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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	Mon		Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Rame Head Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	Alkantstrand KZN North	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Eastern Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	4	5	9	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.7 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	3.5 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.9 E	1.6 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	18	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	8	13	8	8	11	11	10
Energy(?)	5171	5060	5731	11312	4978	6359	4767	4119	1243	1576	1407	644	1019	1059	982	2185	846	809	637	295	147	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:06PM 1.15	12:22PM 1.10		12:51AM 1.17	1:27PM 1.27	3:03PM 1.87	1:07AM 1.31	1:30PM 1.43	2:19PM 1.96	1:48AM 1.41		2:07PM 1.49	2:58AM 1.51		3:07PM 1.67	3:10AM 1.94		3:34PM 1.73	3:46AM 1.61		3:59PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	4:28PM 0.95		5:52AM 0.63	6:44PM 0.66		7:13AM 0.49			7:21AM 0.32			8:03AM 0.46		8:57PM 0.22	9:02AM 0.13		9:13PM 0.15	8:57AM 0.11		9:45PM 0.08	9:47AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	21	10
High °C	19	16	15	21	13	17	17	23	24	16	18	14	18	16	21	21	17	23	21	16	15	15
Low °C	18	15	14	18	11	13	15	21	19	16	15	12	17	15	16	20	15	21	21	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	14	13	21	10	16	16	23	24	14	18	12	17	14	21	20	16	23	21	16	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:24	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	6:10	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:51	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	4.5 SW	0.4 ENE	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.7 S	0.2 E	2.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.4 S	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	14	12	9	12	12	12	18	13	9	12	10	10	13	8	13	9	8	8	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.4 WSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	1.4 SW	0.6 S	-	0.3 E	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	14	-	-	12	12	-	13	17	-	9	12	13	10	13	11	13	12	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	5.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	2.4 SSW	-	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE	2.1 E	-	3.5 ENE	1.1 W	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	-	14	-	-	-	-	5	12	-	6	5	7	-	8	5	-	4	6	7	9

	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thu
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Quissico Inhambane	Heaven West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Rame Head Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Platboom Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	5	8	5	9	4	5	4	2	5	5	5	9	9	8	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	6.0 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.8 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	13	15	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1218	1760	5171	7544	4268	21270	3287	6195	5731	271	4089	3799	4020	11395	8154	7008	4121	3086	4767	4064	3358	3202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:47AM 1.34				11:00PM 1.06					11:45AM 1.46				12:58AM 1.12				12:49PM 1.23				1:43AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)			4:08PM 0.70				5:39AM 1.09	5:19AM 0.53				6:10PM 0.73				7:13AM 0.49				7:43PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	17	17	16	20	14	15	37	14	13	12	14	13	13	14	13	15	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	17	17	16	20	12	13	37	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.8 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	13	15	12	12	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	-	1.1 W	-	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	-	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	18	18	10	16	10	10	-	13	-	5	15	11	12	9	10	12	11	11	-	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	6.0 SW	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	11	-	13	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 15															Tuesday 16
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Quissico Inhambane	Heaven West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Rame Head Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Platboom Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	5	8	5	9	4	5	4	2	5	5	5	9	9	8	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	4.5 SW	6.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	6.0 SW	7.5 SW	7.5 SW	8.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	13	13	16	12	12	14	12	11	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1168	1455	1465	1472	1722	1770	3010	2228	2282	898	2317	3823	6092	483	463	5681	15515	9728	21270	28735	19946	23720
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:52AM 1.09													10:37PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)									4:14PM 0.62													5:52AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	20	16	19	19	24	14	14	25	14	15	15	20	20	17	17	15	16	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	15	17	20	16	18	18	24	12	12	25	12	12	12	20	20	17	15	12	14	15	15	12
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	13	16	12	12	14	12	11	-	13	13	12	13	-	13	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	10	18	10	18	10	10	-	16	16	8	15	15	-	6	6	10	-	-	10	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.1 E	1.0 NW	2.1 NW	4.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	-	6.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	6.0 SW	7.5 SW	7.5 SW	8.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	5	5	-	4	4	4	5	6	12	4	3	-	12	13	13	14	14	14

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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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