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSE	1.0 NE	0.5 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.2 E	0.3 WNW	0.4 NE	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 NE	1.4 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	13	12	13	8	15	14	15	8	15	12	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	0.5 NE	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	-	2.3 SW	-	3.5 SSW	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	3	6	14	-	7	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-

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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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