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

	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Hell West Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Keurbooms Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Baboon Point West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 S	1.5 SW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 S	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	1.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	12	13	11	10	7	16	10	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	8	8	9
Energy(?)	4432	3463	1254	1073	1228	1144	1033	733	1504	559	1547	1303	515	733	1362	637	587	1384	1202	1603	1220	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:01PM 1.55	4:25AM 1.46		4:30PM 1.61	4:56AM 1.73		5:01PM 1.45		5:29AM 1.37	5:33PM 1.38		6:02AM 1.57	6:10PM 1.57		6:52AM 1.38	6:55PM 1.33		7:54AM 1.22		8:06PM 1.19	9:08AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	9:52AM 0.25		10:14PM 0.17	10:22AM 0.31		10:48PM 0.37	10:54AM 0.33		11:11PM 0.46	11:28AM 0.40		11:45PM 0.53	12:04PM 0.47		12:12AM 0.41	12:57PM 0.60		1:18AM 0.65		2:08PM 0.59	2:28AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	22	20	22	19	20	25	18	19	25	19	21	30	20	25	31	22	20	25	21	20
Low °C	21	20	21	17	22	17	20	24	15	19	21	16	17	25	19	23	26	17	16	24	18	19
Chill °C (?)	22	21	22	20	22	19	20	25	17	19	25	18	21	30	20	25	31	22	20	25	21	20
Sunrise	5:05	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:28	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	7:07	-	-	6:34	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:36	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 S	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.8 SW	1.6 S	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	8	13	11	10	16	16	10	14	13	13	12	12	13	14	13	9	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	1.5 SW	0.3 E	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	8	12	7	12	12	15	11	11	13	15	13	13	-	-	-	7	13	11	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	0.5 E	2.3 SW	1.6 S	-	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.4 SE	1.3 S	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	1.4 SSE	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	1.9 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7	7	-	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	-	8	8	9

	Thu	Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Hell West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	16	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	8	11	13	12	11	11	10	11
Energy(?)	5968	5841	5140	3456	3167	1003	3463	2929	1512	3216	4138	1625	1159	1016	1168	1176	1556	1019	1239	1113	1036	1012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- 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)			3:55AM 1.48				4:01PM 1.55				4:23AM 1.47				4:10PM 1.43				4:55AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	9:45PM 0.15				9:51AM 0.28				10:11PM 0.38				10:27AM 0.23				10:45PM 0.19				10:53AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	17	17	17	20	21	22	20	18	18	19	20	20	22	22	20	19	21	20	19	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	20	21	22	20	18	18	19	20	20	22	22	20	19	21	20	19	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.8 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	14	16	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	12	11	13	12	11	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.7 S	2.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	12	13	13	7	8	16	12	8	8	12	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 S	1.0 E	-	0.4 NE	0.8 E	0.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	8	5	5	-	-

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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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Hell West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.7 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	15	20	15	15	16	15	15	15	19	17	14	14	16	16	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	6432	6043	5968	4136	4028	422	5692	5278	2944	5004	5186	2721	1239	997	2064	3009	2058	1022	3647	3463	2655	2359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	off	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								3:55AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		9:45PM 0.15												9:55AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	16	16	19	17	18	17	17	19	19	22	21	26	21	22	22	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	16	19	16	18	16	16	19	19	22	21	26	21	22	22	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.7 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	20	15	15	16	15	15	15	19	17	14	14	16	16	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.1 NW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	12	-	8	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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