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

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	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route	Kosi Bay KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	2.1 ENE	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 NE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 SE	1.7 SE	2.3 SE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 E	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	6	9	10	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	7	8	9	18	16	16	10	14
Energy(?)	262	655	783	1440	2338	2394	2093	1746	540	3980	4049	3039	4744	1647	1290	390	1069	1100	1357	1630	2667	1099
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:57AM 1.29		12:59AM 0.94	1:14PM 1.04		2:04AM 1.18		2:08PM 1.48	2:31AM 1.25			2:25AM 1.33		3:00PM 1.62	2:56AM 1.48		3:00PM 1.45	3:23AM 1.55		4:01PM 1.90	4:21AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		6:25PM 0.72		6:39AM 0.74	7:53PM 0.60		8:00AM 0.67		8:22PM 0.45	8:30AM 0.47		8:16PM 0.29	8:59AM 0.37		8:46PM 0.19	9:02AM 0.22		9:12PM 0.10	9:57AM 0.12		10:08PM -0.01	10:29AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	-	2	-	-	-	9	-	-	1	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	29	28	20	20	21	19	20	22	26	19	20	19	20	23	20	19	21	24	26	25	21	24
Low °C	26	28	18	19	21	19	20	20	24	18	20	15	19	22	17	18	21	21	23	24	21	21
Chill °C (?)	29	28	19	20	21	19	20	22	26	19	19	18	20	23	19	19	21	24	26	25	21	24
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	6:46	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 NE	3.0 SSW	0.3 WNW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SE	2.3 SE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 E	1.6 SW
Period (s)	7	13	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	8	9	18	16	16	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.0 E	0.5 SSE	-	0.3 WNW	1.3 ESE	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	16	13	14	16	8	13	-	13	8	13	13	13	13	11	10	11	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 ENE	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	3.5 SSW	1.6 SE	3.0 S	-	2.5 SE	-	-	1.7 SE	1.1 SE	2.1 ESE	2.4 E	-
Period (s)	-	8	6	9	10	-	-	-	3	-	13	6	13	-	7	-	-	7	7	9	10	-

	Wednesday 11							Thursday 12								Friday 13
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 S	0.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	12	11	13	12	8	8	8	6	16	9	14	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	559	553	554	242	230	963	1440	1065	646	648	2101	838	1710	2693	2249	2583	2176	1878	1675	938	1873	2081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			10:57AM 0.99					12:17AM 1.18				12:25PM 1.05				1:15AM 1.07				1:47PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	2:41AM 0.96					5:21PM 0.85				6:48AM 0.75				7:46PM 0.64				7:21AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	24	25	27	25	27	25	25	21	20	23	20	19	18	18	17	17	19	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	24	25	27	25	27	25	25	21	20	23	20	19	18	18	16	17	19	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	7	12	11	8	12	10	8	8	6	7	14	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 S	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	7	7	9	7	13	13	13	10	16	16	14	14	10	16	16	16	15	14	13	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	-	0.3 W	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 S	0.4 E	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	2	-	-	8	8	8	6	8	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11																					Thu
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	11	12	10	10	11	6	7	11	11	18	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	557	512	531	278	338	353	517	364	554	442	379	132	289	300	306	360	371	384	247	149	271	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								9:57AM 1.29	10:55AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)	2:41AM 0.96															5:54PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	23	22	24	25	27	27	27	27	22	23	24	23	22	23	23	22	22	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	24	23	23	22	24	25	27	27	27	27	22	23	24	23	22	23	23	22	22	23	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 E	0.7 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	7	11	12	10	7	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 WNW	0.2 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	7	7	7	10	14	11	14	7	7	18	8	7	7	18	12	18	18	5	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	7	6	7	2	2	6	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	-	5	5	5

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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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