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

	Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thu
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Tofinho Inhambane	Cape St Martin West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South
Rating	0	4	1	2	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	0	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSE	3.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.5 S	1.7 S	1.8 SW	2.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.9 S	2.2 S	1.7 SE	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	6	11	10	13	9	8	9	7	13	9	8	9	9	7	16	13	13	13	16	9
Energy(?)	974	1710	285	361	497	4161	452	521	2740	454	1925	1805	791	811	935	399	403	415	316	1134	1406	1477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:33AM 1.21		11:39PM 1.41	12:09PM 1.39		12:13AM 1.13	12:22PM 1.31		12:55AM 1.28	12:56PM 1.51		1:29AM 1.27		2:01PM 1.62	2:26AM 1.50		2:40PM 1.56	2:58AM 1.74		4:43PM 2.37	3:24AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		5:56PM 0.83		5:42AM 0.58	6:44PM 0.49		6:11AM 0.44	6:55PM 0.34		6:56AM 0.44	7:25PM 0.25		7:47AM 0.56		8:22PM 0.25	8:25AM 0.29		8:55PM 0.37	8:58AM 0.24		9:16PM 0.17	9:25AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	18	22	17	22	20	21	18	19	16	17	23	18	22	25	20	18	21	18	18	20	23	19
Low °C	16	19	16	20	20	18	18	18	14	17	22	15	22	24	15	16	20	15	17	19	21	19
Chill °C (?)	17	22	16	22	19	21	18	18	14	16	23	17	22	25	20	17	21	18	17	20	23	19
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:43	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:50
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 S	1.0 ESE	1.3 SSE	3.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	0.7 S	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	12	7	6	10	13	10	8	15	9	13	12	8	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	9	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.0 SW	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SE	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.9 SE	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	-
Period (s)	15	15	11	11	11	14	7	12	12	9	15	16	9	13	14	13	16	7	20	18	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	-	1.2 SSW	-	3.5 S	1.7 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.6 SE	1.9 S	2.2 S	1.7 SE	1.5 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	3.0 S
Period (s)	5	-	6	6	5	-	9	-	9	7	7	9	7	9	9	7	6	5	5	-	-	9

	Wed	Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Hawston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 S	2.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	3.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	8	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	8	7	7	13	9	6
Energy(?)	1044	1069	1272	1761	2404	797	697	1030	1401	1378	709	724	240	249	222	633	1383	1352	1207	3280	452	405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:50PM 1.05									11:14PM 1.20				12:09PM 1.39				12:42AM 1.41				1:03PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			4:33AM 0.86					5:17PM 0.51				5:18AM 0.49				6:49PM 0.50				8:18AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	17	17	17	19	21	18	19	18	21	19	17	19	22	21	20	19	19	19	20	25	18	21
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	19	21	17	18	17	21	19	17	19	22	21	20	19	19	19	20	25	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 WSW	2.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	6	6	6	7	8	7	7	13	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	0.7 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	-	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.7 ESE	2.4 S	-	1.2 S	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	0.4 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	8	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	4	9	6

	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Hawston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.1 S	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	11	12	9	8	8	12	12	11
Energy(?)	60	582	582	900	1468	750	750	1851	1104	727	2241	2597	775	1808	1825	2491	946	930	1042	702	1719	1137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:02PM 1.37													11:05AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)									4:06AM 0.55													5:44PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	19	19	17	17	15	15	16	16	17	19	20	21	19	23	22	22	26	20	20
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	19	18	16	16	15	14	15	15	16	19	20	21	19	23	22	22	26	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	2.5 SW	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	12	6	6	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	13	13	12	12	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	-	1.2 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.6 W	0.5 ESE	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	6	8	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	4	3	11

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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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