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

	Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tue
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Stompneus West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	2	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	11	12	11	12	12	12	11	7	10	8	13	6	14	12	18	15	14	15	12	12
Energy(?)	233	581	2134	4631	1985	3455	1602	1266	1952	408	2298	1004	523	886	1032	565	1431	2317	1913	2078	691	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 1.67		6:14AM 1.72	6:09PM 1.31		6:36AM 1.44	7:00PM 1.39		7:34AM 1.39	7:40PM 1.10		8:04AM 1.24		8:28PM 1.17	9:05AM 1.18		9:14PM 1.10	10:33AM 1.13		11:37PM 0.97	12:06PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)	11:34AM 0.44		11:41PM 0.41	12:26PM 0.29		12:15AM 0.23	12:56PM 0.33		1:05AM 0.27	1:43PM 0.46		1:35AM 0.46		2:35PM 0.61	2:25AM 0.62		3:35PM 0.64	3:22AM 0.66		5:17PM 0.66		5:18AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	26	21	21	24	19	24	20	21	24	24	23	23	25	22	18	29	22	25	29	22	25
Low °C	21	25	19	20	24	16	22	20	18	23	23	22	22	23	21	18	29	21	23	28	20	24
Chill °C (?)	21	26	21	21	24	19	24	20	21	24	24	23	23	25	22	18	29	22	25	29	22	25
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30
Sunset	-	7:19	-	-	7:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 E	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SW	0.7 ENE	2.0 WSW	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	7	9	11	12	9	12	12	12	11	7	12	8	13	10	14	12	12	15	14	15	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 NW	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.3 E	1.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.2 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 NW	1.1 ESE	-	0.5 SW	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	16	14	10	6	10	10	10	13	-	13	6	8	12	11	8	18	12	8	-	4	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.8 SSW	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	-	2.5 ENE	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	3	5	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	7	10	8	7	6	7	-	5	5	-	8	-	4

	Mon	Tuesday 06								Wednesday 07								Thursday 08
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	5	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	10	14	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	13	14	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	627	669	663	618	233	589	316	1820	3503	3821	1854	2295	3553	5148	4280	3774	4844	3308	3023	2548	2153	1788
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- 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
High Tide / height (m)				5:35AM 1.78				5:46PM 1.64				5:56AM 1.52				6:24PM 1.42				6:54AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		11:02PM 0.34				11:29AM 0.17				11:57PM 0.09				12:26PM 0.29				12:30AM 0.17				1:06PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	19	23	21	21	22	22	20	20	19	19	18	22	20	22	19	21	17	20	25	22
Chill °C (?)	21	19	19	23	21	21	22	22	20	20	19	19	18	22	20	22	19	21	17	20	25	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 E	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	11	8	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	13	14	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	1.3 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	10	11	15	11	10	14	9	14	14	14	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 N	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	3	3	4	10	14	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-

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	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	4	5	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 E	2.5 SW	1.0 E	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	9	12	9	12	11	10	10
Energy(?)	617	586	605	547	262	426	236	481	380	373	517	470	768	544	560	272	1887	228	1617	1992	2042	2091
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										5:39AM 1.61												5:46PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)				11:20PM 0.05												11:46AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	19	20	20	21	21	24	24	26	24	27	23	26	25	22
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	19	20	20	21	21	24	24	26	24	27	23	26	25	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	9	10	9	10	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 ESE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	15	15	10	5	5	5	10	11	11	6	6	7	15	15	11	15	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	2.5 SW	0.6 NE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	3	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	3	12	5	12	11	10	10

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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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