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

	Sun		Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	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	Umhlanga KZN North	Stompneus West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Main Break Swakopmund	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Main Break Swakopmund	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	5	5	9	5	5	7	9	9	7	5	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	4.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 ESE	2.2 SSW	2.3 ENE	1.3 E	2.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	12	11	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	17	16	13	9	13	8	9	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	457	6489	5711	11331	4484	3149	5687	5576	8429	4990	5786	2469	4587	2189	999	1641	1241	422	618	1598	595	910
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:56PM 1.63		5:11AM 1.80	5:34PM 1.54		5:49AM 1.74	6:18PM 1.38		6:34AM 1.35	6:51PM 1.96		7:46AM 1.25		8:47PM 1.43	9:24AM 1.07		10:49PM 1.17	11:03AM 1.08		12:11AM 1.38	12:40PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		10:57PM 0.07	11:27AM 0.09		11:39PM 0.19	12:00PM 0.20		12:22AM 0.31	12:52PM 0.36		1:21AM 0.74		2:13PM 0.66	3:21AM 0.78		3:58PM 0.58			5:23PM 0.72		6:48AM 0.65	6:46PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	30	15	16	18	16	16	21	16	17	20	16	19	19	18	23	19	19	30	29	23	33	20
Low °C	29	15	13	17	14	14	18	14	17	19	13	19	19	14	16	19	18	26	25	22	24	16
Chill °C (?)	30	12	14	17	16	15	21	15	16	20	14	19	19	17	23	19	18	30	29	23	33	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	5:31	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	0.3 E	3.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.8 E	1.3 E	0.4 SSE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.9 E
Period (s)	11	17	11	14	14	13	-	13	14	9	15	17	16	13	9	13	8	9	11	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	1.4 SSW	-	0.2 E	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.5 E	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	14	-	16	-	10	19	-	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	12	-	12	11	11	11	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	4.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	3.5 SSW	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	-	2.5 E	-	-	2.3 ENE	0.6 NNW	2.0 E	2.5 ENE	-	2.5 SW
Period (s)	6	12	11	14	-	-	13	-	-	14	6	7	-	8	-	-	8	4	8	8	-	8

	Sunday 19					Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed
	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)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Umhlanga KZN North	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Quissico Inhambane	Santos Reef Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Blouberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Danger Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	3	4	4	5	3	3	3	5	1	5	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.1 NE	0.9 SW	2.0 SW	4.5 SW	0.4 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	8	11	8	12	8	14	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1048	874	1099	1004	3816	762	584	885	7140	71	9725	10594	10750	9244	3272	4275	4189	3163	4035	6151	10298	6741
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:55PM 1.70					5:13AM 1.69				5:36PM 1.60				5:53AM 1.57				6:22PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	10:49AM -0.02				10:57PM 0.07					11:22AM 0.08				11:36PM 0.27				11:56AM 0.19				12:26AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-
Temp. °C	24	27	23	24	19	30	16	18	16	32	19	15	15	15	14	14	20	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	24	27	23	24	19	30	16	18	16	32	19	14	13	13	13	13	20	15	16	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 ENE	2.4 SW	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 SW	4.5 SW	0.4 ESE	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	12	8	12	8	8	12	14	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	-	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 E	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	8	10	8	13	12	8	-	5	9	12	-	11	20	10	11	18	18	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	-	-	2.2 ENE	3.0 WSW	2.1 NE	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	-	0.2 NNW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	8	11	8	6	8	-	3	14	14	14	13	-	-	-	4	-	13	13	13

	Sunday 19															Monday 20
	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)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Umhlanga KZN North	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Quissico Inhambane	Santos Reef Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Blouberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Danger Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	3	4	4	5	3	3	3	5	1	5	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 ENE	1.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 ENE	4.5 WSW	0.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	2.4 SW	0.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	0.5 SSW	3.5 SW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	7	10	12	10	8	10	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	18	12	12	18	11	18
Energy(?)	1132	1105	912	479	909	262	632	560	3879	192	1888	1610	4168	4306	5715	1643	275	4701	6242	178	6349	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									4:38PM 1.60													5:11AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			10:48AM -0.02												10:39PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	21	23	25	26	30	23	23	16	27	20	20	14	14	14	18	16	14	14	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	18	21	23	25	26	30	23	23	14	27	19	20	11	11	11	17	14	11	12	11	10	14
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 ENE	1.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	2.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	10	12	10	8	18	12	18	12	18	18	18	12	18	16	16	18	11	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 ESE	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	13	9	13	10	-	8	9	18	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	17	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	1.3 NE	0.7 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	4.5 WSW	1.1 ENE	2.5 SW	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	5.0 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	-	7	4	5	7	-	10	5	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12

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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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