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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	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Hell West Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	6	9	5	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 S	1.6 SW	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	14	14	14	12	11	12	10	13	10	9	9	11	13	9	14	12	12	12	14
Energy(?)	6440	10257	7207	1956	3129	1960	1265	1045	2964	3001	874	1328	872	630	4134	5224	2842	4788	2083	1346	880	2496
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:31PM 1.87	2:43AM 1.89			2:56AM 1.93														6:27PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	8:26AM 0.13		8:30PM 0.12			8:45PM 0.32	9:13AM 0.20						10:30AM 0.23								12:28AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	21	17	16	16	16	19	17	17	23	25	15	15	22	16	16	20	17	18
Low °C	17	17	16	15	20	17	15	13	13	16	17	14	17	20	14	15	22	14	13	20	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	17	21	17	14	14	15	18	16	17	23	25	13	13	22	14	16	20	16	18
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:19	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 S	1.6 SW	1.9 S
Period (s)	13	16	16	14	14	14	12	11	12	16	13	10	9	9	11	13	9	14	12	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 E	0.8 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 ENE	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	18	-	-	-	8	8	19	18	16	8	10	13	13	12	18	16	9	-	19	15	11	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	1.0 NNW	0.7 W	-	3.5 WSW	0.6 W	-	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 SE	1.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	5	-	10	4	-	3	2	-	-	9	-	-	-	6	5

	Tue	Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1080	2074	1318	4297	5088	8018	10779	10638	8260	7207	6300	5359	4222	3963	1507	1181	1068	2261	2158	1082	1564	603
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	-	-	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	-	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-
High Tide / height (m)			2:10AM 1.75				2:09PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)													8:37AM 0.25								9:35AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	17	17	18	17	17	20	19	17	19	32
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	18	17	16	16	17	16	15	16	16	17	17	18	17	17	20	19	17	19	32
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 E	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	8	14	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 E	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	15	13	-	18	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	22	-	22	20	8	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6

	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	13	13	7
Energy(?)	961	637	1080	2040	2296	6468	6994	4255	3248	3754	9973	6507	5916	7300	3197	3230	3544	2437	2437	3141	4633	600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						1:44AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)													8:02AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	17	17	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	18	17	20
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	18	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	7	7	8	20	20	19	19	16	18	18	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	7	7	18	18	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	14	14	13	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	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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