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 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	TTs West	Baggies Durban/KZN South	TTs West	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Zinkwazi KZN North	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	1	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 S	0.8 SSE	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	13	10	10	13	8	7	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	6	12	11	10
Energy(?)	753	524	901	369	2327	472	533	388	1552	77	1419	903	804	869	1166	924	769	1245	148	1274	894	597
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:05PM 1.69	3:32AM 1.87		3:49PM 2.04	4:17AM 1.94		4:31PM 2.15	4:53AM 2.37	5:01AM 1.62	5:15PM 1.57		5:43AM 1.66	5:54PM 1.65		7:51AM 2.40	6:36PM 1.27		7:27AM 1.51	7:41PM 1.30		8:21AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	8:49AM 0.12		9:22PM 0.06	9:38AM 0.26		10:07PM 0.18	10:18AM 0.06		10:42PM 0.09	11:05AM 0.15		11:30PM 0.11	11:48AM 0.26		12:06AM 0.21			12:47AM 0.37	1:46PM 0.54		1:51AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	23	24	27	26	19	20	21	17	20	21	19	21	22	20	22	22	20	23	19	17	25
Low °C	19	22	22	23	26	18	19	21	15	20	21	17	19	21	18	20	22	17	22	19	16	21
Chill °C (?)	19	23	24	27	26	19	20	21	15	20	21	19	21	22	20	22	22	20	23	18	16	25
Sunrise	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:09
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSE	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SSW	0.4 E	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	13	10	10	8	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	7	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 SW	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	-	-	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	-	9	10	13	-	6	8	5	4	5	6	16	16	11	11	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.1 NE	1.4 S	-	-	1.1 S	2.5 S	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	5	8	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Port St Johns Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	TTs West	De Kelders Overberg	Doring Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	2.2 NE	1.9 NE	2.2 SSW	1.4 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	10	10	11	7	7	12	9	8	9	9	9	6
Energy(?)	1075	1009	604	1115	1131	1052	1044	1033	1261	641	312	254	592	1004	578	1474	553	679	454	391	413	211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:07PM 2.04				3:28AM 2.35				3:51PM 1.83				3:54AM 1.59				4:32PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			8:52AM 0.10				9:19PM 0.09				9:34AM 0.09				10:03PM 0.03				10:21AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	15	18	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	24	20	21	26	24	23	23	17	17	19	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	15	18	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	24	20	21	26	24	23	23	17	17	19	20	20	21
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.2 SSW	1.4 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	10	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	10	10	11	8	7	12	9	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 E	1.1 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	-	0.6 S	0.3 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	10	11	11	11	-	9	14	10	10	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	1.6 NE	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	2.2 NE	1.9 NE	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	7	7	-	7	4	4	7	7	7	-	9	-	-	-	-	6

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Port St Johns Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	TTs West	De Kelders Overberg	Doring Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 WSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	7	13	10	10	14	14	14	13	9	10	10	10	10	12
Energy(?)	977	963	429	475	514	618	252	330	401	1261	558	586	1131	1352	1034	1009	306	141	425	450	480	707
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														3:08PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)							8:51AM 0.11													9:22PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	20	18	18	19	23	23	24	23	20	20	21	21	22	26	20	19	20	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	16	16	20	18	18	19	23	23	24	23	19	19	21	21	22	26	20	18	20	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.2 S	1.5 E	1.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	11	13	10	10	14	14	14	13	9	10	6	10	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.8 WSW	-	1.1 S	1.2 ESE	1.3 S	0.2 E
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	7	8	11	11	7	7	7	-	10	-	10	6	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.7 S	-	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7	-	4	5	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	6	-	4

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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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