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

	Sun		Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sun
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Doring Bay West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.5 S	1.8 S	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.4 E	1.1 SW	2.4 S	1.2 E	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 E	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 E	1.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	8	9	11	11	9	8	6	8	6
Energy(?)	1411	2151	1066	1130	1083	967	906	804	511	1127	920	426	543	1129	432	446	564	515	702	286	340	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:32PM 1.64	4:32AM 1.46		4:57PM 1.64		5:25AM 1.85	5:29PM 1.57		6:01AM 1.58	6:05PM 1.51		6:41AM 1.46	6:53PM 1.59		7:26AM 1.39	7:44PM 1.59		8:17AM 1.39		8:33PM 1.48	9:23AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		10:17PM 0.19	10:36AM 0.32		11:11PM 0.18	11:19AM 0.58		11:46PM 0.18	12:05PM 0.37		12:18AM 0.25	12:48PM 0.39		12:57AM 0.31	1:37PM 0.43		1:43AM 0.39		2:37PM 0.48	2:51AM 0.62		3:53PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	-	-	5	4
High °C	23	21	25	25	22	26	26	19	22	26	22	22	24	20	24	19	19	21	24	23	20	20
Low °C	22	20	22	24	21	24	25	17	19	25	17	22	24	17	22	18	18	20	23	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	23	21	25	25	22	26	26	18	22	26	22	22	24	20	24	19	18	21	24	23	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-
Sunset	7:42	-	-	7:38	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:58	-	-	6:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 E	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 S	1.4 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	11	8	9	10	10	9	11	13	12	11	8	9	12	11	9	11	11	6	11	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	1.0 S	0.1 NW	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	15	15	13	11	8	13	16	8	15	9	11	14	14	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	-	-	0.5 W	0.7 SW	2.4 E	2.5 S	1.8 S	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	-	1.2 S	2.4 S	-	-	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	3	4	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	-	-	6	9	8	6	7	6

	Sunday 21					Monday 22								Tuesday 23								Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 E	3.5 E	2.1 ESE	3.5 ENE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E
Period(s) (?)	14	12	11	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	8	9	8
Energy(?)	1028	934	955	1560	1459	1076	1069	1727	1066	1129	1130	1712	3778	1083	3522	864	772	797	788	1589	613	561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:03PM 1.45				4:53AM 1.59				4:57PM 1.61					5:25AM 1.85				5:36PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	10:23AM 0.26				10:40PM 0.18				10:53AM 0.32					11:11PM 0.18				11:30AM 0.30				11:50PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-
Temp. °C	25	19	23	21	21	20	20	23	25	25	24	24	21	21	21	23	23	26	22	24	22	23
Chill °C (?)	25	19	23	21	21	20	20	23	25	25	24	24	21	21	21	23	23	26	22	24	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 ESE	3.0 ENE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	14	12	11	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 S	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	13	11	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 E	0.5 W	3.5 ENE	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.9 SSW	2.5 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	3	9	-	4	-	6	8	6	4

	Sunday 21															Monday 22
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.7 SSW	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	12	12	7	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	14	11	14	11
Energy(?)	1194	1145	1085	1238	1371	1285	1500	1341	1785	1816	1714	1466	1453	1570	1486	1307	2085	824	443	355	456	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	on	on	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)									4:25PM 1.63												4:57AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			10:02AM 0.32												10:44PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	17	17	25	24	23	23	21	23	22	22	22	22	20	22	21	20	22	22	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	24	17	17	25	24	23	23	21	23	22	22	22	22	20	22	21	20	22	22	21	22	22
Sunrise	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.3 ESE	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	11	8	11	11	11	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	14	10	10	10	10	14	10	11	10	11	12	14	9	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.2 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	6	8	6

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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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