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

	Wed	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dias Beach Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	7	7	9	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	16	11	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	14	13	12	13	14	13	16	16
Energy(?)	917	983	1163	746	1510	1305	1110	1128	1319	738	828	643	322	494	680	584	2039	5811	6532	5373	7523	5170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:01AM 1.03			8:38AM 0.95		10:05PM 1.25	10:47AM 0.98		11:36PM 1.35	12:07PM 1.32		12:28AM 1.48	12:54PM 1.45		1:37AM 1.58			1:44AM 1.75		2:09PM 1.69	2:20AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 0.61	1:26PM 0.59		1:51AM 0.74		3:24PM 0.63	4:47AM 0.91		5:15PM 0.57		6:03AM 0.78	6:09PM 0.73		6:48AM 0.63								8:09PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	28	27	23	32	21	21	25	20	20	23	22	18	18	21	19	18	18	18	18	20	20
Low °C	24	23	27	23	24	20	19	22	19	17	20	21	18	17	20	18	17	18	16	16	19	18
Chill °C (?)	27	28	27	23	32	21	21	25	20	20	23	22	18	18	21	19	18	18	18	18	20	20
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	14	13	12	13	14	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 W	0.4 SW	1.5 SW	-	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	16	16	10	10	9	15	14	14	13	12	12	15	21	19	16	16	19	18	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SE	0.5 S	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	8	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1082	1165	1084	1026	1046	1066	1076	1287	1104	1476	1557	1969	1894	1761	1510	1380	1474	1175	1192	1291	1205	1314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:49PM 1.05				7:01AM 1.03					8:06PM 1.26				8:09AM 1.00				10:05PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)				12:46AM 0.61				1:26PM 0.59					2:24AM 0.94				3:22PM 0.70				4:47AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	25	24	27	23	23	26	25	27	26	25	23	21	21	32	27	27	20	21	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	28	25	24	27	23	23	26	25	27	26	25	23	21	21	32	27	27	20	21	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05
Sunset	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	16	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	16	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08									Thursday 09
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.6 SW	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1081	1226	1283	1329	1173	1165	987	1104	883	956	920	917	928	930	951	827	927	863	972	1152	1076	1094
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					6:49PM 1.05												6:56AM 1.13	7:02AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)											12:52AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	26	25	28	25	25	26	24	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	25	23	24	23	26	26
Chill °C (?)	29	26	25	28	25	25	26	24	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	25	23	24	23	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	7:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 SW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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