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

	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	The Wreck Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	4	7	6	4	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	3.0 S	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	8	11	10	12	18	17	16	15
Energy(?)	2687	5135	1060	457	14218	11486	6464	6107	3732	1702	1291	1545	1158	1068	1272	648	1380	1032	2127	3955	3857	4511
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:32PM 1.63	3:42AM 1.59		3:35PM 1.58	4:19AM 1.93		4:29PM 1.85	4:39AM 1.71		4:56PM 1.83		5:10AM 1.77	5:29PM 1.99		5:19AM 1.42	5:54PM 1.59		5:59AM 1.41	6:15PM 1.47		6:19AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	9:21AM 0.12		9:42PM 0.15	9:24AM 0.07		10:17PM 0.25	10:17AM 0.04		10:39PM 0.11	10:45AM 0.04		11:06PM 0.13	11:08AM 0.26		11:35PM 0.15	11:18AM 0.25		11:57PM 0.28	11:59AM 0.26		12:23AM 0.39	12:13PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	16	21	18	14	13	16	13	14	15	13	16	19	16	17	17	14	15	16	15	15
Low °C	15	16	13	16	16	13	12	15	12	11	15	11	11	18	13	15	16	13	13	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	16	14	21	17	12	13	14	12	13	14	13	16	19	14	17	16	12	14	15	14	15
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	5:53	-	-	6:02	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 E	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	10	9	11	11	-	-	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	11	13	12	18	17	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.6 E	1.2 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	10	10	19	10	10	16	20	6	10	10	11	11	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	1.8 S	3.0 S	-	2.0 S	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	11	8	-	10	5	4	-	-	-

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	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hell West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	2	4	6	7	7	7	9	6	2	4	8	9	9	9	9	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	0.7 S	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	0.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2255	1982	1733	3522	1274	247	3549	5773	6019	6514	6046	8796	7289	254	1699	9856	9962	11486	12972	10389	6627	5288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:09AM 1.53				3:29PM 1.71				3:40AM 1.71				4:09PM 1.69				4:12AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	9:08PM 0.23				8:52AM 0.11				9:41PM 0.16				9:48AM 0.27				10:15PM 0.11				10:17AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	14	15	21	16	14	13	12	12	13	17	21	19	14	16	14	12	12	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	12	13	21	15	13	12	11	10	12	16	21	19	13	15	12	10	10	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 E	0.2 E	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	10	14	15	-	-	-	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	-	12	-	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	11	-	9	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	0.5 ENE	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	2.3 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	3	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	-	11	-	14	14	14	14	-	-

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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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hell West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	2	4	6	7	7	7	9	6	2	4	8	9	9	9	9	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 E	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	11	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	12	12	11	10
Energy(?)	2679	4965	2286	859	1123	250	1440	1142	1142	1733	3292	3316	560	322	377	1172	366	3412	4642	4814	2977	1259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)								3:07AM 1.65												3:32PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		9:08PM 0.23												9:26AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	15	15	20	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	20	20	14	19	16	17	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	13	13	20	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	20	20	13	19	15	16	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.9 E	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	16	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	12	11	10	11	10	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	-	-	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	0.6 NW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	2	-	-	-	-	11	12	12	11	-

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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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