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

	Sat	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	11	11	9	11	12	12	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	14
Energy	1208	2196	1541	1139	1217	1371	1010	599	615	1054	1040	1029	1698	2449	2541	1073	1011	1118	1214	1026	605	1086
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:07AM 1.57		3:12PM 1.53	3:28AM 1.69		3:59PM 1.59	4:17AM 1.91		4:23PM 1.54			5:12PM 1.53		5:47AM 1.54	6:21PM 1.57		6:33AM 1.38	7:09PM 1.61		7:25AM 1.30	7:47PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		9:02AM 0.08		9:14PM 0.15	9:48AM 0.04		10:03PM 0.11	10:29AM 0.07		10:54PM 0.15	10:57AM 0.30		11:24PM 0.17	12:01PM 0.13		12:24AM 0.48	12:45PM 0.19		1:27AM 0.40	1:30PM 0.31		2:24AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	17	14	15	16	20	20	18	15	15	20	20	17	18	15	18	20	17	18	24	22
Low °C	14	12	17	13	13	15	19	19	17	14	14	20	15	15	17	15	18	19	16	15	20	18
Chill °C (?)	15	14	17	13	14	14	20	20	18	14	14	20	20	17	18	14	18	20	17	18	24	22
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	0.4 E	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SE	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	8	8	11	12	7	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	1.1 S	0.6 E	-	1.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.3 ENE	-	1.3 ESE	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	6	8	12	7	-	12	12	6	17	16	4	12	8	-	6	18	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 E	-	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	1.6 S	-	1.1 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 S	-	0.7 SE	1.6 SSE	-	1.4 ESE	1.7 E	1.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	4	8	11	9	-	8	6	7	7	6	-	4	6	-	5	6	6	-	-

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	12
Energy	3225	3046	3288	1208	1047	1803	2196	1820	1541	1013	1096	1139	1014	3056	1217	1916	1371	1535	1555	1010	610	728
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:01PM 1.64				2:07AM 1.57				3:12PM 1.53				3:04AM 1.81				3:59PM 1.59				4:17AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			8:22PM 0.23				9:02AM 0.08				9:21PM 0.31				9:48AM 0.04				10:04PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	13	14	14	16	14	17	17	13	19	13	12	13	15	16	15	16	14	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	12	14	14	16	14	17	17	12	19	11	11	12	14	16	14	16	13	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41
Sunset	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 ENE	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 E	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	12	7	12	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	8	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.3 E	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 W	1.2 S	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 ENE	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	12	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	13	6	12	6	6	6	8	8	8	12	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 E	-	-	-	1.3 E	-	-	-	2.1 NE	0.9 WSW	-	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	7	4	-	11	8	11	11	11	9	9	-	-

	Saturday 13									Sunday 14
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Arniston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	12	13	13
Energy	3451	3225	3225	3225	3046	3046	3108	3238	3288	3788	3043	1208	3347	3201	1047	1834	1829	1803	1620	1016	2196	2078
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:01PM 1.64												2:40AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	15	13	14	15	15	14	17	16	16	17	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	14	12	14	14	14	14	17	16	16	17	12	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.5 W	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 W	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6

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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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