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

	Tue		Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Main Break Swakopmund	Alkantstrand KZN North	Main Break Swakopmund	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Tofinho Inhambane	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Mapelane KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Big Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	7	9	9	9	7	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	-	5.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 SW	1.9 SE	1.7 E	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	1.4 E	2.5 S	1.5 SW	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	-	16	12	17	16	16	12	7	16	9	9	10	8	9	10	7	12	8	11	11
Energy(?)	5801	6240	0	11424	1756	2665	4528	1579	813	1056	3818	745	435	250	349	2108	444	953	621	1048	623	1134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:21PM 1.41		6:37AM 1.36	7:15PM 1.22		7:47AM 1.28		8:49PM 1.24	9:34AM 1.15		10:48PM 1.16	11:30AM 1.09		12:14AM 1.28	12:42PM 1.18		12:33AM 1.24	1:35PM 1.46		1:10AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		12:28AM 0.38	12:53PM 0.36		1:28AM 0.46		2:12PM 0.71	3:19AM 0.67		4:04PM 0.62		5:26AM 0.61	5:42PM 0.54		6:44AM 0.49	6:50PM 0.44		7:34AM 0.51	7:37PM 0.42		8:09AM 0.37	7:49PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	7	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	15	17	17	16	19	19	20	25	25	28	25	23	19	17	19	24	26	19	17	16	17
Low °C	16	15	16	17	15	18	18	19	18	23	23	23	23	17	17	18	22	22	18	14	13	16
Chill °C (?)	21	13	15	16	16	19	19	20	25	25	28	25	23	19	17	19	24	26	18	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	5:58	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:45	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:25	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	4.5 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 ESE	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SE	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	14	16	12	17	16	16	8	12	16	9	12	10	8	9	10	9	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 E	-	1.1 ESE	1.3 SSW	-	1.9 S	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 NE	-	-	0.9 SW	0.1 W	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	9	-	8	12	-	9	13	-	16	15	15	5	-	-	11	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	5.0 SSW	-	-	1.3 SE	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	1.7 E	0.4 WSW	1.2 S	2.0 SSE	0.8 N	2.5 S	1.5 S	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	12	-	14	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	9	4	5	9	5	7	5	8	6	7

	Tuesday 21					Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Fri
	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)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Main Break Swakopmund	Siyayi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Guns Swakopmund	Alkantstrand KZN North	Main Break Swakopmund
Rating	5	5	4	5	5	7	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	5	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	16	15	16	15
Energy(?)	3887	3533	1668	3669	3858	6240	8050	7583	8921	9250	11424	11004	10186	8613	7371	5728	6399	3038	1901	3669	1751	3341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	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	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:11PM 1.33				6:42AM 1.47				7:18PM 1.27				7:45AM 1.19	8:26AM 1.09				8:07PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		12:10PM 0.24				12:28AM 0.38				1:01PM 0.41				1:28AM 0.51				1:40PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	22	17	16	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	16	18	18	19	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	17	16	13	14	14	15	17	16	17	16	16	15	16	18	18	19	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	16	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	-	0.5 ENE	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	10	-	8	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	8	9	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	1.1 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	8	-

	Tuesday 21															Wednesday 22
	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)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Main Break Swakopmund	Siyayi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Guns Swakopmund	Alkantstrand KZN North	Main Break Swakopmund
Rating	5	5	4	5	5	7	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	5	4	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.3 SE	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	14	13
Energy(?)	3948	3194	1852	2986	3097	3533	3791	9334	5801	5801	14	7601	7386	7601	7724	8177	3213	1110	401	2704	1461	2757
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											6:21PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				11:56AM 0.19													12:41AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	16	19	24	17	16	21	17	18	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	14	22	23	14	21	14
Chill °C (?)	16	19	24	16	15	21	16	17	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	22	23	13	21	13
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.6 E	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	12	12	13	12	13	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	13	6	14	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.3 ESE	0.6 NE	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	8	19	18	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	9	6	18	6	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	1.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	-	1.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	14	3	-	14	-

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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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