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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	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue
	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hawston Overberg	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Snake Park Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	0	5	2	0	4	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	1.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 E	2.4 SSW	2.4 SE	1.4 E	2.0 S	2.4 S	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 E	1.1 SE	1.5 E	4.0 SE	1.2 SE	3.0 E	1.4 SE	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	9	8	7	9	12	8	12	12	8	11	11	7	5	8	9	6	8	7	12
Energy(?)	681	571	642	480	823	971	394	1292	1185	897	1015	1031	293	632	380	127	544	4529	142	1004	252	154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:29PM 1.60		6:05AM 1.48	6:05PM 1.51		6:43AM 1.42	6:50PM 1.64		7:22AM 1.64	7:31PM 1.52		8:12AM 1.58		8:33PM 1.15	9:23AM 1.34		9:55PM 1.16	10:15AM 1.30		11:12PM 1.13	12:07PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 0.58		11:48PM 0.17	12:07PM 0.33		12:23AM 0.22	12:48PM 0.37		1:01AM 0.32	1:30PM 0.49		1:46AM 0.41		2:36PM 0.49	2:43AM 0.41		3:38PM 0.40	3:45AM 0.51		5:10PM 0.60		5:27AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	21	-	4	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	29	25	20	23	19	23	23	18	21	21	18	21	19	21	21	25	21	22	23	22	17
Low °C	24	27	23	20	22	18	22	22	17	21	21	16	20	19	20	19	23	20	19	22	19	17
Chill °C (?)	25	29	25	20	23	18	23	23	17	21	21	17	21	19	21	21	25	21	22	23	22	17
Sunrise	4:56	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	6:49	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 E	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 E	3.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	8	9	9	10	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 W	0.7 SE	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	13	14	8	13	16	9	16	15	15	-	-	13	7	10	12	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.7 NNE	1.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SE	-	2.0 S	2.4 S	1.7 ESE	1.8 S	2.1 S	0.8 SE	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.1 SE	1.5 ENE	4.0 SE	1.2 SE	3.0 E	1.4 SE	-
Period (s)	3	8	5	6	8	7	-	12	8	7	7	8	5	6	7	5	6	9	6	8	7	-

	Mon	Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thursday 25
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mpande Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	1.9 E	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.4 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.9 S	2.5 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	8	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	8	9	11	12	12	9
Energy(?)	1004	1043	3203	1653	550	567	614	1426	598	642	595	593	591	528	484	509	726	1114	764	553	783	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:30AM 1.48				5:36PM 1.76				6:02AM 1.72				6:09PM 1.44				6:24AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		11:11PM 0.19				11:30AM 0.30				11:48PM 0.20				12:07PM 0.33				11:57PM 0.28				12:44PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	22	21	20	24	23	25	22	24	24	23	23	24	25	20	21	21	20	18	17	19	21	24
Chill °C (?)	22	21	20	24	23	25	22	24	24	23	23	24	25	20	21	21	20	17	17	19	21	24
Sunrise	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.9 E	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	1.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 S	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	8	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	13	8	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	13	14	11	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	0.6 SW	-	0.9 SW	2.4 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.3 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	-	1.9 S	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.0 SE	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	3	9	8	4	-	6	8	5	5	-	-	3	6	7	-	8	9	7	7	7	6

	Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mpande Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ESE	2.5 ENE	0.7 S	1.5 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	2.4 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	8	10	8	11	7	12	12	12	12	12	8	9	8	10	7	10	6	10	8
Energy(?)	1030	1013	1939	1059	995	1441	124	468	428	409	437	420	420	1336	681	624	140	345	257	250	135	571
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)										5:28AM 1.74												5:36PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				11:16PM 0.15												11:30AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	25	27	25	25	25	23	21	22	21	20	26
Chill °C (?)	22	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	25	27	25	25	25	23	21	22	21	20	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	8	11	11	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.1 SW	0.4 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	11	13	13	10	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	16	16	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.5 W	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.5 E	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	9	8	3	8	9	7	-	-	3	3	3	8	3	-	6	7	6	6	6	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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