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 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			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	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Quissico Inhambane	Off The Wall Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Mapelane KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Brak River Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	6	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	2	9	7	9	5	5	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	4.5 SW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.4 SSW	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	11	10	9	12	15	12	13	14	16	13	15	17	15	17	16	16	12	8
Energy(?)	1991	2377	6989	3039	1537	963	592	6238	2658	5869	4900	1110	389	6492	11536	24843	6324	4088	3364	2142	882	1107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:42PM 1.67	3:28AM 1.73		4:21PM 2.05	4:31AM 1.95		4:42PM 1.79		5:11AM 1.72	5:36PM 1.54		5:48AM 1.91	6:27PM 1.73		6:40AM 1.38	7:18PM 1.27		7:47AM 1.28		8:46PM 1.16	9:28AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)		9:18PM 0.04	9:47AM -0.08		10:18PM 0.01	10:30AM 0.23		10:53PM 0.13	11:27AM 0.08		11:39PM 0.19	12:06PM 0.29		12:26AM 0.34	12:59PM 0.37		1:28AM 0.51		2:09PM 0.51	3:12AM 0.63		3:58PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	16	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	1	4	-	-
High °C	13	19	19	20	17	22	25	17	17	19	16	24	30	16	16	19	15	20	21	20	23	25
Low °C	13	15	15	18	15	17	20	15	13	18	13	18	28	15	14	18	13	18	19	19	17	23
Chill °C (?)	12	19	19	20	17	22	25	15	16	18	16	24	30	15	14	18	13	20	21	20	23	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:11	-	-	7:00	-
Sunset	6:21	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	4.5 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.6 ESE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	18	11	12	11	10	9	12	15	15	13	14	16	13	15	16	15	17	16	16	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.9 SW	0.5 E	-	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	18	7	16	8	8	13	7	-	9	9	10	8	9	-	-	9	-	8	9	8	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	5.0 SW	1.7 SE	-	-	-	-	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	11	11	-	3	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	5	-	-	17	6	-	-	-	-	8

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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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	The Heads Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	8	10	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1814	1485	1103	1250	4245	3331	3697	5820	6989	2922	3008	1549	1064	1537	1293	1041	949	586	652	1053	1812	3052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:19PM 1.74				3:34AM 1.96				4:18PM 1.68				4:33AM 1.83				4:55PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	9:37AM -0.06				9:40PM -0.00				10:12AM -0.07				10:14PM 0.15				10:49AM -0.02				10:57PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	10	5	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	13	13	27	13	14	14	15	19	20	18	18	18	15	15	16	24	22	20	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	25	12	12	27	12	14	14	14	19	20	18	18	18	14	14	15	24	22	20	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	13	12	12	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.5 SW	1.0 NW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 E	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	18	6	15	18	15	15	15	16	15	8	13	14	8	13	13	13	9	7	8	8	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	2.5 NE	3.0 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW
Period (s)	3	-	-	8	10	-	-	12	11	-	-	-	8	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Friday 17															Saturday 18
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	The Heads Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 ENE	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	20	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	18	18	11	18	17	17	10
Energy(?)	1862	60	740	78	1287	1953	1965	2168	1378	1356	1334	2101	1769	2557	2485	163	234	3083	234	217	202	2343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:35PM 2.08												3:56AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		9:10AM -0.07												9:42PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	16	17	28	20	13	13	17	19	19	19	14	14	16	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	21	14	16	28	20	12	12	15	19	19	19	13	13	14	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	13
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.3 SSE	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 E	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	2.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	5	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	11	8	7	7	7	18	11	18	17	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	8	20	20	8	8	18	18	9	8	8	8	18	18	18	18	18	7	17	7	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	4	4	6	4	5	5	12	-	-	4	-	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10

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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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