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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	Sun		Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast
Rating	2	2	1	4	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.4 SSE	1.1 SE	2.4 E	2.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 E	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 E	3.0 SE	2.2 SE	1.3 WSW	2.1 E	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 E	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	6	6	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	13	13	8	9	9	16	9	14	13	8	8
Energy(?)	161	274	193	553	762	476	765	653	651	666	695	653	653	299	1539	696	1311	684	1231	941	334	1439
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross	glass	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:49PM 1.09	10:50AM 1.59		11:12PM 1.13	11:29AM 1.34		12:28AM 1.48	12:36PM 1.41		1:23AM 1.31		2:08PM 1.71	2:43AM 1.67		2:59PM 1.76	3:30AM 1.69		3:44PM 1.86	4:14AM 1.73		4:27PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	3:56PM 0.53	3:42AM 0.48		4:57PM 0.37		5:06AM 0.46	6:17PM 0.53		6:22AM 0.40	7:10PM 0.19		7:53AM 0.35		8:34PM 0.17	8:43AM 0.45		9:21PM 0.08	9:12AM 0.14		10:03PM 0.03	10:23AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	8	2	1	-	3	-	-	2	-
High °C	28	21	23	24	21	22	25	22	25	25	22	21	24	21	23	24	20	24	25	23	23	27
Low °C	26	19	20	23	20	22	23	20	23	24	20	21	24	20	21	24	18	23	24	19	22	26
Chill °C (?)	28	21	23	24	21	22	25	22	25	25	22	21	24	21	23	24	20	24	25	23	23	27
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:20	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:37	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-
Sunset	7:58	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:42	-	-	6:57	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.1 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.9 E	1.1 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	3.0 SE	2.2 SE	1.3 WSW	2.1 E	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	12	11	8	10	8	8	9	9	16	9	14	13	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.1 S	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.4 E	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	14	9	9	11	-	16	14	13	13	10	13	13	11	15	15	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.4 SSE	1.1 SE	2.4 E	2.4 ESE	-	1.8 E	-	2.2 ENE	2.1 E	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.9 SW	-	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	-	1.7 SSW	1.8 S	0.7 ENE	3.0 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	8	-	8	-	8	9	-	4	-	4	-	6	4	-	6	7	8	8

	Sunday 28					Monday 29								Tuesday 30								Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Noordhoek Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.4 SE	0.7 E	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	6	9	6	6	6	7	7	6	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	264	193	91	327	264	342	250	422	236	89	184	1144	1096	1910	1400	1131	431	253	395	515	508	514
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 1.48				9:51PM 1.09				10:15AM 1.30					11:34PM 1.29				11:29AM 1.34				12:51AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)			3:53PM 0.78				4:00AM 0.71				4:57PM 0.36	5:21PM 0.49				5:27AM 0.53				6:39PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	23	21	22	20	19	21	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	23	25	20	22	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	23	21	22	20	19	21	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	23	25	20	22	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	0.6 SW	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 WSW	1.6 ESE	0.5 SW	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	6	9	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	8	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.1 W	0.4 SE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	13	6	13	13	10	13	9	9	12	12	-	-	9	9	9	9	5	12	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 SE	1.1 E	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.4 E	2.2 E	-	-	-	1.8 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	-	-

	Sunday 28															Monday 29
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Noordhoek Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.2 SE	0.8 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	5	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	5	6	10	10	6	6	10	10	10
Energy(?)	240	138	125	337	161	161	164	164	164	161	524	138	138	113	216	247	285	480	216	255	155	154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	on	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:02AM 1.30												10:00PM 1.26	10:09PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)								3:55PM 0.65												3:58AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	22	20	28	28	24	24	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	20	28	28	24	24	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	18	18	18
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 E	1.1 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 W	0.4 SSE	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	13	6	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	9	13	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.2 SE	0.8 ENE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	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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