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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	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	Platboom Cape Town	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	9	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	14	14	13	12	11	11	9	10	10	9	11	12	14	10	14	12	12	11	18
Energy(?)	6440	10257	7207	3261	2950	1227	1627	1617	1155	2697	1766	1182	697	146	4067	7063	2121	1733	2952	1450	596	1749
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)					2:45PM 1.78	2:56AM 1.93					4:01PM 1.83				4:56AM 1.84				5:56AM 1.92	6:27PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	8:26AM 0.13					8:45PM 0.32									10:43PM 0.36				12:03PM 0.39		12:22AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	17	21	17	17	19	17	18	19	16	21	25	15	15	22	16	18	18	17	17
Low °C	18	17	16	15	20	17	15	12	13	16	18	14	16	24	15	15	22	14	14	18	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	17	21	17	16	18	17	17	19	16	21	25	13	13	22	14	18	18	16	17
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:36	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.6 ENE	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	16	14	14	13	12	11	11	16	10	10	9	11	12	14	8	14	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	1.1 SW	0.3 E	0.9 SW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	18	-	-	-	9	8	19	18	16	8	14	9	13	9	18	13	18	9	11	12	17	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	1.2 NNW	-	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	3.0 SSW	0.7 W	-	0.4 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	-	11	9	-	-	-	4	-	-	10	4	-	3	4	10

	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baggies Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	13	12	11	8
Energy(?)	1141	4297	3197	6080	10779	9641	8260	7207	6300	5359	4222	3963	2374	1181	2207	2111	1708	1772	1157	1025	1918	1067
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	low	-	-	-	low	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	-
High Tide / height (m)	2:10AM 1.75				2:09PM 1.69																3:22PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)											8:37AM 0.25				8:45PM 0.32				9:33AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-
Temp. °C	19	17	18	18	17	17	16	15	16	16	17	17	18	17	16	21	15	15	19	18	12	26
Chill °C (?)	19	16	18	18	16	17	16	15	16	16	17	17	18	17	16	21	14	13	19	18	12	26
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 WSW	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	13	12	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	1.4 E	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.7 SW	0.2 S
Period (s)	15	13	18	18	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	22	22	22	-	8	20	20	8	8	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 E	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	2.4 NE
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	5	8

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baggies Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	4.0 WSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	12	16	16	13	13	16	5
Energy(?)	1077	2571	3916	6199	4826	5744	4863	5884	7616	7818	7249	8985	6080	5998	10779	3257	9154	8928	3807	3615	8260	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:10AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)																			8:30PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	18	18	17	18	17	16	17	17	16	23
Chill °C (?)	19	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	18	16	18	18	16	18	17	16	17	17	16	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	4.0 WSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	14	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	12	16	16	13	13	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	19	14	14	18	17	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	-	18	-	-	17	17	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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