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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	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Llandudno Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Keurbooms Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	3	0	2	4	3	3	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 SE	0.8 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.2 S	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	7	10	8	7	13	13	18	15	16	16	15	16	13	13	12	12	18	17	16	16
Energy(?)	314	573	374	276	984	1155	597	868	370	1965	4469	5888	4255	1931	1373	521	1213	829	1293	1502	1909	1026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:31PM 1.40		2:01AM 1.33		2:40PM 1.88	2:31AM 1.37		2:33PM 1.44	3:01AM 1.38		3:05PM 1.44	3:56AM 1.78	5:28AM 2.47	5:39PM 2.37	4:03AM 1.41		4:08PM 1.37	4:56AM 1.42		4:40PM 1.32		5:10AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		7:55PM 0.22		8:31AM 0.29		8:24PM 0.16	8:32AM 0.28		8:53PM 0.15	9:04AM 0.29		9:51PM 0.32	11:37AM 0.25		9:53PM 0.20	10:05AM 0.34		10:44PM 0.21	10:38AM 0.37		11:16PM 0.25	11:10AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	27	20	20	18	17	19	24	18	20	20	19	20	23	18	23	21	21	19	22	19	20
Low °C	18	25	16	18	18	15	18	21	17	18	20	17	19	22	17	23	20	16	18	20	17	19
Chill °C (?)	19	27	20	20	17	15	19	24	18	20	20	19	20	23	17	23	21	21	18	22	19	20
Sunrise	4:50	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:11
Sunset	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:06	-	-	6:34	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.2 S	1.6 SW	1.4 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	11	10	6	16	13	13	13	13	15	16	16	15	16	13	13	12	7	11	11	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	13	18	10	14	13	6	18	18	12	19	-	-	7	-	8	11	12	18	17	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 S	1.6 SE	-	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSE	-	-	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	8	7	-	8	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	9	9	-	5

	Monday 17							Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	TTs West	TTs West	De Kelders Overberg	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Hawston Overberg
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	1	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.6 SW	2.2 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.2 SW	2.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	9	8	8	8	18	8	16	9	14	14	14	8	13	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1081	1027	834	389	257	582	552	517	556	954	366	87	1624	2963	591	1036	602	676	699	437	565	1590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:11PM 1.82				2:01AM 1.33				4:15PM 2.32				2:31AM 1.37				3:02PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		7:31AM 0.39				7:55PM 0.20					8:01AM 0.31				8:26PM 0.19				8:34AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	23	24	20	20	23	19	16	15	17	18	21	20	20	17	16	15	18	22	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	13	23	24	20	20	23	19	15	14	16	17	21	20	20	17	16	14	18	22	18	19	17
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.9 SW	1.2 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	9	7	9	11	10	10	10	10	16	9	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 E	-	-	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	16	11	12	8	13	13	18	18	17	10	8	-	-	7	13	13	6	13	19	9	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	-	1.6 SSE	-	0.3 ENE	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	2.2 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 ENE	-	2.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	2.4 SSW	1.4 S	-	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	3	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	-	14	6	8	6	-	7	6	6	3

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	TTs West	TTs West	De Kelders Overberg	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Hawston Overberg
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	1	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 S	1.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.9 S	1.9 SE	1.3 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	9	7	10	5	5	11	11	8	12	9	7	11	10
Energy(?)	1178	1431	1081	841	371	976	962	859	834	690	458	252	185	214	304	448	582	750	789	415	592	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)													3:45PM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)						7:29AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	22	14	20	18	17	20	22	24	23	22	20	26	26	21	19	23	17	21	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	13	22	13	20	18	17	20	22	24	23	22	20	26	26	21	18	23	16	21	17	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.4 S	0.4 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	12	8	9	10	11	11	9	9	9	11	10	11	13	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.4 NW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 W	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	12	16	12	12	12	9	9	11	11	11	16	8	13	10	8	13	13	8	14	19	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	-	1.6 SSE	1.8 S	-	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	1.9 SSE	-	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 SE	1.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 E	1.9 S	1.9 SE	1.5 E	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	-	8	11	-	8	8	8	8	-	7	-	5	5	5	5	8	6	9	7	6	4

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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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