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 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Pringle Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dumps Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	9	8	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	12	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	6651	9020	7811	8859	3761	2582	1484	1738	1288	1069	921	1207	1328	866	1582	1344	1600	1316	1202	1168	560	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	5:02PM 1.35		5:27AM 1.60	5:47PM 1.69		5:53AM 1.47	6:12PM 1.34		6:21AM 1.33	6:49PM 1.05		6:57AM 1.19	7:24PM 1.05		7:40AM 1.09		10:49PM 1.08	11:11AM 1.13		12:22AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		11:17PM 0.28	11:37AM 0.29		11:43PM 0.39	12:04PM 0.41		12:11AM 0.52	12:37PM 0.54		12:42AM 0.62	1:28PM 0.67		1:51AM 0.74		3:14PM 0.87			5:06PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	20	17	19	22	20	26	27	22	27	25	24	29	21	19	20	20	19	19	22
Low °C	19	16	17	19	15	14	22	20	19	25	19	24	23	23	23	20	17	18	19	17	16	22
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	20	17	19	22	20	26	27	22	27	25	24	29	21	19	20	20	19	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	6:17	-	-	6:08	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:29	-	-	5:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 SW	1.0 ESE	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	12	16	11	10	10	9	15	15	13	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SE	-	1.3 SE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.9 W	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	6	-	-	-	4	7	7	4	-	-	5	-	-	4

	Sunday 05					Monday 06								Tuesday 07								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	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Dumps Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	7	5	7	6	9	9	9	8	8	5	4	6	9	6	7	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	13	15	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	15	13	13	15	14	13	15	14
Energy(?)	6959	4228	6651	10035	9415	9020	8001	7508	7709	6568	5789	5798	9191	5763	6315	3103	3271	1711	2416	3507	1523	1341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	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)				5:20PM 1.80				5:27AM 1.60				5:44PM 1.46				5:44AM 1.52				6:12PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	10:56AM 0.19	11:12AM 0.19				11:17PM 0.28				11:23AM 0.28				11:44PM 0.35				12:05PM 0.36				12:14AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	18	17	17	16	17	19	18	18	17	20	16	20	15	19	22	22	17	21	21
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	17	16	16	15	16	19	17	17	17	20	15	20	14	19	22	22	17	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	15	13	15	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	14	15	13	13	15	14	13	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 SW	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	9	10	12	11	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	0.1 SE	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	15	13	-	-	6	13	-	-

	Sunday 05															Monday 06
	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	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Dumps Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	7	5	7	6	9	9	9	8	8	5	4	6	9	6	7	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	1.6 ESE	4.5 SW	1.7 ESE	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	1.7 ESE	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	13	16	13	15	16	13	15	16	12	12
Energy(?)	5168	2652	2942	3168	3793	4228	4931	5788	6651	11474	11106	9039	838	11273	924	8299	9368	963	7031	8360	907	907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										5:03PM 1.35												5:32AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)				11:06AM 0.34												11:03PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	22	18	22	17	17	23	17	17	22	21
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	18	22	17	22	16	16	23	16	17	22	21
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	1.6 ESE	4.5 SW	1.7 ESE	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	1.7 ESE	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	14	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	13	16	13	15	16	13	15	16	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.3 SSW	-	0.7 ESE	0.2 SSE	-	0.7 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	-	-	12	10	12	10	-	14	11	-	13	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	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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