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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	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			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	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	4	3	2	3	3	1	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	2.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 E	0.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.6 SW	1.0 E	2.5 SSW	2.3 SE	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	12	12	12	8	18	16	14	14	13	12	14	12	12	7	9	8	8	6	7
Energy(?)	251	1695	1209	445	951	614	210	797	4717	3594	1827	1483	1080	434	601	533	263	557	223	833	631	175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:35PM 1.29		1:26AM 1.30	1:38PM 1.45	2:26PM 1.60	2:18AM 1.44		2:29PM 1.48	2:59AM 1.52		3:40PM 1.76	4:04AM 1.87		4:17PM 1.79	4:47AM 1.71		4:52PM 1.66		5:13AM 1.88	5:26PM 1.61		5:44AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		7:14PM 0.56		7:33AM 0.36		8:07PM 0.19	8:25AM 0.22		8:48PM 0.08	9:38AM 0.14		9:55PM 0.02	10:11AM 0.30		10:32PM -0.02	10:52AM 0.07		11:00PM -0.02	11:24AM 0.10		11:36PM 0.18	11:54AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	25	22	25	26	22	26	25	20	20	25	22	22	27	20	22	28	19	24	23	20	25
Low °C	24	25	20	22	25	21	24	23	19	20	24	22	22	26	19	21	27	18	24	21	19	24
Chill °C (?)	26	25	22	25	26	22	26	25	20	20	25	22	22	27	20	22	28	18	24	23	19	25
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:06	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	2.4 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 E	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 E	0.2 WNW	0.8 SW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	12	12	8	10	16	14	14	13	12	14	11	12	14	9	8	16	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.1 NW	-	1.1 ESE	0.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	13	-	6	10	6	13	18	-	-	-	5	7	-	12	11	12	11	11	12	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	1.4 ESE	-	1.3 E	-	-	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.5 ENE	-	0.2 SSE	1.4 ENE	-	1.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SE	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	6	-	-	5	5	-	8	-	-	7	-	6	7	-	5	8	6	-

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	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Stompneus West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	0.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	10
Energy(?)	2313	1883	1734	1990	269	1384	1119	1243	1069	1104	871	723	405	737	510	781	692	542	535	247	168	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:36PM 1.35				1:24AM 1.27					2:10PM 1.85				2:48AM 1.46				3:09PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		6:29AM 0.72				7:14PM 0.31					8:04AM 0.41				8:42PM 0.26				8:55AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	25	22	26	22	22	21	20	22	25	25	24	22	23	22	22	24	25	26	26	23
Chill °C (?)	17	18	25	22	26	22	22	21	20	22	25	25	24	22	23	22	22	24	25	26	26	23
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 E	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 E	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 E	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	11	11	12	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 SSW	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	14	-	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	13	6	6	6	6	8	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	4	-	-	5	6	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

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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	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Stompneus West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 E	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	9	12
Energy(?)	2460	2140	2039	2773	360	1764	1885	1869	1748	1799	1822	1559	787	1535	519	1763	1746	1733	1480	424	246	1336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												1:13PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)					6:47AM 0.64													7:47PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	17	24	20	20	22	24	25	25	24	23	24	23	23	22	22	22	23	23	21
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	16	24	20	20	22	24	25	25	24	23	24	23	23	22	22	22	23	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	0.9 E	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 E	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	13	13	8	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	7	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	-	1.1 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSW	1.8 E
Period (s)	5	5	3	-	7	3	5	5	5	-	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	6	5	6	6

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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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