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 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Off The Wall Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	2	5	4	4	3	6	5	5	5	0	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	0.8 S	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 ESE	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	13	10	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	372	2764	1834	2079	280	4703	5485	4688	4063	884	1302	1016	855	1562	1163	1575	1411	2022	1820	1864	1132	1288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:16PM 1.16		1:54AM 1.21	1:56PM 1.34	2:14PM 1.36	2:27AM 1.37	1:57PM 1.30		2:59AM 1.40		2:57PM 1.81	3:26AM 1.52		3:27PM 1.93	4:02AM 1.76		3:57PM 2.01	4:29AM 2.02		4:27PM 1.80	4:46AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		7:46PM 0.64		7:54AM 0.66		8:19PM 0.48	8:01AM 0.47		8:49PM 0.30	8:59AM 0.36		9:15PM 0.17	9:30AM 0.22		9:50PM 0.09	10:07AM 0.31		10:17PM -0.01	10:26AM 0.05		10:33PM -0.03	11:02AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	20	20	21	26	20	18	23	19	20	28	22	27	30	29	29	23	22	24	24	21	23
Low °C	25	19	19	20	26	17	18	22	18	16	26	21	21	27	22	26	22	19	22	23	19	21
Chill °C (?)	26	20	20	21	26	20	18	23	19	20	28	22	27	30	29	29	23	22	24	24	21	23
Sunrise	5:30	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	0.8 S	0.5 SSE	4.0 SSW	0.3 WNW	3.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.9 ESE	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	9	15	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 E	0.2 E	0.5 SSE	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	13	16	13	14	8	8	13	13	9	12	13	9	21	20	11	16	18	18	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	-	0.6 ENE	3.5 SW	-	3.5 SSW	-	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	0.6 W	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	6	5	-	4	14	-	13	-	7	8	7	7	8	-	3	10	7	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12							Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Donkin Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Santos Reef Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	6	4	6	6	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.0 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	4.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	10	10	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	501	1486	1571	1689	253	2395	2249	3081	2451	2010	1412	1918	2094	2965	565	502	10358	1440	5599	5161	4325	8245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- 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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:08PM 1.19				1:18AM 1.35				1:58PM 1.21					2:26AM 1.58				2:30PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		6:55AM 0.81				7:46PM 0.64				7:54AM 0.65					8:30PM 0.52				8:29AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	18	19	20	19	27	19	18	18	20	20	21	21	22	20	24	24	17	25	18	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	19	27	19	17	17	20	20	21	21	22	20	24	24	16	25	18	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.0 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.2 WNW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.5 E	3.5 SSW	0.8 E	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	9	13	13	16	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	7	14	8	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 NE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	12	10	16	13	8	14	14	13	16	13	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	-	0.6 SSW	1.0 ESE	-	3.0 SSW	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	1.6 SW	1.6 ENE	-	4.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	5	5	-	13	-	4	4	-	-	6	6	-	14	14	-	-	-	14

	Thursday 12																					Fri
	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	Donkin Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Santos Reef Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	6	4	6	6	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.7 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 E	2.5 SSW	1.0 E	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	15	7	7	7	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	8	13	8	13	13	13	7
Energy(?)	317	734	719	728	528	1486	1426	2028	1313	1595	1424	1629	1691	1567	146	234	2247	232	2577	2629	2592	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											12:54PM 1.41	1:09PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)					6:36AM 0.88													7:51PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	18	20	20	20	24	19	18	19	21	19	19	20	20	19	25	25	19	26	19	19	19	22
Chill °C (?)	17	20	20	20	24	19	17	18	21	19	19	20	20	19	25	25	19	26	19	19	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	7:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 E	2.5 SSW	1.0 E	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	16	16	16	8	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	13	8	13	13	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 SE	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	15	12	12	12	13	16	14	12	6	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 ESE	-	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	6	7	-	10	-	-	7	-	-	8	6	6	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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