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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7 day 48 hour

	Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wed
	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	Pearly Beach Overberg	Guns Swakopmund	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	6	5	6	9	9	9	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	17	12	13	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	13
Energy(?)	3650	2030	2855	2114	6262	17719	13614	9659	5713	4814	2542	1545	1306	1048	1109	865	1438	1528	957	232	593	744
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:31PM 1.53		7:47AM 1.29		8:13PM 1.59	8:36AM 1.35		9:11PM 1.35	10:04AM 1.12		10:29PM 1.27	11:54AM 1.21		12:24AM 1.42	12:45PM 1.20		1:35AM 1.40	1:44PM 1.30		1:58AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	12:53PM 0.49		1:35AM 0.31	1:52PM 0.32		2:47AM 0.58		2:56PM 0.51	3:50AM 0.41		3:59PM 0.50		5:38AM 0.51	5:52PM 0.57		6:30AM 0.32	6:50PM 0.41		7:31AM 0.24	7:52PM 0.32		8:53AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	18	15	15	13	13	12	14	17	16	26	15	13	17	12	12	12	19	14	14
Low °C	11	13	13	13	15	14	13	12	11	13	17	13	19	14	12	14	12	12	11	19	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	18	13	13	12	12	10	12	17	16	26	14	12	16	10	10	11	19	14	13
Sunrise	7:46	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45
Sunset	-	6:32	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	16	17	12	13	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	11	10	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	13	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	18	17	-	-	6	14	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.8 SE	1.4 SSE	0.9 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	12	-	-

	Wednesday 16							Thursday 17								Friday 18
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Pearly Beach Overberg	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Guns Swakopmund	Pearly Beach Overberg	Pearly Beach Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	6	6	5	5	6	5	4	5	7	7	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	17	16	16	14	14	14	16	13	13	13	17	13	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	5105	4891	4295	3955	4186	3200	1154	3079	4555	4781	5242	8800	5183	10488	13929	8010	11862	16285	13614	11597	9659	9115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						7:18PM 1.66				7:37AM 1.24					8:21PM 1.55				8:44AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)				1:06PM 0.22				1:35AM 0.28				1:36PM 0.35					2:36AM 0.35				2:38PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	15	20	17	13	14	12	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	9	10	13	20	16	11	13	12	11	10	12	13	14	12	12	13	13	11	11	12	10	15
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	0.5 E	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	16	17	16	16	14	14	14	16	13	13	13	17	13	11	11	16	16	11	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 E	0.2 E	0.8 E	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 E	-	1.4 SSW	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	11	12	11	-	-	11	-	-	22	12	-	18	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	0.8 N	-	-	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	6.0 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	4	-	-	13	13	13	4	13	17	17	-	-	16	-	-	-	-

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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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