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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	Mon		Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	9	5	4	9	9	9	9	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.4 E	2.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	13	-	16	15	14	16	13	12	8	8	9	8	9	9	7	7	12	13
Energy(?)	12342	4795	1916	5060	6207	0	11571	5768	2949	1903	1739	807	955	855	566	600	534	541	551	1312	1153	1314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:20PM 1.44		5:53AM 1.63	6:18PM 1.39		6:38AM 1.68	7:15PM 1.22		7:43AM 1.20		8:35PM 1.12	9:24AM 1.07		10:39PM 1.47	11:31AM 1.18		12:11AM 1.38	12:20PM 1.40		1:06AM 1.41	1:29PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		11:39PM 0.21	12:10PM 0.23		12:25AM 0.46	12:59PM 0.48		1:28AM 0.51		2:13PM 0.54	2:54AM 0.63		4:04PM 0.62		5:27AM 0.64	5:23PM 0.72		6:16AM 0.62	6:45PM 0.43		7:31AM 0.37	7:29PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	24	21	15	16	17	17	18	21	18	26	27	21	29	25	23	26	15	16	16	18
Low °C	17	14	16	16	14	16	17	13	14	21	15	18	24	20	25	24	19	21	15	15	14	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	24	21	13	14	16	16	18	21	17	26	27	21	29	25	23	26	13	15	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:00	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	1.4 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.4 E	0.5 S	1.6 E	1.6 ESE	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	-	-	14	16	15	14	16	13	8	12	12	9	12	9	9	9	10	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	1.4 SSW	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	-	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	12	-	-	11	-	12	13	15	13	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	-	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	1.5 SE	-	0.9 ESE	2.0 E	-	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.6 WNW	2.2 ENE	1.1 NNE	-	1.7 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	14	-	-	13	13	-	-	6	-	8	8	-	8	8	4	8	5	-	7	7	7	7

	Monday 20					Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thu
	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	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Blouberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	6	5	6	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	15	14	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	5691	4443	10076	8289	10593	9006	3272	3948	3887	8396	1558	3612	5796	12001	6898	10444	8748	11009	11571	11143	9990	8724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:35PM 1.51				5:53AM 1.57				6:11PM 1.33				6:35AM 1.55				7:18PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		11:27AM 0.09				11:36PM 0.27				12:10PM 0.23				12:18AM 0.55				12:54PM 0.59				1:28AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	18	18	15	15	14	14	20	21	21	17	15	15	14	15	16	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	17	18	18	14	13	13	13	20	21	21	17	13	14	12	14	15	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	-	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	-	13	13	15	14	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	-	-	20	11	10	10	7	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	13	13	13	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 20															Tuesday 21
	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	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Blouberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	6	5	6	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	1.8 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.3 SSE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	10	14	13	14	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	13	13	13
Energy(?)	14001	4996	5441	1051	8879	12802	6401	6269	7380	10215	3872	5035	4565	3609	4498	4342	4094	3943	35	4529	4288	4058
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										5:36PM 1.60												5:53AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)				11:27AM 0.07												11:28PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	23	17	17	17	18	17	16	18	15	15	16	15	16	14	16	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	23	16	16	16	17	16	15	17	14	15	16	15	15	13	15	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	1.1 SSW	0.2 E	1.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.3 ENE	1.7 SSW	4.0 SW	0.5 ENE	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	14	16	9	12	14	14	14	9	15	12	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	-	0.8 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	9	-	8	9	9	-	8	8	-	9	-	12	9	12	-	12	-	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	12	12	10	11	13	-	12	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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