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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	Mon		Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mtunzini KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Hawston Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Doring Bay West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	0	3	4	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.6 SW	1.1 S	2.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SE	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	15	12	6	7	11	11	10	12	10	6	7	7	10	13	12	12	12	6	12
Energy(?)	1975	1579	1396	504	755	356	947	424	565	517	841	244	531	160	347	230	777	396	723	804	66	1257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:12AM 1.49	1:26PM 1.78		2:02AM 1.46			2:45AM 1.96		3:01PM 1.88	3:31AM 1.76		3:47PM 1.73	4:14AM 1.90		4:08PM 1.57			5:15PM 1.68		5:29AM 1.47	5:48PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	6:36PM 0.20		7:07AM 0.32	7:54PM 0.13		7:59AM 0.19		8:37PM 0.24	8:47AM 0.14		9:22PM 0.00	9:34AM 0.11		10:02PM 0.03	10:21AM 0.09		10:48PM 0.05	11:03AM 0.15		11:30PM 0.28	11:42AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	5	-	6	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	21	25	19	20	23	18	19	20	24	24	34	23	24	20	19	20	23	18	20	18
Low °C	20	17	20	24	18	19	22	18	18	19	23	22	29	21	23	20	18	19	22	17	20	18
Chill °C (?)	21	19	21	25	19	20	23	18	19	19	24	24	34	23	24	20	18	20	23	17	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:26	-	-	4:47	-
Sunset	7:15	-	-	6:36	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 S	1.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.6 SW	1.2 ENE	0.8 S	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	15	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	7	11	7	8	10	13	12	12	12	6	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.3 SW	-	1.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	15	8	8	8	8	8	11	15	14	11	-	10	-	13	10	13	9	-	-	20	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	1.5 S	2.5 SSE	-	0.1 NE	1.7 E	1.1 S	-	2.1 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	1.8 S	-	2.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	6	7	-	6	6	6	-	6	10	7	5	9	5	5	6	-	12

	Monday 01					Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thu
	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	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	7	11	11	8	7
Energy(?)	1600	1648	1526	1899	1686	1964	1504	1122	1476	1408	1182	1130	1304	1110	1855	942	543	359	526	452	510	510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:35PM 1.66				1:13AM 1.35				1:27PM 1.75					2:06AM 1.41				2:24PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				7:06PM 0.25				7:10AM 0.48				7:52PM 0.13				7:34AM 0.20	8:02AM 0.18				8:10PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	24	21	20	20	19	18	18	21	21	21	21	19	18	21	18	20	19	19	19	19	20	17
Chill °C (?)	24	21	20	20	19	18	18	21	21	21	21	19	18	21	18	20	19	19	19	19	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	0.4 E	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	7	7	15	14	14	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	12	8	8	8	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSE	-	1.4 S	-	-	1.5 S	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	7	-	7	-	-	8	7

	Monday 01															Tuesday 02
	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	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	15	12	12	16	13	13
Energy(?)	1709	1884	1760	2184	2065	2065	1380	1303	1614	1550	1479	1345	1804	629	624	1541	729	474	342	215	1504	1487
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					12:38PM 1.52													1:17AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)												7:03PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	21	21	21	20	19	20	21	19	19	19	20	19	20	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	21	21	21	20	19	20	21	19	19	19	20	19	20	18	19
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	15	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	8	8	7	7	7	12	7	15	15	14	14	14	7	15	15	4	8	16	16	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	4	4	4	-	-

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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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