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

	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Platboom Cape Town	Meerensee Beach Overberg
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	5	7	9	7	8	9	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	2.2 S	1.4 S	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 SW	2.2 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	15	16	15	15	13	12	12	12	11	7	8	13	8	15	14
Energy(?)	1475	1341	673	560	350	965	2143	6732	8557	6753	7235	3499	2064	1622	1872	915	997	977	1012	843	1052	977
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:13PM 1.72	4:22AM 1.79		4:54PM 1.88		5:02AM 1.67	5:20PM 1.47		5:29AM 1.50	5:44PM 1.74		5:53AM 1.47	6:14PM 2.28		6:20AM 1.39	6:38PM 1.27		7:02AM 1.03	7:17PM 1.23	8:09PM 0.97	8:12AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)	10:03AM 0.06		10:10PM 0.41	10:29AM 0.11		10:51PM 0.19	11:12AM 0.18		11:18PM 0.25	11:39AM 0.26		11:48PM 0.48	12:04PM 0.41		12:11AM 0.51	12:34PM 0.48		12:39AM 0.77	1:27PM 0.59		2:10AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	22	19	20	21	19	19	19	17	18	20	17	18	23	21	22	23	26	27	27	27	27
Low °C	23	21	19	19	20	18	17	18	16	16	19	14	13	21	21	16	23	23	27	26	22	24
Chill °C (?)	24	22	19	20	21	19	19	19	17	17	19	16	18	23	21	22	23	26	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	6:13	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:12	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.1 ESE	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.9 ESE	1.3 SW	0.8 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	10	12	15	16	15	12	13	12	12	15	11	11	8	13	11	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.3 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	14	13	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	1.3 SE	-	1.4 SSE	2.2 S	1.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	-	0.5 N	2.2 ENE	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	15	6	-	8	12	6	7	-	3	8	4	-

	Thu	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Tofinho Inhambane	Keurbooms Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dolphin Point Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Long Beach Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 ENE	1.9 NE	1.1 SW	1.9 SE	1.2 SW	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 ESE	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	7	11	9	11	11	11	9	11	12	15	15
Energy(?)	1575	1612	1477	1231	1024	1219	1102	1163	1089	1006	624	724	515	721	506	533	543	1134	1254	1009	6670	6977
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	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	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:55AM 1.84				4:27PM 1.66				4:44AM 2.04				4:53PM 1.61				4:42AM 1.46	5:08AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	9:40PM 0.12				10:17AM 0.23				10:27PM 0.10				10:47AM 0.11				10:58PM 0.10				10:56AM 0.19	11:05AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	3	2	-	1	2	1	2	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	19	19	19	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	19	25	20	23	23	17	17	22	18	19
Chill °C (?)	22	19	19	19	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	19	25	20	23	23	16	17	22	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	1.1 SW	1.9 SE	1.2 SW	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 ESE	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	11	9	11	11	11	8	11	12	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.3 WSW	0.9 ESE	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	13	9	13	6	9	10	15	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	-	1.5 NNE	1.9 NE	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	6	7	-	-	5	-	-	9	-	-	-	-

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Tofinho Inhambane	Keurbooms Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dolphin Point Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Long Beach Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.8 SW	2.2 SE	1.8 SW	1.6 E	0.2 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 ESE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	13	8	13	8	14	12	12	8	12	12
Energy(?)	1744	1773	1670	1552	837	1277	1329	1503	1449	1446	221	221	1393	698	1475	324	56	1015	754	388	760	861
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									4:13AM 1.74												4:06PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		9:44PM 0.38													10:23AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	22	22	21	21	25	23	24	22	22	23	21	22	23	25	23	26	26	19	20	25	20	18
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	21	25	23	24	22	22	23	21	22	23	25	23	26	26	19	20	25	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 E	1.5 SW	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.8 SW	2.2 SE	1.8 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 ESE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	9	12	9	9	9	9	8	8	13	8	13	10	10	12	12	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.2 SW	1.4 E	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.4 ESE	0.1 SW	1.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	1.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	1.2 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	12	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	14	9	8	14	9	6	10	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	1.6 E	2.0 E	-	-	0.8 NE	0.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	4	6	-

List of all animated swell maps

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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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