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

	Sat		Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Black Rocks Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Arniston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	5	9	5	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.9 SSE	2.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	16	13	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	15	12	14	8
Energy(?)	3058	5088	3779	981	1203	1303	1580	3396	4045	4004	10237	2208	2265	2838	2227	1521	1352	1425	1767	1024	1603	1808
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	glass	glass	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:15PM 1.35		7:48AM 1.22		8:31PM 1.12	9:47AM 1.03		10:34PM 1.07	12:22PM 1.10		12:50AM 1.16	1:27PM 1.27		1:54AM 1.45			2:18AM 1.77		2:36PM 1.68	2:48AM 1.62		3:07PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		1:38AM 0.52	1:55PM 0.62		3:13AM 0.53		4:11PM 0.60		5:52AM 0.63	6:43PM 0.59		7:13AM 0.49	7:41PM 0.66		8:03AM 0.42	7:55PM 0.48	8:20PM 0.51	8:27AM 0.23		8:51PM 0.21	8:55AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	20	16	18	19	16	14	13	15	12	15	13	15	16	13	19	20	15	18	31
Low °C	16	16	16	20	14	15	18	15	14	13	13	12	15	11	13	16	11	18	20	14	15	25
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	20	16	18	18	14	12	11	12	11	13	12	14	15	13	19	20	15	18	31
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	6:36	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.9 SSE	1.4 S
Period (s)	16	16	14	16	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	-	12	12	12	11	14	15	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.5 E	1.6 WSW	-	0.8 S	0.2 ENE	1.3 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 S	0.6 ENE	-	0.7 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	10	9	8	10	18	7	14	-	14	10	11	-	12	11	11	13	9	-	16	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	-	-	1.1 S	-	-	1.5 SW	-	-	-	4.5 SW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	1.1 SW	2.3 NE
Period (s)	5	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	13	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	9	8

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	2011	1808	2214	3567	3979	3285	3099	3017	3779	3212	3109	2629	1400	1033	1399	1461	1098	3521	4676	8009	12303	9117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:16PM 1.44				7:53AM 1.09					8:30PM 1.40				9:47AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53PM 0.41				1:36AM 0.41				1:51PM 0.56					2:21AM 0.67				4:22PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	17	15	14	14	14	14	20	18	17	16	17	19	17	12	19	18	19	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	18	17	15	13	14	14	13	20	18	17	16	17	19	17	11	19	18	19	17	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.3 SSW	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.6 E	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	5	16	9	-	-	-	-	9	10	10	10	4	6	10	17	18	18	17	16	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	-
Period (s)	5	10	10	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	12	12	11	12	-

	Saturday 13															Sunday 14
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	0.6 E	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	14	9	17	17	17	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	15
Energy(?)	2240	2017	1989	1961	1832	1949	1949	5794	2128	108	1921	2907	2228	295	867	3749	3543	4110	4003	3950	3687	4391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												7:15PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)					12:47PM 0.39													1:38AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	18	18	17	17	17	15	17	17	17	17	17	21	20	14	15	15	14	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	18	16	16	16	13	17	17	17	17	17	21	20	13	15	15	14	14	14	16
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	14	13	13	12	17	9	8	15	15	15	15	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	17	17	17	16	9	9	17	17	10	15	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	4	14	4	-	10	10	10	10	-

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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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