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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	Thu		Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			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	Big Bay Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	TTs West	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	5	0	4	4	3	4	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	0	4	1	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.7 S	2.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 E	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 ENE	0.4 E	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	12	13	14	13	12	11	19	17	16	13	13	8	12	11	10	12	9	7
Energy(?)	1200	2153	1214	2198	1338	665	1382	1349	791	990	3078	3195	2914	1496	919	549	792	228	759	76	522	425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:00PM 1.31		7:31AM 1.51	7:39PM 1.26		8:05AM 1.24		8:35PM 1.38	9:09AM 1.19		10:48PM 1.73	10:22AM 1.10		11:23PM 0.97	11:33AM 1.09		12:36AM 1.03	1:22PM 1.29		1:59AM 1.26		2:04PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53AM 0.34	1:47PM 0.51		1:41AM 0.47		2:35PM 0.61	2:25AM 0.77		3:41PM 0.63			5:10PM 0.59		5:20AM 0.64	6:25PM 0.53		6:53AM 0.72	7:48PM 0.64		7:57AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4
High °C	22	21	20	23	19	25	24	21	24	25	22	22	26	23	28	28	23	23	27	25	18	18
Low °C	21	19	19	23	18	22	23	19	22	24	21	21	24	21	26	27	21	21	26	23	17	18
Chill °C (?)	22	21	20	23	18	25	24	21	24	25	22	22	26	23	28	28	23	23	27	25	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	0.4 E	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 ENE	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	7	11	11	12	13	14	13	12	11	19	17	16	13	13	13	12	11	10	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 E	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	1.1 SSW	0.3 WSW	1.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.7 E	0.1 W	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 NW	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	7	13	13	10	8	10	11	7	23	11	11	11	9	23	14	8	12	12	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	1.7 S	2.5 S	2.5 SE	0.9 SSW	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.5 E	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	-	11	11	10	7	7	6	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	-	-	8	9	7

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	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Salmon Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 S	1.3 WSW	2.1 S	2.2 SE	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	9	12	9	7	12	12	14	13	13
Energy(?)	2187	1181	1226	1294	4230	2213	3150	1824	3531	1592	2098	1297	1017	1245	1244	1126	1123	594	575	1803	1597	1302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:00PM 1.39				7:38AM 1.72				7:36PM 1.19					8:04AM 1.24				8:28PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)		12:56PM 0.33				12:54AM 0.34				1:47PM 0.47	3:06PM 0.56			1:35AM 0.46					2:16PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	22	23	22	20	19	19	21	21	21	22	22	18	17	16	21	23	24	25	21	20	19
Chill °C (?)	25	22	23	22	20	19	19	21	21	21	22	22	17	16	15	21	23	24	25	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.6 S	2.1 S	1.1 WSW	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	10	11	12	12	12	11	13	13	9	12	8	9	11	12	12	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.7 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.2 E	0.4 NW	0.2 E	0.4 E	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 ENE	1.5 WSW	0.4 NW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	12	9	8	13	12	8	8	12	13	12	12	14	6	8	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	-	2.2 SE	-	-	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	7	-	7	-	-	7	7	6

	Thursday 08															Friday 09
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Salmon Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 S	2.1 SW	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 NE	1.0 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	12	10	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2417	1142	1617	1538	1385	1265	1307	769	1437	394	618	565	1865	1790	1977	1620	2544	1029	391	2802	2748	2542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																	12:53AM 0.34	1:03AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	20	24	24	24	21	23	23	22	21	27	23	20	19	19	18	19	23	24	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	20	24	24	24	21	23	23	22	21	27	23	20	19	19	17	19	23	24	19	19	19
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 S	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	0.2 WNW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 ENE	1.0 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	12	12	13	11	13	11	11	11	11	7	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 WNW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.8 S	1.4 S	1.1 SW	1.3 S	1.4 S	0.5 S	1.4 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 S	0.8 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	13	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	5	7	-	13	12	12	13	11	6	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.8 WNW	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.6 SW	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 S	1.6 ENE	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	2.1 NE	1.0 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	4	-	4	-	4	4	5	7	11	-	-	-	-	7	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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