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

	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	7	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	16	16	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	17	17	16	15	14	14	13
Energy	576	684	694	727	670	1019	886	1017	1057	1174	1335	2426	1394	1632	2111	8122	8594	6072	4189	3331	1220	2126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:23PM 1.27	8:58AM 1.10		9:38PM 1.25	10:25AM 1.31		10:47PM 1.27	11:29AM 1.10		12:16AM 1.35	12:32PM 1.39		12:30AM 1.33	1:07PM 1.21		1:10AM 1.35	1:53PM 1.50		1:47AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	1:58PM 0.64		2:55AM 0.45		3:06PM 0.46	4:17AM 0.45		4:22PM 0.48		5:27AM 0.41	5:28PM 0.47		6:28AM 0.57	6:22PM 0.44		7:02AM 0.30	7:06PM 0.40		7:46AM 0.49	7:48PM 0.59		8:12AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	17	18	17	17	19	17	17	19	19	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	18
Low °C	15	16	15	15	18	16	16	19	16	16	18	16	15	17	14	14	15	14	14	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	17	18	17	17	19	17	17	19	19	16	17	16	14	14	14	15	16	16	17
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	5:53	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	14	13	11	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	17	17	16	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 E	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	6	8	8	13	17	16	11	11	10	7	10	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Dolphin Point Overberg	Bog Bay KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 E	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	18	12	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14
Energy	503	509	576	634	684	653	726	694	675	730	727	727	670	731	1094	1019	809	518	886	1025	1017	1410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:27AM 1.39					8:23PM 1.27				8:58AM 1.10				9:38PM 1.25				10:25AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)				1:58PM 0.64					2:55AM 0.45				3:06PM 0.46				4:17AM 0.44				4:22PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	19	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	18	18	17	17	16	16	18	17	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	14	19	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	17	18	18	17	17	16	16	18	17	17	19	17
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	8	6	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	18	12	11	10	11	6	6	6	6	5	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	18	17	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	3

	Friday 22																					Sat
	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	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	6	6	18	18	7	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy	522	521	503	508	591	510	502	522	576	567	567	634	634	865	684	512	661	653	630	689	726	716
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						7:41AM 1.19													8:23PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)												1:58PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	15	14	19	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	21	21	14	13	19	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 SW	1.2 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	6	6	8	18	7	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.7 WSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	13	18	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	6	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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