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

	Fri	Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mapelane KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hell West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	TTs West	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	5	9	3	3	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 NE	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	7	13	14	14	15	12	12	15	15	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	11
Energy(?)	932	853	3174	497	419	8731	7882	4615	1184	2023	1383	1772	2160	776	637	961	1108	1309	619	837	785	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:00AM 1.32		2:15PM 1.40	2:51AM 1.56		2:24PM 1.48	3:16AM 1.65		3:26PM 1.73	3:48AM 1.75		3:57PM 1.78	4:17AM 1.80		4:33PM 1.70	4:51AM 1.80		4:54PM 1.74		5:12AM 1.74	5:04PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		8:15AM 0.39		8:38PM 0.32	8:21AM 0.19		9:06PM 0.12	9:32AM 0.13		9:36PM 0.03	9:57AM 0.05		10:05PM -0.01	10:31AM 0.03		10:36PM -0.04	10:56AM 0.02		11:01PM -0.00	11:21AM 0.09		11:27PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	21	24	32	17	17	18	22	17	19	31	27	19	22	20	27	24	21	23	21	23
Low °C	17	18	21	22	28	16	15	15	21	15	17	30	26	18	21	19	23	20	21	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	19	21	21	24	32	15	16	18	22	16	19	31	27	19	22	20	27	24	21	23	21	23
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:06	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:19	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	1.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.4 E	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	12	11	14	14	15	12	12	15	15	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 E	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	-	0.4 NW	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.2 WNW	0.6 E	-	0.7 S	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 WSW	0.9 E
Period (s)	10	9	8	12	10	-	13	11	10	19	4	-	5	16	16	8	10	8	9	8	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 NE	5.0 SW	-	-	1.9 S	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	11	5	7	13	-	-	7	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	7

	Friday 27			Saturday 28								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	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	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mapelane KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	5	5	9	9	9	4	3	3	3	9	9	9	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 E	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 NE	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	7	14	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	1018	1040	1012	538	739	1129	1035	384	3174	4185	8282	10146	10181	1297	613	930	664	8552	9143	8236	7008	6995
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)									2:13PM 1.52				2:42AM 1.51				3:05PM 1.78				2:44AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		7:52PM 0.41				7:40AM 0.36	8:12AM 0.38				8:30PM 0.27				8:59AM 0.26				9:10PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	22	16	18	21	27	21	19	20	18	18	22	24	23	28	15	18	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	22	16	17	21	27	21	19	20	18	18	22	24	23	28	14	17	13	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 E	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 NW	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	11	10	12	9	9	8	7	8	13	13	13	12	8	10	9	10	11	9	11	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	2.1 NE	-	4.0 SW	-	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	9	9	-	11	11	11	11	12	-	-	-	7	-	14	-	-	15

	Friday 27									Saturday 28
	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	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mapelane KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	5	5	9	9	9	4	3	3	3	9	9	9	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.7 E	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	12	11	12	11	11	13
Energy(?)	1032	1115	1151	400	859	778	966	394	797	850	691	699	836	672	439	352	339	739	521	886	1056	493
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												1:58AM 1.43	2:01AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)						7:13PM 0.36													8:17AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	21	23	19	18	19	22	17	18	17	17	17	19	20	20	24	18	24	21	19	30
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	23	19	18	19	22	17	18	17	17	17	19	20	20	24	18	24	21	18	30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:31	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	12	11	12	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 E	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	14	9	10	9	10	10	13	13	5	12	9	13	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 W	1.0 NE	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	3	6	9	9	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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