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

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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	2	4	3	0	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	17	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	795	870	1094	306	1242	883	397	692	683	550	575	229	1170	1653	1403	2221	2264	2307	2343	2251	856	436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	on	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:00PM 1.46		6:19AM 1.40	6:47PM 1.41		7:15AM 1.33	7:38PM 1.12		8:16AM 1.26		8:46PM 1.04	9:37AM 1.21		10:12PM 1.10	10:53AM 1.32		11:37PM 1.15	11:27AM 1.21		12:15AM 1.08	12:17PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 0.24		12:14AM 0.20	12:37PM 0.33		1:00AM 0.32	1:39PM 0.42		1:44AM 0.42		2:55PM 0.61	2:47AM 0.50		4:07PM 0.62	4:08AM 0.63		5:36PM 0.62		5:13AM 0.56	6:10PM 0.44		6:12AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	19	21	22	18	22	20	18	25	26	25	19	26	18	17	19	17	21	22	19	25
Low °C	20	22	17	21	20	16	18	19	18	23	26	21	18	21	16	16	19	17	19	20	18	20
Chill °C (?)	22	23	19	21	22	17	22	20	17	25	26	25	18	26	18	16	18	17	21	22	19	25
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	7:46	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 E	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	17	10	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 S	0.7 S	-	1.1 SW	0.2 S	1.0 E	1.8 SW	-	0.3 E	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	1.3 SSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	4	18	5	6	-	13	-	-	12	9	-	10	12	11	14	-	11	20	10	8	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	-	1.4 S	1.4 SE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	2.1 WNW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	-	7	6	6	7	7	8	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5

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	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	Beach Road Cape Town	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSE	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	7	10
Energy(?)	1040	1035	1012	1074	890	1030	1040	1022	1040	1005	1172	490	306	644	1465	2019	1252	1008	746	763	598	654
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:47AM 1.55				6:00PM 1.46				6:20AM 1.40				6:44PM 1.30				7:27AM 1.51				7:38PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)				11:41AM 0.24				11:59PM 0.21				12:37PM 0.33				1:01AM 0.35				1:40PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	21	21	20	21	20	19	19	19	21	22	19	23	20	17	17	16	18	24	24	22	24
Chill °C (?)	16	21	21	20	21	20	19	19	19	21	22	18	23	20	17	17	16	18	24	24	22	24
Sunrise	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	0.9 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	20	6	6	18	6	5	-	-	16	16	-	-	6	6	-	12	-	-	7	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	2.0 SSE	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	7	8	7	8

	Monday 08																					Tue
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	820	1221	1194	914	940	1035	958	957	881	881	800	489	244	414	890	889	970	970	1073	870	542	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:29AM 1.47												6:00PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)										11:42AM 0.24												11:59PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	19	18	19	21	20	21	22	22	22	20	25	25	21	21	20	20	19	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	17	19	21	20	21	22	22	22	20	25	25	21	21	20	20	19	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	20	5	5	20	4	6	19	18	18	18	5	18	9	9	6	6	6	6	18	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

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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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