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 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	De Kelders Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Off The Wall Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Hawston Overberg	Dias Beach Garden Route	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hell West Coast	Mtunzini KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.7 E	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.5 ESE	1.8 SE	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSE	1.9 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	15	13	7	11	13	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	12	12	11	8	13	13
Energy(?)	1119	1362	2221	3774	1530	45	709	338	1304	161	924	477	445	620	528	941	1848	1826	1304	273	1191	2178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:07AM 1.32	5:57PM 1.18		6:42AM 1.47	6:58PM 1.30		7:41AM 1.18	7:56PM 1.10		9:08AM 1.32		9:36PM 1.10	10:41AM 1.55		11:09PM 1.39	11:37AM 1.53		12:16AM 1.33	12:37PM 1.51		12:44AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	11:49PM 0.36	12:07PM 0.47		12:12AM 0.38	12:54PM 0.77		1:03AM 0.45	1:57PM 0.55		2:08AM 0.49		3:37PM 0.59	3:48AM 0.51		5:03PM 0.51		5:04AM 0.51	6:15PM 0.40		6:11AM 0.38	7:08PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	28	23	21	22	22	20	25	25	20	24	22	19	21	20	19	20	20	17	22	21	18
Low °C	15	19	23	19	20	21	19	24	25	18	20	22	18	19	19	18	18	19	16	22	21	17
Chill °C (?)	18	28	23	21	22	22	20	25	25	19	24	22	19	21	20	18	20	20	15	22	21	17
Sunrise	-	5:24	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	1.1 SSE	0.4 SW	1.8 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSE	1.9 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	13	12	13	15	13	13	11	6	10	8	10	8	8	9	8	9	12	12	11	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	-	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.6 S	0.2 E	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	13	16	-	6	7	12	13	12	10	11	13	15	14	12	12	8	8	12	9	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 E	-	0.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	3.0 SSE	1.2 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 ENE	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 S	-	-	1.1 SE	2.3 S	0.8 E	1.1 ESE	2.3 S
Period (s)	3	4	4	6	-	4	6	-	8	5	8	7	7	7	8	-	-	8	7	7	5	7

	Monday 24			Tuesday 25								Wednesday 26								Thursday 27
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Quissico Inhambane	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	16	12	13	12	12	15	9
Energy(?)	1476	1762	1253	1054	1004	1158	1362	1332	1968	3250	3224	3774	3212	1453	2036	954	1151	1102	1017	1180	1224	1533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 1.38				6:06AM 1.41				5:55PM 1.23				6:59AM 1.53				6:57PM 1.20				7:41AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)				11:31PM 0.33				11:54AM 0.47				12:32AM 0.38				12:58PM 0.76				1:22AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	18	17	17	20	28	23	28	23	21	20	21	22	27	25	21	24	21	20	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	17	17	20	28	23	28	23	21	20	21	22	27	25	21	24	21	20	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	5:28
Sunset	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	15	14	14	13	16	12	13	12	12	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 ESE	-	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	9	9	13	9	9	9	13	16	16	11	6	-	6	7	7	-	7	-	7	7	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	-	0.9 ESE	-	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	-	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.7 NE	2.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	-	4	-	5	4	-	6	6	-	-	5	-	7	5	6	5	9

	Monday 24									Tuesday 25
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Quissico Inhambane	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.0 S	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	0.5 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	10	13	15	13	9	8	12
Energy(?)	1498	1589	1636	1658	1539	1856	1745	1410	1484	1310	1710	2111	2083	934	2078	203	1175	1132	1126	44	436	874
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				5:16PM 1.25													6:06AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)										11:31PM 0.34												11:54AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	20	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	20	18	19	22	20	24	27
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	17	18	16	15	16	15	16	17	17	17	16	20	18	19	22	20	24	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.0 S	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	10	13	15	13	14	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	9	13	13	13	9	9	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	9	9	9	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	-	9	5	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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