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

	Mon	Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17
	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	Heaven West Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	4	2	4	5	0	4	3	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.5 ENE	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	2.2 S	0.7 SSE	2.2 S	3.0 S	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	18	7	15	16	14	10	13	11	12	12	11	8	10	8	7	8	13	12	9	7	8	9
Energy(?)	1360	384	2118	1726	1293	152	761	1544	1493	1192	410	399	1353	93	714	2162	950	1646	1868	497	1249	1388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:47AM 1.24		8:15PM 1.07	9:09AM 1.17		9:56PM 1.09	11:03AM 1.30		11:40PM 1.16	12:11PM 1.30		12:13AM 1.14	12:21PM 1.32		1:21AM 1.34	1:29PM 1.56		1:55AM 1.43	1:33PM 1.44	2:05PM 1.93	2:26AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	1:19AM 0.48		2:09PM 0.50	2:33AM 0.49		3:52PM 0.56	4:06AM 0.55		5:31PM 0.74		5:41AM 0.54	6:11PM 0.39		6:11AM 0.44	7:22PM 0.41		7:18AM 0.44	7:26PM 0.25		7:29AM 0.35		8:20PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	26	24	18	22	21	19	19	22	16	21	22	23	21	18	15	18	22	19	19	22	18
Low °C	16	22	21	17	20	21	18	18	20	15	19	21	19	20	17	14	16	22	15	15	20	14
Chill °C (?)	18	26	24	18	22	21	19	19	22	16	21	22	23	21	17	12	17	22	18	18	22	17
Sunrise	-	4:54	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	6:38	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.7 S	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 S	2.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	15	16	14	13	13	11	12	12	11	8	10	8	9	14	13	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 NW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 WNW	0.4 SE	1.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	18	15	18	12	10	10	12	12	15	11	11	11	14	8	13	15	18	15	16	16	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	-	1.3 S	-	0.8 E	1.7 ENE	-	1.5 SW	2.2 S	3.0 S	1.7 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	7	5	-	-	10	7	-	5	-	5	5	-	5	7	8	6	8	9	7	8	9

	Monday 10			Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thursday 13
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	2.1 ENE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	18	18	17	16	16	17	7	16	16	14	14	13	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	805	957	1068	1156	1440	1388	2073	852	806	1310	1210	1809	2084	1356	1293	1097	1133	1030	1089	1127	1017	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:57PM 1.26				7:44AM 1.33					8:11PM 1.10				9:25AM 1.27				10:06PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)				1:12AM 0.40									2:33AM 0.49				4:06PM 0.68				4:33AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	17	17	17	17	23	22	24	18	19	17	17	18	22	22	21	18	18	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	20	17	17	17	17	23	22	24	18	19	17	17	18	22	22	21	18	18	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20
Sunset	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.6 ENE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	12	8	12	11	17	16	16	17	7	16	16	14	14	13	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	12	18	18	11	13	13	11	11	12	10	11	16	16	10	6	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	2.1 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	4	5	5	11	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Monday 10									Tuesday 11
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 S	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	18	18	17	11	11	11	16	18	8	17	17
Energy(?)	965	1010	738	809	806	673	987	697	729	695	747	1156	1156	1440	799	780	762	2274	813	39	469	469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					6:54PM 1.19													7:41AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)												1:12AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	18	18	17	17	17	18	21	18	19	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	21	24	24
Chill °C (?)	22	25	18	18	17	17	16	18	21	18	19	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	21	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.6 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 S	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	11	11	17	11	11	11	16	11	16	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 E	-	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	20	20	19	20	19	8	-	8	8	18	18	11	8	8	8	8	8	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.9 ENE	0.5 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SE	0.7 WSW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	8	4	-	4	4

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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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