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

	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	9	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	0.4 E	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	14	13	13	16	14	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	10	8	12
Energy(?)	719	762	297	349	680	811	646	1246	1900	5564	9138	7019	3530	2726	2118	1698	1131	862	895	1229	27	1361
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				1:20PM 1.57							2:09PM 1.69						3:22PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				7:18AM 0.63	7:21PM 0.38					8:31AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	19	18	22	19	20	21	20	18	18	17	16	19	22	19	18	18	19	20	18	19
Low °C	18	19	17	17	21	18	18	20	18	18	17	16	16	19	19	18	17	18	16	19	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	20	19	18	22	19	20	21	20	18	18	16	15	19	22	19	18	18	19	20	18	19
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:02	-	-	5:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 E	3.5 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	14	13	13	16	14	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	8	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.4 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	13	12	12	15	6	20	16	20	12	18	-	-	-	14	6	8	8	8	8	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.4 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	7	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	4	5	8	10	-	-

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	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	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	14
Energy(?)	1026	1013	688	555	699	698	627	722	556	510	330	501	758	764	847	1018	1114	1286	1034	1045	1246	1099
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)				12:34PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)										7:27AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	20	19	18	18	18	17	20	20	21	20
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	20	19	18	18	18	17	20	20	21	20
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	11	15	14	6	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.4 NW	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	5	5	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3

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	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	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1130	1038	850	629	803	922	909	912	899	1013	630	577	567	524	460	460	470	460	303	303	187	158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)											12:07PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)					6:34AM 0.66												6:09PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	21	21	20	19	18	19	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	18	20	20	19	21	21	20	19	17	19	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	13	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	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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