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

	Fri	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hawston Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Doring Bay West Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Salmon Bay KZN North
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	3.0 S	3.0 SE	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s)	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	8	13	12	8	9	9	11	11	11	11	12
Energy	1945	1249	1235	827	1042	1040	556	807	1484	1100	905	515	1187	1752	578	3165	1745	3668	6376	3224	2574	3253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:22AM 1.39		3:17PM 1.40	3:02AM 1.63		3:48PM 1.44	3:33AM 1.61		3:59PM 1.36	4:05AM 1.58		4:33PM 1.36	4:39AM 1.36		5:30PM 1.40		5:33AM 1.51	6:05PM 1.45		6:11AM 1.37	6:46PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	8:21PM 0.34	8:44AM 0.20		8:54PM 0.57	9:38AM 0.23		9:27PM 0.57	9:46AM 0.43		10:00PM 0.59	10:22AM 0.25		10:37PM 0.38	10:53AM 0.30		11:29PM 0.36	11:48AM 0.33		12:12AM 0.59	12:28PM 0.33		12:45AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	22	36	3	8	32	24	17	14
High °C	16	16	18	16	21	25	17	18	19	17	16	16	14	17	14	13	14	13	13	12	13	14
Low °C	14	14	18	15	17	24	16	16	18	15	16	15	13	16	14	12	13	12	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	18	16	21	25	17	18	19	17	15	15	13	17	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SSW	0.4 E	3.0 S	1.2 SW	-	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	12	8	9	11	-	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	7	7	12	14	13	12	11	15	11	11	16	14	-	-	-	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSE	-	2.1 S	3.0 S	3.0 SE	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	-	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	8	9	9	11	11	-	-	6

	Friday 29			Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy	3152	1145	2397	1945	1806	1521	1249	1115	1235	1133	1003	827	812	1031	1042	1179	1040	1050	597	556	542	604
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:19PM 1.31				2:22AM 1.39				3:17PM 1.40				3:02AM 1.63				3:48PM 1.44				3:33AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 0.34				8:44AM 0.20				9:15PM 0.31				9:38AM 0.23				9:28PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	16	15	14	14	16	19	18	18	17	16	16	17	21	25	24	24	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	19	16	15	13	13	15	19	18	18	17	16	16	17	21	25	24	24	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41
Sunset	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	6	12	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 ESE	-	-	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	5	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 29	Saturday 30
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Hell West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy	3152	3005	3152	1145	1145	1145	1091	2376	2397	2235	2094	1945	1945	1806	1806	1671	1545	1521	1497	1269	1249	1163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:19PM 1.38												2:22AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)							8:43PM 0.31												8:44AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	16	19	19	19	19	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	17	15	19	19	19	19	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	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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