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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	Mon		Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	The Wedge Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Onrus Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	7	7
Energy(?)	6877	5979	7175	3579	4033	3313	1442	1595	1553	978	1224	991	1988	2715	1733	1158	1544	1209	642	555	512	482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:34PM 1.73	2:58AM 1.61		3:37PM 2.06	4:00AM 1.73		4:07PM 2.34	4:30AM 2.09		4:28PM 1.69		5:13AM 1.56	5:30PM 1.68		5:52AM 1.48	6:11PM 1.49		6:33AM 1.30	7:00PM 1.27		7:43AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)		8:52PM -0.08	9:00AM -0.01		9:55PM -0.12	9:55AM -0.05		10:24PM -0.11	10:36AM -0.02		11:06PM 0.00	11:14AM 0.07		11:45PM 0.14	11:55AM 0.25		12:27AM 0.31	12:37PM 0.39		1:15AM 0.47	1:58PM 0.62	2:10PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	18	18	15	21	17	15	21	19	21	20	17	16	19	18	17	20	21	17	16	20
Low °C	17	14	15	17	14	16	17	14	16	19	17	18	17	16	18	17	17	18	19	14	16	18
Chill °C (?)	15	13	18	17	13	21	16	14	21	19	21	20	16	14	19	18	16	20	21	17	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	6:39	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.3 E	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.5 ESE	1.3 S	0.1 W	1.1 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 W	0.2 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	9	11	20	-	-	-	-	8	7	19	8	18	7	7	7	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 S	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	1.0 W	1.8 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	3	5	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7	7

	Monday 06					Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thu
	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	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	9	8	9	8	7	7	4	5	6	9	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	3043	3592	3811	14767	7470	9150	7811	6656	8418	1565	6332	5489	8404	4048	4102	3795	3313	1206	2525	4382	1862	1595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	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)			2:34PM 1.73				3:17AM 2.13				3:37PM 2.01				4:00AM 1.73				4:15PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	8:23AM 0.04				9:20PM -0.08				9:25AM -0.07				9:55PM -0.12				10:00AM -0.07				10:30PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	15	21	15	17	16	15	14	14	16	21	20	17	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	14	21	13	16	15	14	13	13	16	21	20	16	15	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW	0.3 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	10	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	9	9	9	11	11	11	10	-	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	-	5.0 SW	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 WNW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	13	-	13	12	12	12	3	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-

	Monday 06															Tuesday 07
	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	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	9	8	9	8	7	7	4	5	6	9	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2756	2920	3043	11186	7134	6821	6940	6845	10236	3669	15741	7759	9244	16683	7470	14962	14407	2837	5593	3801	4911	2762
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)							2:55PM 2.29													3:27AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	8:23AM 0.04													9:20PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	19	21	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	13	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	18	21	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	13	12
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.6 E	0.4 E	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	9	10	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 E	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	4	12	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	-	13	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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