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 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route
Rating	2	4	2	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	0	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.1 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	1.0 SW	2.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	13	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	8	14	12	13	13	13	13	12	8	9	11	7	10	10
Energy(?)	291	1248	637	914	1075	292	424	221	530	767	2668	2936	2310	2064	1209	3615	2037	1537	421	656	591	442
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				8:54AM 1.25		9:37PM 1.20	10:02AM 1.25		11:07PM 1.25	11:38AM 1.50		12:16AM 1.33	12:35PM 1.63		1:16AM 1.30	1:36PM 1.92		2:05AM 1.62	1:44PM 1.60	2:25PM 1.92	2:47AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	1:50PM 0.82	2:11PM 0.78	2:09AM 0.48		3:19PM 0.72	3:47AM 0.56		4:50PM 0.65		5:04AM 0.50	5:40PM 0.30		6:10AM 0.41	7:10PM 0.50		7:16AM 0.50	7:59PM 0.37		7:33AM 0.20		8:38PM 0.04	8:47AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	26	20	27	25	20	20	21	19	18	23	18	21	21	20	20	22	18	21	27	19	22
Low °C	25	25	20	24	24	19	20	20	17	18	21	17	20	21	18	20	20	17	17	25	18	21
Chill °C (?)	25	26	19	27	25	20	20	21	18	17	23	18	21	21	20	20	22	17	21	27	19	22
Sunrise	4:46	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:07
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.3 SSW	0.6 E	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	13	10	10	11	8	8	9	7	8	9	12	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.1 NW	-	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.4 S	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	6	12	16	9	9	10	12	12	12	14	13	-	7	15	13	16	12	11	-	11	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	3.0 SSE	2.1 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	-	1.9 SW	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	1.6 SE	2.1 S	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	2	8	8	8	8	7	6	-	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	12	8	9	6	7	6	6

	Thursday 27							Friday 28								Saturday 29
	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	Quissico Inhambane	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	2.4 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	3.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.3 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ENE	1.6 E	2.0 NE	2.2 NE	1.3 SSW	2.0 NE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	7	9	9	12	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	1360	1285	891	690	210	1317	1202	1168	1042	914	267	841	742	794	1466	374	672	722	220	530	444	446
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		7:41AM 1.44					8:01PM 1.06				8:51AM 1.19				9:34PM 1.07				10:02AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)				1:57PM 0.57					2:27AM 0.55				3:36PM 0.62				3:56AM 0.72					5:01PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	19	23	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	24	18	24	20	21	21	19	24	21	21	20	19	20	20	22	26	20	26	21	19
Chill °C (?)	22	20	24	18	24	20	21	21	19	24	21	21	20	19	20	20	22	26	20	26	21	19
Sunrise	4:43	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.5 ESE	0.5 SW	1.3 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.1 E	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.2 NE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	8	10	9	12	10	9	9	8	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	6	-	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	2.4 SSE	2.0 SSE	-	0.5 SSW	3.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	-	2.5 ESE	0.5 NW	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	2.0 NE	2.2 NE	-	2.0 NE	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	9	-	4	8	9	8	-	8	3	-	-	-	8	-	7	7	-	7	-	-

	Thursday 27																					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	Quissico Inhambane	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSE	2.2 S	2.3 S	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	1.7 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	16	11	11	11	13	11	10	9	10	10	8	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	10	12	8	8
Energy(?)	1449	588	580	666	432	986	652	942	935	1060	1367	873	1002	518	412	251	101	137	115	192	1229	1258
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)						7:52AM 1.35												7:56PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)													2:08PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	19	14	24	22	22	23	23	23	21	22	22	21	21	21	24	23	21	24	19	19
Chill °C (?)	22	19	19	13	24	22	22	23	23	23	20	22	22	21	21	21	24	23	21	24	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.2 S	2.3 S	0.1 W	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	11	11	8	13	8	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.3 SW	0.6 ENE	1.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 WNW	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	11	6	11	13	10	12	11	12	8	8	11	-	11	6	6	16	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	-	1.0 NE	1.7 SSE	-	2.0 SSE	-	-	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	1.2 E	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	3.5 SE	0.4 SW	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	4	6	6	-	6	7	-	9	-	-	8	8	8	6	5	6	4	3	8	4	8	8

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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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