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

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			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	Baboon Point West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SSE	2.1 S	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	13	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	11	11	13	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy	606	2475	2778	2311	1240	3448	3476	3033	3383	1042	1104	1074	1298	1636	2027	1368	1106	1247	1077	1512	1386	1220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:28PM 1.52		5:35AM 1.37	6:05PM 1.66		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.42		6:51AM 1.52	7:35PM 1.26		7:35AM 1.33		8:12PM 1.47	8:37AM 1.08		9:38PM 1.30	10:06AM 1.13		10:24PM 1.53	11:26AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	10:55AM 0.30		11:28PM 0.43	11:51AM 0.27		12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.36		12:47AM 0.50	1:08PM 0.44		1:45AM 0.54	1:41PM 0.67		2:46AM 0.70		3:00PM 0.68	4:06AM 0.53		3:47PM 0.47		5:18AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	15	23	-	2	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	14	15	20	14	14	15	18	19	20	15	15	18	15	16	16	15	15	16	15	18
Low °C	16	13	13	15	18	13	12	14	14	17	18	14	14	17	15	16	15	14	13	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	17	12	12	14	20	13	12	14	18	19	20	15	14	18	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	18
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:27	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.7 S	2.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 S	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 S	1.8 S	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	11	11	13	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.2 SSE	1.4 ESE	0.1 NW	0.3 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	9	8	9	11	13	12	11	10	10	11	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	0.5 SE	-
Period (s)	3	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	-	3	-

	Tue	Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Corner Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SSW	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 S	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE
Period(s)	10	9	10	13	13	8	9	12	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	670	1110	1332	1392	606	1967	2475	1706	3585	2778	3460	2386	2311	2469	1240	3103	3285	3448	3430	3547	3476	3054
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:40AM 1.45					5:10PM 1.45				5:35AM 1.37				6:05PM 1.45				6:08AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	10:38PM 0.38				10:55AM 0.30	11:14AM 0.29				11:28PM 0.43				11:46AM 0.64				12:07AM 0.48				12:24PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	16	17	14	13	17	13	13	15	15	15	17	18	14	14	14	13	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	17	12	12	17	11	11	14	14	14	16	18	13	13	12	11	10	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	2.2 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 S	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	13	13	10	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.0 W	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 W	0.2 W	1.7 SSW	0.5 W	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	11	13	13	11	11	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	-	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	8	9	-	10	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 SSW
Period(s)	8	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	9	12
Energy	1094	990	670	1010	1015	1110	1104	1288	1332	1345	1204	1392	1392	645	606	587	2283	1967	1966	2412	2475	1616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)									4:40AM 1.45													5:10PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			10:38PM 0.38												10:55AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	2	3	-
High °C	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	17	18	14	14	13	13	13	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	17	18	12	12	11	12	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.3 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.5 S	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	8	15	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	11	13	13	11	11	11	8	11	11	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	-
Period (s)	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	8	8	8	8	9	-

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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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