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

	Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Fri
	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)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	TTs West	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Mzimpuni Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	2	4	4	2	5	4	3	4	3	1	3	2	1	4	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SSE	3.5 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	1.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 S	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 S	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	13	9	8	12	9	13	12	10	9	10	9	9	8	13	13	16	7	14	13	13
Energy(?)	802	546	4417	460	666	1973	545	2252	966	242	635	226	82	902	1219	421	1465	1234	244	2040	1825	1140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:35AM 1.26		12:13AM 1.14	12:19PM 1.45		1:21AM 1.34	1:32PM 1.46		2:00AM 1.29		2:13PM 1.68			2:39PM 1.52	3:00AM 1.42		3:03PM 1.57	3:01AM 1.43		3:05PM 1.44	3:55AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		6:42PM 0.50		6:15AM 0.50	7:22PM 0.41		7:18AM 0.41	7:58PM 0.53		7:56AM 0.50		9:55PM 0.39	8:22AM 0.33		8:53PM 0.18	8:52AM 0.29		8:54PM 0.17	9:23AM 0.25		9:45PM 0.15	9:55AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	24	21	20	21	19	18	18	18	21	18	26	17	20	19	17	20	24	30	21	30	21	24
Low °C	18	20	18	21	18	17	17	18	13	18	26	16	20	17	15	19	21	24	19	28	17	19
Chill °C (?)	24	21	20	21	18	18	18	17	21	18	26	16	20	19	15	20	24	30	21	30	20	24
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SSE	3.5 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	0.3 E	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	10	13	9	8	12	9	13	12	10	11	7	9	16	14	13	13	9	7	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.4 SE	0.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.5 S	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	8	14	14	8	12	10	9	9	15	8	13	10	12	14	13	7	18	16	14	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	-	1.6 S	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	-	2.4 S	-	1.4 S	2.3 S	3.0 SE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	4	5	9	8	-	7	-	7	7	7	7

	Thu	Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	5	4	7	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.2 WSW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 E	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	3.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	7	8	7	7	13	10	11	11	9	9	14	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1006	1199	705	1025	271	231	474	385	1144	1430	1328	3736	389	422	450	900	1190	3039	2109	6034	2676	780
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	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)		11:40PM 1.13				12:09PM 1.39				12:42AM 1.41				1:03PM 1.34				12:56AM 1.23				1:40PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				5:22AM 0.55				6:48PM 0.71				8:18AM 0.78				7:22PM 0.41				6:53AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	21	16	17	19	21	21	22	19	17	19	19	25	18	21	20	18	17	16	17	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	16	17	19	21	21	22	19	17	19	19	25	18	21	20	18	17	15	17	15	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	11	6	7	7	7	7	13	10	11	11	9	9	14	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.5 SE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	10	10	-	7	8	8	12	12	10	10	13	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.1 E	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	-	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	7	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	13	-	10

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	5	4	7	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SSE	2.0 S	2.1 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 S	1.1 WSW	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	8	10	10	16	11	9	9	11	11	10	11	6	11	6
Energy(?)	1131	1571	1006	1388	1051	964	1470	515	368	873	977	639	348	512	442	238	353	374	735	476	474	712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)				11:14PM 1.20													12:11PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)										5:45AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	16	21	21	15	16	15	16	15	19	19	25	21	21	21	21	23	21	22	20	22	21
Chill °C (?)	23	16	21	21	14	16	14	15	14	19	19	25	21	21	21	21	23	21	22	19	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 S	1.5 SSE	2.0 S	2.1 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 E	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	8	8	10	10	16	11	9	9	11	11	10	11	10	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 S	1.0 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NW	1.1 WSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	11	12	11	11	11	10	12	10	8	8	12	6	11	12	11	11	10	11	13	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.1 E	1.6 S	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	1.2 E	1.0 SSE	1.2 E	2.1 S	-	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	5	7	-	5	5	4	4	8	-	-	5	6	5	5	-	6	4	6	6	-	6

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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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