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

	Sun	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	Noordhoek Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	16	12	8	14	14	13	13	13	15	14	13	17	16	15	13	13
Energy(?)	3216	3609	2539	1959	1435	1545	2054	756	495	1432	1116	1595	1395	1612	1977	1702	1162	2742	3518	3157	1111	1759
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:47AM 1.87		3:40PM 1.81	3:59AM 1.60		4:21PM 1.95	4:42AM 1.80		4:53PM 1.77		5:32AM 1.77	5:38PM 1.81		6:03AM 1.61	6:23PM 1.67		6:51AM 1.40	7:08PM 1.28		7:44AM 1.15		8:36PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)	9:44PM -0.01	9:54AM -0.07		9:55PM -0.05	10:01AM -0.02		10:35PM 0.19	10:37AM 0.02		11:29PM 0.00	11:36AM -0.01		11:50PM 0.12	12:02PM 0.46		12:46AM 0.32	12:53PM 0.41		1:28AM 0.45	1:50PM 0.56		3:14AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	21	20	22	24	30	18	26	18	18	17	16	19	22	17	20	18	18	19	15	17
Low °C	13	13	21	17	18	22	22	16	22	17	18	17	15	15	21	16	18	17	17	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	21	20	22	24	30	18	26	18	18	16	15	19	22	17	20	18	17	19	14	17
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 E	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	0.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	8	13	8	11	14	14	13	13	13	15	14	13	17	16	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	1.0 WSW	1.3 S	1.0 S	-	1.1 ESE	0.7 SSE	1.6 SW	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.5 W	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	8	13	16	12	11	9	8	12	7	6	-	6	6	13	8	8	20	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	-	-	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	-
Period (s)	6	-	7	7	-	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	5	5	7	5	-

	Sunday 07			Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 ENE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2030	2509	4704	3663	3611	3141	3225	2846	2549	1373	1192	1959	1344	1657	1397	1321	1242	1088	2440	1181	1042	1358
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:33PM 1.96				3:22AM 1.58				3:40PM 1.81				3:59AM 1.60				4:39PM 2.03				4:57AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			9:20PM 0.01				9:32AM 0.22				10:24PM -0.05				10:07AM 0.21				10:56PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	14	12	13	13	17	22	16	22	21	18	17	15	18	22	21	16	21	17	18	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	12	10	12	12	17	22	16	22	21	18	17	14	18	22	21	15	21	16	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.3 NNW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	6	6	7	7	7	6	8	8	4	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.9 SE	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	0.5 W	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	3	-	-	-	8	3	4	-

	Sunday 07									Monday 08
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1998	2277	2468	2331	2604	2998	3105	2759	4704	553	651	3216	2711	3335	3335	3473	3542	3331	2183	3765	3768	3609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:37PM 1.79												3:29AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)								9:19PM 0.01												9:54AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	21	20	13	14	13	13	16	17	15	19	19	18	13
Chill °C (?)	17	19	16	13	12	12	12	13	12	21	20	11	11	11	12	16	17	13	19	19	17	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	1.7 ENE	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	8	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	0.7 E	0.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	8	7	7	-	-	-	-	12	7	-	12	-	-	11	11	-	7	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	-	0.6 SW	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	1.3 ESE	2.0 SE	-	1.0 E	1.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	3	7	6	6	6	6	7	14	-	3	6	6	6	6	-	5	6	-	5	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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