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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	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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 Wildside Garden Route	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	9	7	4	9	8	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	1.8 SSW	5.5 SW	0.4 ENE	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	17	16	16	14	14	14	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	13	9	15
Energy(?)	798	631	554	801	1015	3908	1443	2081	1669	874	421	1996	2894	2907	1806	1770	2403	8117	1026	9303	26	4919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:44AM 1.06		10:14PM 1.37	11:42AM 1.27		12:35AM 1.39	1:26PM 1.31		1:52AM 1.28		2:25PM 1.32	2:38AM 1.39		2:27PM 1.44	2:39AM 1.43		3:02PM 1.53	3:15AM 1.48		3:40PM 1.79	3:54AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		3:21PM 0.64		5:29AM 0.78	6:02PM 0.62		7:14AM 0.51	7:39PM 0.53		8:13AM 0.38		8:32PM 0.36	8:52AM 0.23		8:39PM 0.21	9:25AM 0.13		9:15PM 0.14	9:29AM 0.33		9:53PM 0.34	9:54AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	18	16	17	16	16	16	15	19	20	15	19	18	15	15	15	16	19	16	16	17
Low °C	14	19	17	15	16	15	15	16	14	14	18	14	14	17	13	14	15	13	17	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	19	20	18	16	16	16	16	16	14	19	20	15	19	17	14	14	14	14	19	14	14	17
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.1 W	1.2 W	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	8	16	14	14	14	13	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	-	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	-	0.1 S	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.3 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	11	12	17	16	-	12	9	8	6	10	10	10	10	14	-	-	9	9	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	11	10	11	-	13	14	-

	Sat	Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	2.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.3 E	1.6 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 E	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 ENE	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	9	15	16	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1180	1648	1445	1017	729	1463	703	1192	1162	1464	1824	2156	1003	585	1015	2845	3354	5085	3190	4034	3341	1207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:55PM 1.27				9:22AM 1.02				10:28PM 1.13					11:34AM 1.07				12:00AM 1.18				12:52PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)			3:02AM 0.77				3:53PM 0.67					5:22AM 0.62				5:59PM 0.64				6:40AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	19	18	15	19	21	18	18	18	17	17	19	29	18	16	22	16	15	14	15	15	17
Chill °C (?)	14	19	18	15	19	21	18	18	18	17	17	19	29	18	15	22	15	14	14	15	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	1.1 SW	1.2 W	2.5 ENE	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	10	8	8	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	8	9	15	16	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 W	1.2 SW	0.4 SE	1.5 WSW	0.4 SE	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.6 W	0.1 SE
Period (s)	6	12	12	7	11	11	12	11	10	15	15	14	14	8	16	13	18	9	9	9	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 ENE	2.4 E	-	-	2.3 E	0.5 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	0.6 WNW	-	3.0 ENE	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	-	9	3	9	9	9	9	9	-	3	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	11	9	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	15	9	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	749	881	877	709	937	688	929	979	881	795	786	835	837	331	273	703	236	234	231	298	303	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:55PM 1.27													9:44AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)								3:06AM 0.58													4:02PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	19	16	18	19	13	17	17	17	17	17	17	14	15	20	16	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	16	18	19	13	16	16	17	17	17	17	13	14	20	15	15	16	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	2.0 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	9	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	11	11	11	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	1.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	8	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	11	12	12	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 E	2.5 E	-	0.4 SSW	2.5 ENE	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 SW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	5	8	-	4	3	3	-	-	-	5	5	4	5	5	5	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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