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

	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Senoritas KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	4	5	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.1 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	6	8	9	10	12	9	8	8	8	8	10	9	11	16	10	10	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1904	1481	1818	1329	1639	1408	1112	476	605	414	864	450	293	1071	344	743	2091	1911	936	2156	904	4589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:17AM 1.49		2:35PM 1.76	2:50AM 1.71		3:06PM 1.87	3:26AM 1.88		3:04PM 1.59	3:52AM 1.93		3:56PM 1.90	4:09AM 1.72		4:24PM 1.73	4:38AM 1.80		4:46PM 1.78		5:01AM 1.87	5:10PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	7:55PM 0.48	8:20PM 0.32	8:34AM 0.23		8:52PM 0.40	8:56AM 0.36		9:24PM 0.28	9:21AM 0.10		9:50PM 0.21	9:45AM 0.08		10:08PM 0.07	10:04AM 0.13		10:32PM 0.27	10:35AM 0.27		10:58PM 0.38	10:53AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	14	19	21	17	22	20	18	21	21	21	33	28	20	16	17	14	15	15	14	14	15
Low °C	16	12	18	18	17	19	18	15	20	20	20	23	20	20	15	16	13	13	15	12	12	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	19	21	15	22	20	17	21	21	21	33	28	19	16	16	12	14	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	6:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:51	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 E	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 S	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	14	11	13	9	10	10	9	8	8	11	8	8	9	11	16	10	10	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	10	9	13	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	-	12	12	19	-	16	15	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	-	-	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	0.1 W	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 S	-	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 S	2.2 S	-	-	2.2 S	-	-	1.9 WSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	-	-	6	8	9	4	6	4	-	8	8	6	10	-	-	7	-	-	10	9	13

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	14	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	8	8
Energy(?)	1002	2444	5082	4906	1772	1616	1438	2077	1285	624	1290	1731	1461	1529	3143	1918	1481	1376	1112	1129	1168	1092
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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)			2:14PM 1.38				2:17AM 1.61				2:47PM 1.83				2:42AM 1.87				3:04PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)					8:21PM 0.51				8:27AM 0.24				8:50PM 0.21				8:56AM 0.36				9:16PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	19	16	16	14	14	18	19	21	19	17	17	16	16	16	24	20	18	22	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	16	18	15	15	13	14	18	19	21	19	16	17	15	16	16	24	20	18	22	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	14	11	13	13	9	9	9	10	10	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 W	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E
Period (s)	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	8	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	-	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 E	-	-	-	0.8 SW	2.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	4	9	-	-

	Thursday 18															Friday 19
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	16	12	11	16	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1188	2225	2225	2147	1712	2506	2506	1973	1753	925	1960	1857	1970	2092	1427	2109	1631	1616	1613	1677	1229	1463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						2:00PM 1.62													2:17AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)													8:19PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	18	17	17	17	17	20	15	15	20	14	13	13	14	14	15	14	12	16	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	15	18	16	15	15	15	20	15	14	20	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	11	16	11	11
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	11	12	13	12	12	15	15	16	12	11	16	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.5 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 WSW	0.3 E	0.3 WSW	0.2 W
Period (s)	11	11	16	15	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	14	14	14	13	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	11	-	12	12	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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