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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	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Arniston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.1 E	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	12	14	8	12	8	11	11	12	12	11	12	10	10	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	542	1341	1294	764	563	384	2732	422	553	483	164	351	1640	1442	1982	683	576	632	565	690	916	2059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	on	off	glass	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:38PM 1.58		7:02AM 1.60	7:22PM 1.34		7:53AM 1.41		8:42PM 1.41	9:17AM 1.15		10:49PM 0.99	11:55AM 1.12		1:05AM 1.06	12:53PM 1.49		1:51AM 1.59			2:42AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	12:38PM 0.23		12:41AM 0.27	1:21PM 0.39		1:24AM 0.46		2:20PM 0.56	2:31AM 0.83		4:10PM 0.64		5:04AM 0.68	6:36PM 0.84		6:50AM 0.61	7:21PM 0.41		8:16AM 0.40		8:31PM 0.25	8:58AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	8	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	30	31	25	26	24	21	21	28	21	22	21	20	20	19	16	20	20	19	18	22	19	21
Low °C	25	29	23	24	22	20	21	23	21	22	21	19	19	18	16	20	20	18	18	20	18	19
Chill °C (?)	30	31	25	26	24	21	21	28	21	22	21	20	20	19	14	20	20	19	18	22	19	21
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.5 E	0.7 SSW	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	15	14	8	13	8	8	8	8	9	8	11	7	12	12	11	12	10	10	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.3 WNW	1.0 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.9 SW	1.0 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	13	-	12	12	14	12	12	12	7	11	8	8	18	8	8	8	10	12	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	3.0 E	-	2.2 E	-	1.0 W	2.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	-	5	14	7	7	-	6	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	4	7	-

	Sat	Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Arniston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bog Bay KZN North
Rating	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ESE	3.5 E	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	3.0 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.3 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 E	2.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	14	14	7
Energy(?)	1567	3043	1744	1301	542	602	1971	1170	1034	2394	1115	1771	1610	1255	1217	531	516	909	1354	577	2732	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
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	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:23AM 1.76				6:39PM 1.51				7:03AM 1.49				7:08PM 1.41				7:35AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		12:04AM 0.14				12:38PM 0.24				12:42AM 0.24				1:19PM 0.61				1:25AM 0.65				1:57PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	2	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	25	30	28	26	23	24	23	23	23	27	24	23	21	20	21	22	20	21	26
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	25	30	28	26	23	24	23	23	23	27	24	23	21	20	21	22	20	21	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	8	8	15	14	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	10	10	10	10	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 ESE	3.5 E	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	-	3.0 E	-	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 E	2.5 ENE	0.4 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 NE
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	9	-	8	8	8	8	4	3	8	8	4	14	7

	Saturday 21			Sunday 22
	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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Arniston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bog Bay KZN North
Rating	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	8	7	8	14	9
Energy(?)	1944	1836	1567	1567	2547	2888	984	1774	2105	542	472	448	510	426	451	881	794	859	492	683	163	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											6:25AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)					12:05AM 0.13												12:16PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	25	25	27	23	24	25	28	23	29	25
Chill °C (?)	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	25	25	27	23	24	25	28	23	29	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	1.9 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	16	10	8	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	10	15	14	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 E	-	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	-	-	2.5 ESE	2.2 E	0.5 SW	3.0 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	-	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	8	7	3	8	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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