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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	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	12	12	11	11	7	13	10
Energy(?)	1692	2634	2210	1634	1518	1241	764	825	994	536	365	945	1282	793	833	665	508	319	422	201	370	1035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 1.79	4:46AM 2.17		4:58PM 1.79		5:23AM 1.75	5:35PM 1.79		5:55AM 1.73	6:06PM 1.53		6:23AM 1.80	6:39PM 1.51		6:57AM 1.67	7:27PM 1.45		7:55AM 1.52		8:38PM 1.05	9:17AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)	10:27AM 0.32		10:29PM 0.17	10:57AM 0.02		11:13PM 0.11	11:32AM 0.03		11:40PM -0.04	12:05PM 0.09		12:06AM 0.10	12:38PM 0.24		12:28AM 0.29	1:17PM 0.59		1:26AM 0.68		2:17PM 0.45	2:37AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	2	1	4	5
High °C	24	26	24	22	23	20	25	25	24	22	25	22	26	23	25	23	26	20	22	27	21	19
Low °C	22	25	21	21	21	19	20	25	20	20	25	22	23	22	23	23	24	19	22	25	19	18
Chill °C (?)	24	26	24	22	23	20	25	25	24	22	25	22	26	23	25	23	26	20	22	27	21	19
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	6:40	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	8	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	7	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.9 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	16	14	10	12	14	7	14	11	13	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	8	8	10	5	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	-	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	-	-	0.4 W	0.7 SW	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	7	7	8	7	8	8	-	-	3	5	-	5	3	-	10

	Wednesday 18							Thursday 19								Friday 20
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	14	13	13	15	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	7
Energy(?)	1380	1871	1178	1341	1263	2088	4531	1392	1007	1420	1158	2004	1566	1997	1282	1241	1309	1158	1031	751	699	1010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:21AM 2.00				4:27PM 1.80				4:57AM 1.93				4:57PM 1.83				4:58AM 1.91					5:11PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			10:21AM 0.24				10:39PM -0.06								10:40PM 0.03					11:08AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	25	24	24	24	24	22	22	23	25	23	22	21	21	20	19	20	23	24	27	25
Chill °C (?)	21	19	25	24	24	24	24	22	22	23	25	23	22	21	21	20	19	20	23	24	27	25
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 S
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	13	13	15	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 E	1.4 SSW	1.2 E	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	8	16	14	15	14	13	13	12	8	12	15	14	7	7	7	14	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.6 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7

	Wednesday 18																					Thu
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 E	1.2 SSW	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	10	16	10	10	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1238	2186	1551	1931	1928	709	1613	1013	1018	1146	1140	1656	1219	1281	1866	2564	1664	1664	1664	1653	1645	1632
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:55AM 1.86	4:16AM 2.11												4:04PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)									10:34AM 0.05												10:10PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	21	21	21	22	25	24	25	27	26	24	23	24	23	22	21	21	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	19	21	21	21	22	25	24	25	27	26	24	23	24	23	22	21	21	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	10	9	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	9	9	8	15	16	15	15	16	20	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	1.6 E	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	9	9

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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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