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 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	0	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	0	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 E	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 S	1.1 E	2.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	11	11	9	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	8	10	8	11	10	7	10	13
Energy(?)	3130	579	1250	634	550	442	291	594	2856	1439	3253	1657	601	1342	1496	312	720	559	243	1042	456	304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			2:07AM 1.22		2:45PM 1.39	3:11AM 1.47		3:24PM 1.44	3:46AM 1.46		3:46PM 1.69	4:11AM 1.69		4:16PM 1.70	4:50AM 1.72		4:56PM 1.90		5:19AM 1.99	4:56PM 1.44		5:21AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		7:38PM 0.52		8:37AM 0.50		9:02PM 0.32	9:11AM 0.38		9:35PM 0.21	9:21AM 0.30		10:01PM 0.14	10:14AM 0.24		10:36PM 0.08	10:50AM 0.17		11:05PM 0.04	11:24AM 0.35		11:04PM 0.10	11:31AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	25	17	21	26	24	21	20	20	18	22	19	22	19	17	20	26	22	24	24	22	22
Low °C	19	22	17	19	25	23	18	20	18	18	21	17	22	18	16	20	25	18	19	22	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	25	17	21	26	24	21	20	20	18	22	19	22	18	15	20	26	22	24	24	22	22
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	7:16	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.0 ENE	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 E	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	0.7 E	2.4 SW	1.2 SSW	0.1 W	1.1 SW	1.1 E	0.1 W	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	9	8	9	10	11	12	11	12	11	15	11	10	13	11	10	11	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SE	0.5 SSW	1.1 E	0.3 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.5 E	1.1 SE	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	12	14	8	7	13	9	6	11	11	-	-	11	6	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 SE	-	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	2.4 SSW	3.0 S	-	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SE	3.0 ESE	1.6 S	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	13	6	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	11	8	-	8	7	7	7	6	5

	Thursday 15							Friday 16								Saturday 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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NE	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 E	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	924	392	3959	2409	2981	1845	1619	1177	1155	1037	634	576	549	574	1061	598	1083	558	426	371	533	1727
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)					2:06PM 1.29				2:41AM 1.26				2:42PM 1.52				3:18AM 1.57				2:45PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		7:26AM 0.65					8:30PM 0.43				8:37AM 0.50				9:07PM 0.35				9:17AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	17	18	17	19	17	17	21	18	16	21	22	22	21	22	23	22	24	24	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	24	17	17	17	19	17	17	21	18	15	21	22	22	21	22	23	22	24	24	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 S	1.2 E	1.3 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 S	1.4 SW	0.1 SE	1.8 SW
Period (s)	8	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	8	10	6	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	1.4 SSE	0.1 NW	1.2 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.1 E	0.1 N	1.1 E	0.1 N	1.1 E	0.3 SE	0.1 W	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	6	11	10	9	10	10	9	8	12	7	11	11	11	9	8	9	8	10	6	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NE	-	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SSW	-	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 ESE	1.7 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.4 WSW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	8	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	7	7	6	10	10	10	9	-	3	10	10

	Thursday 15																					Fri
	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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.9 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.8 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	11	12	13	14	13	12	17	13	10	12	12	12	12	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	7
Energy(?)	1014	448	4578	2052	1344	1745	2278	186	1973	2398	2523	2409	2343	2465	799	285	302	263	590	932	885	830
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													2:04PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)						7:56AM 0.59													8:33PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	17	17	19	21	18	18	25	20	19	17	17	17	18	25	24	24	24	24	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	24	17	16	18	21	18	18	25	20	18	17	17	17	18	25	24	24	24	24	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	0.4 E	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 ENE	1.9 SW	0.1 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	11	12	8	14	13	12	9	13	11	12	12	12	12	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.8 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.1 NW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	12	5	11	12	9	9	9	17	9	13	10	10	10	12	18	10	18	18	17	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NE	-	2.4 SSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.2 S	0.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	-	12	13	6	8	8	6	8	10	-	-	-	-	8	2	5	5	8	7	7	7

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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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