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

	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.5 E	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSE	2.3 SE	1.7 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 E	2.1 ENE	1.4 E	2.2 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	11	11	7	13	11
Energy(?)	1692	2814	1425	1594	1531	1223	764	774	916	663	1331	1026	787	686	773	434	726	423	584	667	548	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:30PM 1.68	4:51AM 2.05		4:59PM 2.05	4:55AM 1.67	5:17AM 1.93	5:35PM 1.79		5:56AM 1.89	6:05PM 1.70		6:05AM 1.53	6:39PM 1.40		7:03AM 1.51	7:21PM 1.17		7:55AM 1.52		8:41PM 1.33	9:15AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)	10:01AM 0.08		10:35PM 0.23	10:37AM 0.31		10:40PM 0.03	11:28AM 0.04		11:37PM -0.01	12:04PM 0.09		12:09AM 0.06	12:24PM 0.19		12:40AM 0.28	1:21PM 0.36		1:26AM 0.68		2:28PM 0.72	2:50AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	5	6	4	6	-
High °C	24	26	21	22	22	20	25	25	22	23	25	21	26	27	25	28	27	21	20	28	21	23
Low °C	22	25	19	21	21	20	20	25	20	20	24	21	23	25	23	23	26	20	19	24	20	19
Chill °C (?)	24	26	21	22	22	20	25	25	22	23	25	21	26	27	25	28	27	21	20	28	21	23
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	6:40	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.5 E	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 E	1.4 E	0.7 SE	1.1 SW	1.2 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.1 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	8	10	10	10	10	7	8	10	11	9	8	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 E	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	16	16	10	12	8	7	14	14	10	16	15	15	16	8	9	13	8	11	10	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 S	-	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	1.7 SSE	2.3 SE	1.7 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 E	2.1 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	1.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	7	7	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	-	8	6	7	7	5	4

	Tue	Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	Arniston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 E	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	6
Energy(?)	1330	2293	1380	1871	1183	1401	1263	2598	5643	1392	1097	1420	1298	2009	1566	2106	1285	1223	1252	1077	1040	454
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:21AM 2.00				4:27PM 1.80				4:57AM 1.93				4:57PM 1.83				4:58AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	9:39PM 0.03				10:21AM 0.24				10:40PM -0.05				10:35AM 0.04				10:40PM 0.03					11:09AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	22	19	25	21	23	24	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	20	20	20	20	23	23
Chill °C (?)	20	22	22	19	25	21	23	24	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	20	20	20	20	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 E	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	1.3 E	1.4 SSW	1.3 E	0.7 WNW	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	8	7	8	16	8	16	14	15	14	13	15	12	8	12	15	8	7	7	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 E	-	0.9 NE	0.6 WSW	1.3 S	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	4	3	8	-	-	-	7	7	6	7	7	6

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18
	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	Arniston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 E	1.4 SW	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	10	15	10	10	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1399	1794	1111	2418	1920	1471	2223	1043	1975	936	971	1065	1669	2019	1481	1984	1672	1866	1866	1638	1638	2088
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									4:26AM 1.71												4:09PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			10:07PM 0.28												10:26AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	23	22	20	22	20	21	20	19	20	21	23	20	24	24	25	21	22	23	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	23	22	20	22	20	21	20	19	20	21	23	20	24	24	25	21	22	23	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.7 WNW	1.1 E	0.8 SW	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	8	8	18	9	7	9	16	15	16	16	16	7	8	8	8	16	16	16	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	-	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13

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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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