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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	1	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	2.2 SSE	2.1 SE	1.6 SE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	14	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	8	10	12	15
Energy(?)	340	958	1057	505	1670	2790	632	653	1682	1317	929	175	1000	534	614	323	140	104	110	1736	3610	1046
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:11PM 1.49		5:34AM 1.87	6:03PM 1.52		6:27AM 1.79	6:30PM 1.30		6:57AM 1.67	7:27PM 1.45		7:55AM 1.52		8:35PM 1.05	9:23AM 1.26		10:57PM 1.08	11:56AM 1.25		12:51AM 1.47	1:17PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	11:08AM 0.05		11:17PM 0.35	11:47AM 0.38		12:07AM 0.35	12:37PM 0.20		12:33AM 0.55	1:17PM 0.59		1:26AM 0.68		2:17PM 0.45	2:35AM 0.56		4:19PM 0.69		5:14AM 0.73	6:46PM 0.78		7:13AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	5
High °C	28	26	24	22	25	22	27	30	25	24	24	23	26	24	22	22	20	21	25	20	19	21
Low °C	25	26	20	20	23	21	24	27	24	22	24	23	23	22	19	21	20	19	24	19	18	21
Chill °C (?)	28	26	24	22	25	22	27	30	25	24	24	23	26	24	22	22	20	21	25	20	18	21
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.1 SW	1.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	3.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.9 SE	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 E	0.2 E	3.5 SW	1.8 S
Period (s)	9	11	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	12	11	6	8	8	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	14	14	11	13	16	10	14	14	8	13	13	12	12	15	7	7	11	11	8	13	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 SSE	2.1 SE	1.6 SE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	-	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	-	0.7 ENE	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	8	8	8	8	-	7	8	8	8	4	12	12	5	4	4	-	3	10	-	-

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	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 SSE	1.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1222	1439	1091	1277	1353	504	306	1147	643	1057	966	767	628	524	535	1764	1483	1030	1897	1505	632	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)			4:58AM 1.91					5:11PM 1.49				5:34AM 1.87				6:02PM 1.68				6:30AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	10:40PM 0.03					11:28AM 0.30				11:17PM 0.35				11:44AM 0.10				12:05AM 0.13				12:32PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	20	23	23	26	26	22	21	20	21	24	25	25	22	21	22	22	24	27	24
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	23	23	26	26	22	21	20	21	24	25	25	22	21	22	22	24	27	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SE	1.5 S	0.9 SW	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	13	10	10	10	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.4 S	0.7 WNW	1.3 SSE	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	8	14	7	10	12	13	11	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	15	15	15	10	10	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	-	0.6 ENE	2.0 SSE	1.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	-	-	4	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 E	1.3 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1319	1204	1493	1497	357	851	287	1259	1091	1081	1257	1277	1209	1204	1049	1062	910	861	902	1034	1084	1088
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)									4:58AM 1.91													5:24PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)			10:43PM 0.31													11:28AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	20	21	21	23	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	24	24	24	23	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	21	21	23	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	24	24	24	23	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.4 ENE	1.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.7 NW	1.3 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	15	15	11	11	5	8	14	14	7	7	7	7	14	8	11	11	11	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	11	11	11

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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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