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

	Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Tofinho Inhambane	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	3	2	3	3	0	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 ESE	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	8	7	12	11	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	14	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	1123	1212	1005	1434	1113	1213	216	1064	907	363	848	509	417	586	806	703	655	602	874	815	736	869
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:23PM 1.61		2:01AM 1.75		2:04PM 1.87	3:01AM 1.81		3:16PM 1.87	3:41AM 1.68		4:00PM 1.96	4:22AM 2.06		4:36PM 1.74		5:03AM 1.59	5:19PM 1.61		5:34AM 1.40	5:52PM 1.35		6:18AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)		7:47PM 0.01		7:55AM 0.11		8:54PM -0.07	9:00AM 0.02		9:34PM -0.09	9:42AM 0.00		10:08PM 0.14	10:16AM 0.26		10:53PM 0.04	11:06AM 0.15		11:19PM 0.13	11:43AM 0.28		12:11AM 0.29	12:35PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	25	18	18	19	16	24	21	17	19	26	22	22	28	23	26	23	26	25	23	21	23
Low °C	18	22	16	17	19	15	23	19	17	18	26	13	15	26	18	21	21	23	24	21	16	22
Chill °C (?)	23	25	18	18	18	14	24	21	16	19	26	22	22	28	23	26	23	26	25	23	21	23
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	5:24	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:18
Sunset	-	6:49	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SE	0.6 SW	1.9 ESE	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	8	14	12	11	11	11	11	10	7	10	8	14	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.7 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	11	16	14	-	23	12	21	8	19	18	10	17	16	6	6	6	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.9 S	1.6 S	-	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 SE	2.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	-	-	0.6 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	4	6	-	7	7	6	7	7	8	8	7	8	-	-	4	5	4	4

	Sun	Monday 03								Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Tofinho Inhambane
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 NE	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	8
Energy(?)	1358	1096	1188	1084	1042	1044	1034	1266	1370	1394	1120	1018	1207	1802	1494	1794	1621	1222	1230	1071	1373	233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:13AM 1.48				1:54PM 1.89					2:29AM 1.68				2:34PM 1.96				2:36AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)				7:12AM 0.19					8:18PM 0.03				8:20AM 0.25				8:56PM -0.06				8:38AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	17	26	23	22	19	18	17	21	17	18	19	18	17	16	16	15	16	20	23
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	17	26	23	22	19	18	17	21	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	14	16	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	1.1 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	13	13	9	9	9	9	7	11	13	11	9	9	8	8	16	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	2.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	-
Period (s)	11	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	7	-

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Tofinho Inhambane
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	16
Energy(?)	1498	1167	1176	1247	1025	1136	771	1574	1547	1547	230	888	872	1385	1123	809	1196	980	980	752	1556	605
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						1:41AM 1.61												1:23PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)												7:42AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	15	19	13	14	14	13	14	19	18	20	20	24	24	24	23	21	20	18	23
Chill °C (?)	14	12	14	14	19	13	13	13	12	14	19	18	20	20	24	24	24	23	21	20	16	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	0.7 E	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	1.5 WSW	0.3 E	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	9	9	9	14	9	9	9	9	11	9	-	-	12	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	4	6	5	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	4	3	10	10	5	10	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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