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

	Tue		Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tue
	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	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Outer Pool Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	TTs West	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	3.0 S	1.0 S	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 S	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 SSW	2.3 E	2.2 E
Period(s) (?)	8	12	10	7	10	10	10	11	11	11	8	11	14	13	12	8	7	9	9	14	9	8
Energy(?)	327	778	1425	582	603	651	503	489	509	551	1182	464	2179	1703	1026	1096	856	1073	924	1977	960	753
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:07AM 1.36			2:46AM 1.42		2:18PM 1.35	2:50AM 1.31		3:30PM 1.73	3:48AM 1.54		3:55PM 1.52	4:24AM 1.43		4:27PM 1.52	4:54AM 1.47		4:58PM 1.49		5:28AM 1.48	5:35PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	7:32PM 0.32		8:03AM 0.48		8:36PM 0.35	8:40AM 0.56		8:40PM 0.23	9:14AM 0.36		9:38PM 0.22	9:47AM 0.33		10:13PM 0.17	10:21AM 0.29		10:41PM 0.16	10:53AM 0.33		10:49PM 0.20	11:29AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	21	18	21	19	19	21	18	19	21	18	23	26	23	18	29	24	24	26	26	28	26
Low °C	27	18	18	20	17	18	21	16	18	21	17	22	24	17	18	28	21	22	26	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	27	21	17	21	19	19	21	18	19	21	16	23	26	23	18	29	24	24	26	26	28	26
Sunrise	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:54	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:42	-	-	6:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 E	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	10	8	10	10	10	11	10	10	12	9	14	13	12	12	10	9	9	14	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 E	1.3 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.3 WSW	1.0 S	0.2 W	0.8 SW	1.3 S	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	8	8	14	9	12	9	11	11	11	10	11	10	12	8	13	11	10	10	-	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.4 WNW	-	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	2.1 S	1.3 SSE	-	2.3 S	2.2 SE	-	-	-	2.3 E	2.2 E
Period (s)	8	3	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	7	-	8	7	-	-	-	9	8

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Hawston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.2 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	15	8	8	14	13	10	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	10
Energy(?)	1112	1144	1054	1222	1588	1191	2755	2952	1425	253	659	1007	1312	1025	1084	1216	651	644	606	1296	557	568
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	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)		1:34PM 1.45									2:12PM 1.51				2:44AM 1.33				2:49PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)				7:32PM 0.32	8:01PM 0.43			7:40AM 0.43	8:03AM 0.48				8:34PM 0.31				8:39AM 0.37				9:07PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	21	25	25	18	17	18	28	18	18	18	18	15	18	19	20	19	18	17	20
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	21	25	25	18	16	18	28	18	18	18	18	14	18	19	20	19	17	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.2 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 SW	1.5 S	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	15	8	8	14	13	10	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	0.8 E
Period (s)	16	9	9	16	12	12	15	15	8	11	10	9	13	8	10	12	12	9	9	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NW	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	8	8	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	7

	Tuesday 16															Wednesday 17
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Hawston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 ENE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 ENE	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.4 ENE	1.6 SW	0.4 ENE	-	1.7 SW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	7	7	12	12	12	6	12	12	12	8	12	12	8	12	8	-	12	12
Energy(?)	1112	1350	1243	689	606	544	1331	2190	1054	361	1005	839	1183	205	1080	1077	25	861	24	0	820	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						1:39PM 1.66													2:08AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)												7:59PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	23	23	21	29	27	21	20	22	27	21	21	20	22	20	20	20	20	20	18	20	24
Chill °C (?)	20	23	23	21	29	27	21	20	22	27	21	21	20	22	20	20	20	20	20	18	20	24
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	0.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	1.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	9	9	16	13	12	16	15	9	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	16	8	-	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	1.3 W	-	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.1 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	5	3	3	5	3	5	-	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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