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

	Thu	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Strandfontein West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	2	3	3	0	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	0.9 SW	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	0.6 SW	2.0 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 ESE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	8	11	7	7	16	7	14	13	8	14	13	12	18	16	15	15	13	14	8	9	9	10
Energy(?)	767	255	327	465	342	715	716	864	1529	773	1056	888	1084	1966	1849	1304	1541	1115	1224	1764	2093	1690
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	on	on	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:21AM 1.77		4:14PM 1.63	4:45AM 1.50		5:01PM 1.50		5:34AM 1.40	5:55PM 1.48		6:40AM 1.48	6:58PM 1.25		7:49AM 1.33		8:20PM 1.20	9:08AM 1.17		10:06PM 1.11	11:03AM 1.30		11:16PM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)	10:13PM -0.05	10:04AM 0.08		10:33PM 0.01	10:53AM 0.42		11:19PM 0.13	11:43AM 0.28		12:22AM 0.34	12:52PM 0.50		1:19AM 0.48		2:09PM 0.50	2:32AM 0.56		4:04PM 0.76	4:20AM 0.62		5:25PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	9
High °C	22	30	28	25	23	23	22	26	22	23	24	17	19	19	23	19	18	21	18	19	19	18
Low °C	15	25	26	21	20	21	19	23	20	18	22	15	17	18	21	18	18	19	16	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	22	30	28	25	23	23	22	26	22	23	24	16	19	19	23	19	18	21	18	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 E
Period (s)	8	11	10	7	16	15	14	13	13	14	13	12	11	16	15	15	13	14	13	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SE	-	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	0.1 NW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	7	18	10	10	10	-	7	18	6	-	20	18	12	18	8	11	11	13	14	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	0.3 ESE	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SE	2.0 ESE	2.1 SE	1.4 SE	3.0 ESE	-	1.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	8	3	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	9	6	8	9	9	10

	Thursday 06			Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Strandfontein West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Donkin Bay West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town
Rating	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.8 SW	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.4 S	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	2.1 SE	1.2 SW	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	11	8	8	10	7	8	16	16	7	14	8	7	14	13
Energy(?)	59	561	550	767	579	701	585	392	281	1116	1070	549	559	506	529	288	710	1009	1156	1029	1194	1047
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:00PM 1.94				4:06AM 1.82				4:14PM 1.79					5:03AM 1.70			5:00PM 1.50	5:05PM 1.74				5:34AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			9:50PM -0.08				10:04AM 0.08				10:53PM 0.04				10:51AM 0.16					11:35PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	22	18	16	16	18	26	28	27	18	17	24	17	20	29	29	23	25	19	18	20	21
Chill °C (?)	19	22	17	15	15	18	26	28	27	18	17	24	16	20	29	29	23	25	19	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSE	0.9 SW	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	8	11	11	8	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	16	10	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.1 S	-	1.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	6	21	21	11	20	11	11	19	19	18	18	10	18	18	6	16	-	-	8	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSW	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.1 SSE	-	2.1 SE	2.0 SSE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	8	8	-	7	8	7	-	7	7	8	7	7	7

	Thursday 06									Friday 07
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Strandfontein West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Donkin Bay West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town
Rating	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SSE	0.8 WSW	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SSE	2.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	10	11	11	9	11	11	8	11	7	8	11	11	8	8
Energy(?)	89	697	779	689	831	561	569	761	684	261	257	719	280	214	747	237	455	534	246	246	447	795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:29PM 1.71													4:01AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)								9:50PM -0.07													10:07AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	27	27	25	21	22	20	18	22	16	16	20	16	15	15	22	16	17	20	21	23	23
Chill °C (?)	19	27	27	25	21	22	20	17	22	16	16	20	15	14	14	22	15	16	20	21	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	9	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	8	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	7	20	20	20	20	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	-	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 SSE	-	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 SSE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	-	6	6	-	6	6	8	-	7	8	6	6	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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