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

	Thu		Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	15	14	12	16	10	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	15	14	13	13	9
Energy(?)	5645	3922	4281	3463	1253	932	653	4611	967	996	1649	1046	1675	1696	493	887	1383	1560	2038	1273	522	2192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	off	off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:24PM 1.91	3:53AM 1.58		4:01PM 1.55	4:25AM 1.46		4:31PM 1.51	4:55AM 1.52		5:00PM 1.55		5:29AM 1.35	5:31PM 1.63		6:07AM 1.27	6:10PM 1.54		6:53AM 1.56	6:56PM 1.47		7:46AM 1.30	7:56PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)		9:44PM 0.17	9:52AM 0.25		10:14PM 0.17	10:23AM 0.28		10:43PM 0.23	10:53AM 0.36		11:16PM 0.26	11:28AM 0.36		11:51PM 0.31	12:06PM 0.45		12:29AM 0.43	12:58PM 0.76		1:21AM 0.49	1:54PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	17	23	22	21	22	25	22	19	23	18	20	26	17	22	24	20	18	22	17	21	24
Low °C	20	16	21	21	20	21	22	18	18	20	16	17	22	16	18	23	19	18	20	15	17	24
Chill °C (?)	21	17	23	22	21	22	25	22	19	23	17	20	26	16	22	24	20	17	22	16	21	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-
Sunset	7:06	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	15	14	12	16	10	11	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	15	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 S	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	1.0 SSE	0.1 NW	-	1.6 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	10	-	11	16	11	14	13	9	13	-	7	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	-	-	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.4 SE	1.6 S	-	1.3 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.9 E	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 SE	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	7	6	7	-	6	5	7	6	6	6	6	9

	Thursday 20					Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sun
	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	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg
Rating	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	7	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	11	13	11
Energy(?)	4078	3611	5645	6418	5968	5841	5140	3456	3167	2747	3463	6429	1474	3229	3495	1625	1175	1016	1087	1176	1556	1264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:31PM 1.56				3:55AM 1.48				4:01PM 1.55				4:26AM 1.41				4:33PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	9:17AM 0.34				9:45PM 0.15				9:51AM 0.28				10:11PM 0.38				10:27AM 0.23				10:45PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	18	17	17	18	19	21	21	21	20	18	19	20	20	22	22	22	18	21	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	18	17	16	18	19	21	21	21	20	18	19	20	20	22	22	22	18	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	1.3 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	11	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	1.7 S	1.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	1.3 S
Period (s)	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	12	13	13	7	8	7	12	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	-	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	10

	Thursday 20															Friday 21
	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	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg
Rating	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	7	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	16	19	19	16	16	16	16	16	19	17	16	16	16	21	20	20	15	19	14
Energy(?)	2811	2605	1457	2312	3702	3696	4817	4546	4070	4070	6022	2137	3847	6043	4662	3619	389	443	569	3745	2276	2594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								3:30PM 1.68												3:53AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		9:22AM 0.27												9:45PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	19	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	20	19	19	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	18	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	20	19	19	17	18	17
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	5:26
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	12	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	19	17	16	16	16	21	20	20	15	19	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	11	11	16	16	19	19	19	19	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	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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