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

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Pringle Bay Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 SW	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 NE	3.5 S	2.4 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	6	8	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	19	16	15	10	13	13
Energy(?)	2083	1904	1481	1818	1327	1639	1408	1112	1049	795	414	525	542	2116	1192	401	750	4647	1916	936	1380	2734
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:07PM 1.43	1:56AM 1.56		2:36PM 1.68	2:50AM 1.71		3:06PM 1.87	3:20AM 1.77		3:30PM 1.88	3:52AM 1.93		3:56PM 1.90	4:09AM 1.75		4:14PM 2.09	4:37AM 1.58		4:52PM 1.90	4:59AM 1.62	5:01AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)				8:27AM 0.23		8:52PM 0.40	8:56AM 0.36		9:19PM 0.32	9:29AM 0.22		9:50PM 0.21	9:55AM 0.18		10:07PM 0.07	10:10AM 0.09		10:33PM 0.08	10:35AM 0.27		10:55PM 0.15	11:03AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	1	-	2	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	19	21	17	22	20	16	22	21	21	28	22	20	19	14	14	14	15	13	18
Low °C	14	16	12	18	18	17	19	18	14	21	20	20	22	20	19	15	14	13	13	15	11	12
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	19	21	15	22	20	16	22	21	21	28	22	19	19	12	12	13	13	13	17
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	0.2 E	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 SW	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 S	0.6 S	1.3 ENE	2.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	9	12	14	11	13	9	10	8	8	8	11	11	9	10	9	11	16	10	10	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 E	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	-	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	-	10	9	13	11	13	12	10	12	12	7	12	-	9	12	19	-	15	15	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	0.1 W	0.8 SW	-	0.8 SSW	-	1.6 ENE	1.9 NE	3.5 S	-	-	0.8 S	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	6	8	9	4	-	4	-	8	8	9	-	-	8	11	-	-	-	13

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	14	14	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9
Energy(?)	3232	3120	1002	2444	1949	4906	1772	1616	1438	2077	1285	1537	1290	1731	1461	1529	3143	1918	1481	1376	1112	1129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	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)					2:04PM 1.54				2:17AM 1.61				2:47PM 1.83				2:42AM 1.87				3:04PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		7:56AM 0.34					8:21PM 0.51				8:27AM 0.24				8:50PM 0.21				8:56AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	14	17	15	17	16	15	14	18	19	19	19	17	17	16	16	16	22	20	18	22
Chill °C (?)	10	13	14	16	15	16	16	15	14	18	19	19	19	16	17	15	16	16	22	20	18	22
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	2.1 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	14	14	11	13	13	9	9	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 E	0.5 W	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	8	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	-	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 E	-	-	-	0.8 SW	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	4	9

	Thursday 18																					Fri
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	13
Energy(?)	3461	3452	1453	2852	2434	1998	1998	2142	2147	1487	1910	1145	1145	1893	1753	1949	1355	2579	4879	4721	1684	1811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)													2:17PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)						7:54AM 0.57													8:21PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	13	12	12	14	15	16	17	20	16	20	20	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	13	16
Chill °C (?)	12	10	13	11	11	12	14	15	16	20	15	20	20	14	15	15	14	14	15	16	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 W	0.5 W	0.2 E	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.3 E
Period (s)	11	11	10	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	11	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-

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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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