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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	Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Mon
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dumps Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Stompneus West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Kosi Bay KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Quissico Inhambane
Rating	3	3	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	2.2 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 WSW	1.7 SSE	2.1 E	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	16	9	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	7	8	12	16	8
Energy(?)	510	634	254	689	390	1115	3994	6203	1546	1458	1968	1917	713	1827	1451	508	735	870	601	1016	1747	413
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:47PM 1.50		5:35AM 1.82	5:45PM 1.67		5:56AM 1.52	6:23PM 1.43		6:42AM 1.70	6:51PM 1.20		7:31AM 1.51	7:39PM 1.26		8:14AM 1.28		8:28PM 1.14	9:12AM 1.42		9:46PM 1.07	10:22AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)	11:06AM 0.13		11:00PM 0.07	11:46AM 0.20		11:56PM 0.12	12:13PM 0.24		12:20AM 0.50	1:02PM 0.60		12:53AM 0.34	1:47PM 0.51		1:41AM 0.47		2:37PM 0.49	2:25AM 0.60		3:41PM 0.63	3:32AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	4
High °C	23	23	21	24	25	22	21	22	19	24	24	20	24	25	22	22	23	27	26	30	23	27
Low °C	21	22	20	23	25	20	20	21	18	22	24	18	23	25	17	21	23	20	24	29	21	25
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	24	25	22	21	22	19	24	24	20	24	25	22	22	23	27	26	30	23	27
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:01
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 E	2.2 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	0.2 E	3.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NW	1.6 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 S	0.5 S	1.4 SW	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	9	12	13	12	11	9	11	13	13	12	12	12	8	11	12	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.2 WNW	1.2 S	0.3 SW	0.5 NW	0.6 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 NE
Period (s)	10	10	15	15	16	10	10	10	13	10	15	13	7	13	13	8	10	13	15	19	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 S	-	1.4 ESE	1.7 SSE	2.1 E	0.9 SSE	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	4	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	10	12	9	-	6	7	8	6	-	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Blouberg Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dumps Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	9	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	8	9	10	12	10	12	12	13	12	14
Energy(?)	600	532	525	491	538	509	605	627	663	544	254	545	1632	2742	4504	2567	1518	8995	2592	5789	3602	3256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						5:07PM 1.73				5:19AM 1.83				5:46PM 1.64				6:14AM 1.72				6:24PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			10:46AM 0.14	11:05AM 0.14			10:59PM 0.06	11:21PM 0.04				11:29AM 0.17				11:57PM 0.08				12:26PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	25	24	23	21	20	20	19	20	21	22	24	22	22	21	19	20	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	19	21	25	24	23	21	20	20	19	20	21	22	24	22	22	21	19	20	21	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	9	9	10	13	10	12	12	13	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.9 WSW	0.3 E	1.4 WSW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	5	14	10	10	10	15	10	15	14	6	15	11	10	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSE	0.7 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.4 WNW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	11	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	8	9	10	12	-	12	-	-	-	-

	Monday 05																					Tue
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Blouberg Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dumps Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	9	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	572	513	447	514	569	561	528	586	650	592	279	405	560	560	592	160	618	509	617	633	512	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross	glass	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																5:11PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)									10:50AM 0.40													11:22PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	17	18	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	25	25	24	24	22	21	21	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	18	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	25	25	24	24	22	21	21	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 S	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 S	0.8 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.7 ESE	0.4 SW	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	5	12	11	10	10	5	10	15	15	14	14	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.7 SSE	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	6	5	5	5	-	5	-	5	5	4	4	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	4

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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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