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

	Mon	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Blythedale KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Guns Swakopmund	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town
Rating	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 SSE	1.9 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	13	12	11	12	16	11	15	13	13	13	13	14	7	12	12	10	17	15
Energy(?)	6377	2569	1484	1769	1475	1283	914	1024	1278	887	1563	1230	1312	1419	1238	143	538	909	633	292	413	1846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:53AM 1.47	6:12PM 1.26		6:21AM 1.26	6:44PM 1.14		7:01AM 1.03		8:11PM 0.97	7:40AM 1.20		9:48PM 1.01	11:12AM 1.04		12:14AM 1.42	12:35PM 1.22					1:07AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	11:43PM 0.38	12:04PM 0.41		12:12AM 0.48	12:38PM 0.50		12:47AM 0.59	1:26PM 0.59		2:12AM 0.70		2:29PM 0.83	4:19AM 0.85		5:06PM 0.83		6:34AM 0.66	6:42PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	23	21	26	23	22	28	26	23	30	21	19	20	22	19	26	22	17	21	23	22
Low °C	16	17	23	19	19	22	21	23	24	22	23	19	18	19	21	18	23	20	16	17	23	19
Chill °C (?)	18	20	23	21	26	23	22	28	26	23	30	21	19	20	22	19	26	22	17	21	23	22
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:11	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.5 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SE	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	15	13	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	10	6	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.6 SW	1.0 ESE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSE	0.3 S	1.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	17	16	16	10	10	9	15	15	6	14	13	7	12	17	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 SE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	1.9 S	1.5 SSE	-	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	7	8	-	6	6	-

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Noordhoek Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	5	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	7248	6102	6793	5763	5005	5223	5029	3046	2206	3635	1523	1469	1904	1750	1334	1099	1225	1123	1602	1093	1081	1022
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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
High Tide / height (m)		5:44PM 1.46				5:54AM 1.39				6:06PM 1.15				6:20AM 1.39				6:46PM 1.21				7:01AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)				11:44PM 0.35				11:53AM 0.39				12:14AM 0.45				12:33PM 0.68				12:44AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	16	16	17	19	20	24	20	22	22	20	21	25	28	26	24	28	19	19	21
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	15	16	17	19	20	24	20	22	22	20	21	25	28	26	24	28	19	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03
Sunset	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.6 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	7	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	17	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 S	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	1.8 E	0.6 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	3	-	6	6	-	7	12	-	-

	Monday 06									Tuesday 07
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Noordhoek Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	5	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	7826	7119	8859	8443	8228	7994	7798	4390	4390	3543	1645	1634	4342	3072	3600	3218	4100	3901	4511	2950	3023	2435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				5:45PM 1.37												5:54AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)										11:31PM 0.39												11:54AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	19	19	18	19	19	17	16	16	22	22	21	21	15	15	14	15	18	16	17	19
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	14	15	22	22	21	21	14	15	14	15	18	15	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.3 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	-	-	16	16	13	13	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	-	1.2 SE	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	16	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	5	-

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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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