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

	Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Mon
	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bog Bay KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	0	3	3	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SE	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.5 E	2.3 ENE	1.0 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 E	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE	2.5 S	1.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	8	7	9	9	8	10	8	8	12	12	10	16	14	14	13	6	9	8	10
Energy(?)	250	784	785	419	653	537	355	674	422	318	267	667	616	798	1514	689	935	1053	361	696	1036	672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	off	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:15AM 1.30		11:17PM 1.40	11:38AM 1.62		12:23AM 1.21	12:44PM 1.69		1:52AM 1.45		2:09PM 1.68	2:44AM 1.55		2:29PM 1.54	3:31AM 1.65		3:50PM 1.62	4:19AM 1.62		4:31PM 1.60	4:57AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		5:10PM 0.60		5:18AM 0.68	6:09PM 0.28		6:28AM 0.62	7:42PM 0.28		7:53AM 0.35		8:34PM 0.16	8:48AM 0.23		9:21PM 0.08	9:37AM 0.17		10:05PM 0.05	10:23AM 0.12		10:43PM 0.01	11:06AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	27	21	24	25	22	21	25	21	28	25	21	24	23	19	21	26	21	23	24	25	23
Low °C	21	26	21	23	25	20	20	24	20	24	23	19	22	22	19	20	26	19	19	24	21	22
Chill °C (?)	25	27	21	24	25	22	21	25	21	28	25	21	24	23	18	21	26	21	23	24	25	23
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:00
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:57	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	2.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.1 SW	1.9 E	1.5 E	0.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 ENE	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.9 SW	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	9	8	8	9	9	9	11	10	8	8	9	8	10	16	14	14	7	12	10	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.7 W	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	1.4 SW	0.1 W	0.4 E	0.2 WNW	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	14	9	9	-	11	11	16	10	16	14	12	12	12	11	15	15	13	13	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SE	2.5 E	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	2.3 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.8 NE	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	1.5 SW	-	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	-	7	-	-	8	4	6	3	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	6	9	8	-

	Sun	Monday 29								Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Robberg Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	260	241	226	419	206	202	224	1074	1122	2019	1394	1145	431	236	765	784	1009	1426	1345	1382	1006	576
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:51PM 1.09				10:15AM 1.30					11:34PM 1.25				11:29AM 1.34				12:51AM 1.19				1:12PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			4:00AM 0.71					5:21PM 0.49				5:26AM 0.52				6:39PM 0.41				6:46AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	20	19	21	23	25	27	22	21	21	21	23	24	20	23	20	23	21	20	23	22	23
Chill °C (?)	23	20	19	21	23	25	27	22	21	21	21	23	24	20	23	20	23	21	20	23	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.1 SW	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	7	9	6	6	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	9	12	9	9	-	-	9	9	9	9	5	9	11	13	12	12	12	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	-	-	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8

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	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Robberg Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.4 SW	1.9 E	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	6	5	9	5	10	6	10
Energy(?)	310	376	357	299	473	241	243	159	176	159	158	216	237	91	229	232	152	272	96	28	380	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:58PM 1.36													10:41AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)								3:59AM 0.55														5:22PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	21	19	19	19	19	18	19	20	21	23	22	24	22	24	24	24	24	22	24
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	21	18	19	19	19	18	19	20	21	23	22	24	22	24	24	24	24	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	15	15	-	-	-	14	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.9 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	5	9	5	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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