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

	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	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	Baboon Point West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North
Rating	1	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	0.8 SW	2.0 ESE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	2.4 E	1.4 WSW	2.3 E	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSE	3.0 S	2.4 S	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	11	7	7	16	7	14	13	13	14	13	8	18	9	15	14	13	13	14	9	8	10	10
Energy(?)	156	327	465	445	715	716	870	832	1792	709	1258	1515	991	1849	1978	1541	956	358	1764	1296	2362	1712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:14PM 1.63	4:45AM 1.50		5:01PM 1.50		5:37AM 1.54	6:05PM 1.56		6:33AM 1.36	7:00PM 1.34		7:42AM 1.21		8:20PM 1.13	9:10AM 1.41		10:06PM 1.11	10:38AM 1.44		11:16PM 1.06	11:44AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	10:04AM 0.08		10:33PM 0.01	10:51AM 0.16		11:20PM 0.14	11:45AM 0.30		12:22AM 0.34	12:47PM 0.42		1:19AM 0.48		2:09PM 0.50	2:34AM 0.52		4:06PM 0.69	4:20AM 0.62		5:14PM 0.47		5:27AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	10	5
High °C	29	28	25	25	23	21	23	25	19	20	20	17	25	24	19	18	23	20	20	24	18	18
Low °C	24	27	21	21	21	19	21	25	19	19	19	17	22	23	18	18	21	18	19	23	17	17
Chill °C (?)	29	28	25	25	23	21	23	25	18	20	19	17	25	24	18	17	23	20	20	24	18	18
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52
Sunset	-	7:19	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 E	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	1.3 SW	0.4 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	11	10	7	7	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	18	9	15	14	13	13	14	8	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	-	1.3 SW	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.8 W	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	20	18	10	16	10	-	-	7	-	6	-	11	10	18	12	11	8	8	14	11	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	0.3 N	2.0 ESE	2.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	2.5 E	0.4 NNW	2.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 S	2.4 S	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	7	7	3	7	7	7	7	8	3	8	-	-	-	-	9	4	6	9	8	10	10

	Thu	Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 S	0.6 WSW	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.4 S	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	8	8	10	7	8	16	15	15	14	8	7	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	550	767	747	701	585	434	131	1116	1070	549	559	506	529	561	644	1009	1066	1029	1194	1047	683	798
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:01AM 1.57				4:16PM 1.77					5:03AM 1.70				5:05PM 1.74				5:34AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	9:50PM -0.08				10:04AM 0.08				10:53PM 0.04				10:51AM 0.16					11:35PM 0.17				11:45AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	15	18	27	28	29	18	17	22	17	20	30	30	28	23	19	18	20	21	23	25
Chill °C (?)	17	15	14	18	27	28	29	18	17	22	17	20	30	30	28	23	19	18	20	21	23	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	8	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	21	11	11	11	11	19	19	18	18	10	18	18	6	-	9	-	-	-	7	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 S	0.9 SW	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.1 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	2.0 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	4	8	8	-	7	8	7	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.6 SSE	3.0 SE	0.7 SW	2.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	11	8	11	11	8	8	9	8	6	6	7	8	10	7
Energy(?)	569	573	550	550	765	719	153	247	243	899	217	217	668	612	475	411	492	590	438	1066	160	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									4:21AM 1.81												4:14PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		9:50PM -0.08													10:05AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	18	17	16	21	22	15	15	21	17	18	21	24	25	26	23	22	28	23	22	24
Chill °C (?)	21	19	17	16	15	21	22	15	15	21	16	18	21	24	25	26	23	22	28	23	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSE	1.8 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	8	9	11	11	11	9	11	11	8	8	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	21	21	21	21	11	11	5	20	20	11	20	20	11	11	11	19	7	7	19	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 S	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	1.4 SSE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.6 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	6	6	8	6	6	8	8	-	8	6	6	7	8	8	7

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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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