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

	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Groenvlei Garden Route	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	King's Beach (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.5 ENE	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.3 ESE	1.0 S	1.6 ESE	0.9 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	14	12	13	12	8	12	12	12	9	11	7	9	10	10	14
Energy(?)	10177	4537	5448	3682	1901	1731	2345	1626	808	1469	1132	1698	708	668	918	487	534	324	165	1623	1638	663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:09AM 1.20	12:46PM 1.30		1:07AM 1.25		2:18PM 1.47	2:27AM 1.39		2:36PM 1.68	2:57AM 1.47		3:07PM 1.67	3:20AM 1.57		3:34PM 1.73	3:52AM 1.93		3:59PM 1.75	4:13AM 1.82		4:31PM 2.02	4:40AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		6:34AM 0.43	7:51PM 0.53		8:03AM 0.37		8:27PM 0.33	7:58AM 0.21		8:57PM 0.21	8:57AM 0.13		9:21PM 0.13	9:21AM 0.29		9:50PM 0.21	9:46AM 0.07		10:08PM 0.26	10:11AM 0.25		10:39PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	17	14	15	16	16	19	19	17	20	25	19	23	22	17	28	21	16	19	20	15
Low °C	15	12	15	12	13	16	14	19	18	16	17	23	16	22	21	16	20	15	15	17	19	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	13	14	14	15	19	19	16	20	25	18	23	22	17	28	21	14	18	20	14
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:42	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:51	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.6 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	12	11	12	14	12	13	8	8	9	8	8	11	11	7	9	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.5 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 SSE	0.8 E	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.4 E	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 SW
Period (s)	9	-	-	11	18	9	10	9	9	10	12	13	12	8	12	6	12	10	11	11	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 E	-	2.5 ENE	2.0 W	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.3 ESE	1.3 ENE	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	7	-	8	6	12	7	9	8	-	10	10	10	6

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	5	6	5	9	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.6 S	2.1 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	14	12	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	15
Energy(?)	3906	4657	5814	3303	8055	7988	7635	3422	3793	3180	3919	3518	3363	1836	2770	1466	1838	2417	1678	1631	1394	2135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-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
High Tide / height (m)				12:10AM 1.14				12:49PM 1.23				1:43AM 1.30					2:04PM 1.54				2:30AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 0.53				7:19AM 0.58				7:49PM 0.47				7:54AM 0.57					8:21PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	14	18	13	14	17	18	13	15	17	13	13	13	13	17	20	15	14	15	14	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	12	17	12	12	16	17	12	14	17	12	12	12	12	16	20	14	13	14	13	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.5 ENE	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.6 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	12	11	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.9 S	1.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 E	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.1 E	1.0 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	11	9	11	9	9	16	11	11	9	11	11	10	15	15	6	11	10	10	10	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Tuesday 16									Wednesday 17
	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	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	5	6	5	9	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	12	13	14	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	4207	3971	3857	4001	8385	5414	6813	4079	5173	4731	7821	7075	7637	9494	6726	3765	4521	7509	3757	3915	2655	4743
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											12:51AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)					6:46PM 0.65													7:13AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	21	14	18	19	17	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	17	11	14	15	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	15	14	21	13	17	18	15	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	16	9	12	13	14	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:49	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.5 NE	4.0 SW	0.4 ENE	4.0 SSW	0.4 NE	3.0 SSW	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.3 E	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	12	12	8	12	9	14	9	12	-	9	-	-	-	12	16	9	12	12	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	2.5 WSW	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	0.1 NE	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	14	8	14	9	8	9	11	-	10	-	-	-	16	-	8	-	16	16	16	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	5.0 SSW	-	4.5 SSW	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S	-	1.6 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	16	-	13	-	13	-	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	-	12	4	4	-	12

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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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