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

	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hawston Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Treskostraal West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Blythedale KZN North	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West
Rating	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	8	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.7 SSW	2.1 SE	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 E	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	9	12	18	9	16	15	8	9	13	9	12	12	11	11	11	13	11	15	10	16
Energy(?)	329	484	758	472	782	706	895	938	1614	639	743	610	600	552	578	452	811	3189	1947	984	485	547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	28	25	21	23	23	21	22	22	19	24	22	20	22	22	20	24	23	21	19	25	19	36
Low °C	25	23	21	21	23	19	21	22	18	22	21	19	20	22	18	22	23	20	19	24	17	31
Chill °C (?)	28	25	21	23	23	21	22	22	18	24	22	20	22	22	20	24	23	21	19	25	19	36
Sunrise	4:56	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	7:10	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:25	-	-	6:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.0 E	2.1 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 WSW	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 E	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	8	9	12	12	9	9	10	13	11	10	9	12	12	11	11	9	13	11	15	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	0.5 E	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.8 S
Period (s)	7	8	13	19	18	12	16	15	14	13	13	12	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.7 SSW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	-	-	2.5 S	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.8 WSW	1.8 SW	-	-	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	-	-	3	3	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	4	-	4	11	-	-	6	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 01								Friday 02								Saturday 03
	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	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Umhlanga KZN North	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Hawston Overberg	Alkantstrand KZN North	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	2.2 SSE	2.4 S	2.4 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 E	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	7	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	12	18	11	16	16	16	15	16	14
Energy(?)	1173	512	512	518	529	550	265	1250	1464	1615	538	1229	660	651	647	569	1301	1358	1334	1355	669	704
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	20	21	21	22	22	25	21	21	21	21	23	24	22	22	24	20	20	19	19	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	20	21	21	22	22	25	21	21	21	21	23	24	22	22	24	20	20	19	19	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	4:58	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	0.9 E	1.5 S	1.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 SW	1.1 E	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	8	9	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	12	11	16	16	16	15	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 S	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 ENE	0.9 E	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 W
Period (s)	16	11	16	10	10	10	14	9	8	8	7	9	13	12	18	13	8	11	11	11	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.7 NE	-	-	-	1.1 NE	2.2 SSE	2.4 S	2.4 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	0.5 SW	-	1.4 S	0.5 SE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	-	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	3	6	-	-	-	6	8	8	9	8	9	-	3	-	8	3	4	4	5	-	6

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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	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Umhlanga KZN North	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Hawston Overberg	Alkantstrand KZN North	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ENE	0.4 SW	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	0.1 SW	1.5 E	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 ENE	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	13	8	8	15	8	12	10	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	873	474	387	512	549	538	339	42	327	295	11	279	38	534	475	329	727	606	606	612	621	272
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	22	21	21	20	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	22	24	29	22	25	25	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	21	22	21	21	20	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	22	24	29	22	25	25	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.5 ESE	0.1 S	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.1 S	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.1 S	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 ESE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	12	8	9	9	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	16	13	13	13	13	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	12	10	13	7	6	10	10	18	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NE	0.5 SW	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.3 NE	-	1.1 SW	-	-	1.5 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	3	8	-	-	-	8	4	3	3	7	-	6	-	-	9	4	4	4	5	-	4

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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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