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

	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	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	Quissico Inhambane	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	2	4	3	3	3	4	1	4	3	0	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.0 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 ENE	1.3 SW	1.5 E	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	11	12	7	8	8	7	7	8	16	14	14	13	13	15	14	8	11	9	15	18	16
Energy(?)	406	1122	887	944	748	577	111	1037	948	258	738	716	963	780	1167	1193	2150	647	572	1354	609	1276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:46PM 1.73	3:18AM 1.59		3:30PM 1.78	4:02AM 1.65		4:38PM 2.03	4:45AM 1.50		5:03PM 1.56		5:34AM 1.40	6:05PM 1.56		6:31AM 1.30	6:54PM 1.19		7:43AM 1.46		8:15PM 1.30	9:10AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	9:01AM 0.01		9:08PM -0.11	9:42AM 0.00		9:50PM -0.07	10:27AM -0.07		10:33PM 0.01	10:52AM 0.17		11:19PM 0.13	11:43AM 0.28		12:10AM 0.27	12:46PM 0.40		1:12AM 0.40		2:19PM 0.76	2:40AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	6	2
High °C	24	23	20	23	27	21	19	21	18	23	24	22	21	25	23	25	23	18	22	17	19	17
Low °C	23	21	16	18	27	15	19	21	17	21	24	19	20	24	18	22	21	16	20	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	24	23	20	23	27	21	19	21	17	23	24	22	21	25	23	25	23	18	22	16	19	17
Sunrise	4:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:18
Sunset	-	7:16	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:24	-	-	7:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 S	1.7 SW	0.8 SSE	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	11	12	8	11	11	7	11	10	16	14	14	13	13	15	14	16	11	11	15	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	1.1 SE	-	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	23	12	21	20	8	19	18	10	-	-	-	18	6	-	12	18	12	16	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.1 SE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	3.0 ENE	-	1.5 E	-	0.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	8	8	-	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	8	-	9	-	4	-

	Tue	Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Quissico Inhambane	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 SW	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.2 SW	1.8 SSE	1.1 SW	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.4 SE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	12	11	11	15	7	13	8	8	12	7	12	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	10
Energy(?)	1846	1222	1164	1301	1509	1038	411	323	1055	1308	1061	654	944	575	748	596	559	778	571	571	1161	488
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:36AM 1.57				3:25PM 2.61				3:19AM 1.68				3:29PM 1.71				4:06AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	8:56PM -0.06				8:38AM 0.06				9:08PM -0.11				9:20AM 0.04				9:50PM -0.08				10:07AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	18	20	23	23	20	18	17	16	18	23	18	27	23	18	16	15	17	24	27
Chill °C (?)	17	16	14	18	20	23	23	20	17	16	15	17	23	17	27	23	17	15	14	17	24	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	11	11	8	13	13	12	12	12	8	12	11	11	11	8	11	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	8	16	16	9	15	15	15	8	24	24	23	23	12	9	21	21	21	11	20	20	11	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	1.2 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.4 SE	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	7	7	-	7	7	8	8	8	7	6	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	10

	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Quissico Inhambane	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 E	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	7
Energy(?)	1875	1327	1401	1710	1330	1330	289	714	1164	1506	1410	738	764	868	775	785	851	824	1006	970	1043	1167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:06AM 1.94											2:54PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	8:56PM -0.06												8:37AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	16	16	22	21	15	15	15	17	18	20	21	23	23	23	19	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	17	15	15	22	21	14	14	14	17	18	20	21	23	23	23	18	18	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 E	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 E	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	8	16	16	8	16	16	14	7	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	-	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	2.1 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.2 S
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	6	6	-	7	5	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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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