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			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)	Buffalo Bay 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	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	6	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	12
Energy(?)	6877	6072	2839	3729	4810	3517	1560	1217	1431	1323	1463	1240	1748	2259	1543	1690	1755	1054	624	632	1168	1367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:34PM 1.73	2:58AM 1.61		3:37PM 2.01	4:01AM 1.67		4:07PM 2.34	4:30AM 2.09		4:28PM 1.69		5:13AM 1.56	5:31PM 1.92		5:52AM 1.48	6:11PM 1.49		6:33AM 1.30	7:00PM 1.27		7:17AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		8:52PM -0.08	9:00AM -0.01		9:57PM -0.11	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		1:20AM 0.49	1:27PM 0.62	2:10PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
High °C	17	15	18	18	15	21	17	15	21	26	17	20	20	16	19	20	17	20	21	20	16	18
Low °C	17	14	15	17	14	16	17	14	16	26	17	18	20	16	18	20	17	18	19	17	16	18
Chill °C (?)	15	13	18	17	13	21	16	14	21	26	16	20	20	14	19	20	15	20	21	20	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	6:39	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	4.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 E	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.5 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	10	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	7	7	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 E	-	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	9	11	20	18	10	-	6	7	20	19	13	18	18	6	13	13	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	1.2 S	0.5 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.9 E	-	1.6 S	1.5 SSE	1.1 SE	1.4 SSE	1.7 ESE	0.6 WNW	-	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	12	-	-	-	6	3	6	7	-	7	6	6	6	6	3	-	5	8	-

	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	The Wedge Garden Route	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) 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)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 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	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	14	11
Energy(?)	3043	3592	3811	16434	14347	9493	7781	6669	7941	1565	6087	5792	6774	4835	4263	3954	3517	1426	5268	2153	1148	1217
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	cross- off	glass	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 2.06				4:00AM 1.73				4:15PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	8:23AM 0.04				9:23PM -0.07				9:25AM -0.07				9:54PM 0.10				10:00AM -0.07				10:32PM -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	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	15	21	15	17	16	15	14	14	16	21	20	17	15	20	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	14	21	13	16	15	14	13	13	16	21	20	16	15	20	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	-	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 E	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	-	-	10	9	10	10	10	10	12	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	8	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	-	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	1.2 S
Period (s)	4	-	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	6

	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	The Wedge Garden Route	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) 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)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	12
Energy(?)	2756	2920	3043	5438	2457	6821	6940	6845	10774	3811	14671	8543	5154	17410	16125	15681	15115	3020	5783	5403	636	2883
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							2:55PM 2.29													3:24AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	8:23AM 0.04													9:20PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	20	21	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	13	13	18	13
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	20	21	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	18	12
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.6 E	0.4 E	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.2 ENE	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	9	10	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.1 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	4	12	12	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	14	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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