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

	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bog Bay KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Wreck Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blythedale KZN North
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	7	8	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 E	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	8	12	11	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	15	15	14	14	13	8
Energy(?)	1079	1044	262	376	172	959	2325	1411	1902	831	678	550	745	532	306	3710	8074	6984	4923	3207	1997	1502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:07AM 1.67		8:41PM 1.33	8:54AM 1.43		10:57PM 1.08	11:54AM 1.13		1:02AM 1.13	1:25PM 1.26		2:09AM 1.29		2:15PM 1.40	2:38AM 1.66		2:30PM 1.69	2:49AM 1.81		3:26PM 1.98	3:18AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		2:20PM 0.78	2:50AM 0.81		4:10PM 0.64		5:04AM 0.68	6:42PM 0.57		7:14AM 0.55	7:55PM 0.44		8:18AM 0.48		8:30PM 0.26	8:58AM 0.31		8:40PM 0.40	8:59AM 0.10		9:09PM 0.05	9:33AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	4	-	-	1	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	21
High °C	21	23	25	24	21	20	19	18	19	20	21	18	20	20	23	20	18	17	17	19	20	20
Low °C	21	21	23	22	21	18	18	18	18	17	20	17	18	20	21	19	17	15	15	19	17	20
Chill °C (?)	21	23	25	24	21	20	19	18	18	20	21	18	20	20	23	20	17	16	17	18	20	20
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	7:02	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	11	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	12	15	15	15	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 W	0.8 ENE	0.4 E	0.2 WNW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	14	13	8	12	8	12	19	8	8	8	18	9	8	16	8	12	15	11	11	14	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	-	0.6 W	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	2.5 SE
Period (s)	4	4	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	4	5	12	-	-	-	6	6	8

	Mon	Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Heaven West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.2 SW	2.1 NE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 S	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 S	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	8	14	7	14	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	12	7	9	11	13	12	11	13	13
Energy(?)	558	501	651	788	1079	691	1045	970	871	724	1325	1104	601	402	501	509	1151	1931	1719	1091	1037	2142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				7:46AM 1.62					8:23PM 1.09				8:45AM 1.27				10:38PM 1.30					11:18AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		1:21AM 0.64					2:18PM 0.52				2:18AM 0.54				4:19PM 0.69				4:57AM 0.61	5:24AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	19	24	21	23	23	20	19	19	21	23	24	22	22	25	19	18	18	21	19	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	24	21	23	23	20	19	19	21	23	24	22	22	25	19	18	18	21	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SW	1.6 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 E	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	14	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	7	8	11	13	12	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SE	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	1.0 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	11	8	8	14	8	13	13	13	13	8	8	9	8	8	16	14	12	12	13	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	2.1 NE	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 S	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	6	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Heaven West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 NE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	7	14	14	6	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	523	558	493	375	383	579	408	592	647	634	399	415	391	1032	762	236	627	526	498	527	244	482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)												7:47AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)						1:25AM 0.45													2:18PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	23	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	23	25	21	23	30	22	22	19	23	23	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	23	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	23	25	21	23	30	22	22	19	23	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	0.6 SE	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.5 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	1.3 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.9 ESE	0.1 NW	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	16	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	14	8	8	11	11	7	8	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	1.8 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.7 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 NE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	4	4	-	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	7	4	3	6	8	8	4	4	4	4

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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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